Hardware4Linux

Overall rating: 2.6 x 6

By Linux distribution:

• Ubuntu 7.04 i386: 1.6 x 3
• Ubuntu 8.04 i386: 3.0 x 1
• Slackware 12.0.0 Slackware 12.0.0: 3.0 x 1
• Arch Linux Arch Linux \r (\n) (\l) GenuineIntel: 5.0 x 1

Working network cards on Ubuntu 7.04 i386 (kernel: 2.6.20-16-generic) by chrono325 (-3):

Unencrypted networks work fine, as do WPA networks at a short range, but it seems to have only a very limited range, on the order of 10 feet. WEP networks do not seem to work at all.

Working network cards on Ubuntu 7.04 i386 (kernel: 2.6.20-16-generic) by Flac (3):

No problem with the nm-applet from Ubuntu which installs automatically the Atheros drivers.

Some problems with WPA2, but I don’t know if it’s me or if it’s the drivers.

Working network cards on Ubuntu 8.04 i386 (kernel: 2.6.24-12-generic) by Patola (3):

Lots of trouble to make that work. It works with WEP if I make a shell script with some carefully order commands; it won’t work with any of the graphic utilities, networkmanager spits at it. It’s worse for WPA, it’ll only work in 802.11 (11 Mbps) mode.

Working network cards on Slackware 12.0.0 Slackware 12.0.0 (kernel: 2.6.24.3-smp) by cooldave (3):

I am running Slackware 12.0.
I had to download and compile mad-wifi module.
Configuration is done in /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf (interface is ath0)

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• ThinkPad Z61p

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