Oooo ooo. I lied. I tried gizmo (sipphone client) on the laptop, with HIGH-larious results. Incoming audio sounded like the chipmunks. The person on the other end reported whalesong from me.
-CMP On 1/8/06, Cristobal Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'll give madwifi another (tepid) recommendation... the range with the > two madwifi cards I've tried (one notebook, one desktop) has been > rather wimpy when working with an 802.11b access point. No major > complaints when working with a g access point, but I haven't tried > VoIP or other heaviness on either of the wireless machines. > > Still, I was able to get madwifi up with relatively little fuss under > Debian and Ubuntu, and I certainly haven't seen anything like the > ugliness you're describing. > > -CMP > > On 1/8/06, Kevin Sonney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So it appears my WG511T card is unhappy. Unhappy enough to kernel trap > > and cause disruptions across the entire WiFi [1] network in my house > > (yeah, that's unhappy). [2] > > > > So now I'm in the market for a new 802.11G[3] PCMCIA (Or USB - I'm > > open to using USB for this) adapter. What is the rest of the LUG > > having success with? > > > > Footnotes : > > [1] Yes, I know, Mr. Neuse, you've had bad luck with WiFi. Please > > don't re-iterate. > > [2] Yes, I tried $DRIVER, $PACKAGE, and $CONFIG to get it working. > > It's $INTERCOURSED, and I have to spend money. > > [3] Yes, I know, OSS purists, 802.11G mostly bad since there are no > > fully OSS compliant/certified drivers and the companies in question > > aren't playing ball and hate Linux. > > > > -- > > -- Kevin Sonney > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- ICQ: 4855069 > > -- AIM: ksonney > > -- GPG: 7BB612C9 > > -- CACert Assurer > > > > -- > > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > > > > > > > -- > > Cristobal M. Palmer > UNC-CH SILS Student > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ils.unc.edu/~cmpalmer > "Television-free since 2003" > -- Cristobal M. Palmer UNC-CH SILS Student [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ils.unc.edu/~cmpalmer "Television-free since 2003" -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
