proxim usb wifi and ubuntu

[David Ambs]

On Fri, 16 Feb 2007, Luke -Jr wrote:
> Warning: 'madwifi' is not GPL-compatible; as such, it is illegal and will
> taint your kernel.
>
> Also, it works like crap. I need to restart my Atheros interface like 10 times
> before it connects properly.

I don't know about the legalities of madwifi, but I do agree that Atheros 
chipsets are crap, I would not buy another one.. even though it was 
only $20. =]

It was easy to get setup and running, but overall was very unreliable. At 
times I would have to reboot the box just to get the POS working again. It 
was running in a Xen dom0 though, so I didn't really figure out if that 
was causing any of the issues or not. I ended up deciding to snake a cable 
through the basement to the box, and throw the card in the trash. Works 
much better.


> On Friday 16 February 2007 11:38, Kelsay, Brian - Kansas City, MO wrote:
>> http://www.woot.com/   has a Netgear 111T and if you hurry you can get
>> one today.  They are $17.99 + $5 shipping.   This has the Atheros
>> chipset in it that is the same as my 511T.  The "T" is the thing to
>> watch out for here.  Anyway, my 511T works in Ubuntu, Debian, Knoppix,
>> DSL, Mepis, pretty much everything if they have the "madwifi" driver I
>> believe.  I got a 111T recently but haven't had time to try it.  Maybe
>> this weekend, but there shouldn't be a problem.
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Oren Beck
>>> Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 4:43 PM
>>>
>>> What's the quickest trick to get a proxim wifi usb adaptor to
>>> work with ubuntu?
>>>
>>> Craig at my campground has tried everything for hours with no luck.
>>> Any suggestions are appreciated. Google etc has been a flat bust.
>>>
>>>
>>> TIA
>>>
>>> Oren
>>
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