[plug] Atheros Madwifi Kubuntu

Ari Finander outrider at operamail.com
Tue Feb 21 21:31:46 WST 2006


Sorry for the top post, but it's the subject line of this email that's prompted this reply. When I first saw it, I thought I was going to be hit up for bank information from someone from Nigeria going by the name in the subject line :-)




> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Caston" <caston at arach.net.au>
> To: plug at plug.org.au, billk at iinet.net.au
> Subject: Re: [plug] Atheros Madwifi Kubuntu
> Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 22:01:32 +0800
> 
> 
> On Sun, 2006-02-19 at 21:41, William Kenworthy wrote:
> > madwifi works well if you use matched drivers/tools and wpa_supplicant
> > if applicable.  Mixing versions often results in a broken wifi setup.
> >
> > Instead of the latest subversion, you would be wise to download whatever
> > is your distros standard set and use that - they have done the pain for
> > you.
> 
> I can't because I needed to upgrade to 2.6.15 just to get my pcmcia slot
> to work.
> 
> > In case you missed it, you already have one error message related
> > to this in the text below.
> >
> 
> The version 19 *warning* in iwconfig? Do you think that is the problem?
> 
> 
> Can I perhaps upgrade the "wireless extension?"
> 
> 
> regards,
> 
> Chris
> 
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