The thing which I've discovered about Linux is that the developers code stuff which works for them, then fix bugs as an afterthought.
For instance, my Linksys WPC11 v3 PCMCIA card is detected perfectly and the drivers load fine, the flashing lights indicate it's not connected. So I use the inbuilt Prism2 tool on DSL and it decides that rather then connect to my AP which I specified it will try and connect to every other AP except mine. And the most annoying part? The error message is useless: "connection failed" How the hell does that help anyone?
So I try to use the iwconfig tool, for some reason it won't set to channel one, I can't set the frequency. It just says "not supported".
So yes, Linux is fine provided you don't experience any difficulties, but as soon as you get a difficulty, you're stuffed.
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For instance, my Linksys WPC11 v3 PCMCIA card is detected perfectly and the drivers load fine, the flashing lights indicate it's not connected. So I use the inbuilt Prism2 tool on DSL and it decides that rather then connect to my AP which I specified it will try and connect to every other AP except mine. And the most annoying part? The error message is useless: "connection failed" How the hell does that help anyone?
So I try to use the iwconfig tool, for some reason it won't set to channel one, I can't set the frequency. It just says "not supported".
So yes, Linux is fine provided you don't experience any difficulties, but as soon as you get a difficulty, you're stuffed.
here is a prime example: 10.5GHz @ 220W