The struggle continues ...

The latest addition to my new/old SL4.4 laptop is a Netgear WG511T
version 3 A/B/G cardbus network card (containing an Atheros AR5212 
revision 1 chipset), using the sl-base madwifi driver.  I use a
modified version of a program called wlan-config to select access
points - is there something better that is compiled for SL4.4 that
handles WEP keys?

Before I bought the WG511T, I attempted to use a Prism2 card, which
uses the Orinoco driver modules;  these drivers do not operate in
iwlist mode. I tried to compile hostap driver modules, but those
require a patched kernel, which I am avoiding.  The SL5 2.6.18
kernel will have hostap drivers, so someday I will be able to use
the older (and higher power!) Prism2 card again.

There was a hairpulling opportunity as I was attempting to talk
to a Linksys BEFW11S4 802.11B access point.  The combination
DOES NOT WORK (there is some mention of this on the net).  I
replaced the BEFW11S4 with a Linksys WRT54GS in "B" mode, and
it works fine.  

Next, vmware, then openvpn, then osiris (or other file integrity
monitor).  

Keith

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