Bug#473709: madwifi-source: Connection drops within an hour

Kel Modderman kel at otaku42.de
Sat Mar 14 16:01:45 UTC 2009


On Sunday 15 March 2009 01:30:58 Bill Wohler wrote:
> Bill Wohler <wohler at olgas.newt.com> wrote:
> 
> > Kel Modderman <kel at otaku42.de> wrote:
> > 
> > > The example is over engineered, but still relevant. Usually a common
> > > /etc/network/interfaces stanza for static connection to WPA-PSK access point:
> > > 
> > > iface wlan0 inet dhcp
> > >     wpa-ssid ACCESSPOINTSSID
> > >     wpa-psk SUPERSECRETKEY
> > > 
> > > This is explained in more detial at /usr/share/doc/wpasupplicant/README.modes.gz
> > 
> > Thanks for the example, Kel. I'll send you guys a note about how it went.
> 
> Unfortunately, this was overcome by events...
> 
> I'm now using the ath5k driver on the laptop in question so I'm no
> longer in a position to comment on this item.
> 

madwifi will be removed from Debian unstable soon anyway, ath5k and ath9k are
the way to go ...

Kel.





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