[TriLUG] 802.11n USB Wireless

Neil L. Little nllittle at embarqmail.com
Thu Feb 5 16:10:24 EST 2009


Seems to me I saw an article on slash dot about a month or two back that 
said a FOSS Atheros driver has been released by the company that 
manufactures that chip.

ah, here it is:
http://practical-tech.com/network/atheros-becomes-linux-friendlier/

73,
Neil, WA4AZL
JARS Forever!!
www.jars.net

Joseph Mack NA3T wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Feb 2009, Craig Taylor wrote:
>
>   
>> What is the best USB 802.11n dongle out there that plays 
>> nice with Ubuntu? Are USB wi-fi receivers _ever_ any good?
>>     
>
> the madwifi webpage has a note that there will never be a 
> linux driver for (presumably atheros) g wifi-usb devices. 
> Forget exactly why, but it was something to do with the usb 
> interface - either the interface was unknown, or 
> undecipherable, or changed too often.
>
> Joe
>
>   




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