Re: [Madwifi-users] Linux or 802.11b?

[Michael R. <ma...@no...>]

Hi.

K-sPecial wrote:
>     The question is, does this have anything to do with the drivers/card 
> not being powerful enough in the desktop to act as a good access point, 
> or is this regular?

It's hard to tell what the actual reason was for what you've 
experienced. But in general madwifi is fine for setting up a linux-based 
AP. We had a few reports about weak receive quality with one card model, 
but I don't remember which one it was. D-Link iirc, but I'm not sure.

> I'm in linux 90% of the time and realy wanta at 
> least be able to pull 1mbit out of the dsl room 100 feet away.

Consider usage of better antennas.

Bye, Mike