On Sat, 2007-10-20 at 13:04 +0100, Mac wrote: > Stephen Drake wrote: > <snip> > > Also consider Atheros based cards, usually with 108 Mbps, Xtreme G or > > Super G on the box. Most cards will work fine. Only the very latest > > cards have issues with the binary firmware. > > > Steve >>> I did wonder whether to lash out on an Atheros-based card, but > I wasn't sure whether the drivers were already available in Gutsy or > had to be manually installed. Sounds like your saying 'already in Gutsy > - it just works'?
Yes, Madwifi's been in Ubuntu since at least 5.10, maybe earlier. Because of the binary hal it's not been integrated into the kernel, so Ubuntu has had it included in the restricted modules package. Hopefully the new ar5k driver will change this and we can get full open source support, though I don't expect it to be in Linus's kernel for a while yet. > Perhaps I'll have this as a fall back should Al's suggestion turn out > not to work - heaven forfend! ;-) > > Tx > > Mac On a related note, if you or anyone with a working Ralink card could add to the Ad hoc wiki page, I would greatly appreciate it. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Adhoc Thanks, Steve -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
