[Soekris] 4526 With 2.6 kernel,new atheros mini pci

[Steve Holdoway]

On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 18:01:01 -0500
"Brian Looney" <blooney68 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Does anybody have any experience getting a Senao EMP 8602 400mW to work with
> a 4526, (or any other model , really). I'm using Metrix Pyramid Linux beta
> distribution and I'm having troubles getting it to not reboot.  Also, I'm
> not convinced the driver is really turning the power on to the card
> correctly. I also have a xg-621 card that works ok, but the power output is
> less than my linksys wap 54g. I'm using 7db omni antennas.  I thought that
> rebooting problem was a power issue, but I'm not so sure it isn't  the
> Madwifi driver. If anybody has gotten this combination to work, or something
> similar, please let me know. I would really like to get this working for an
> outdoor access point.
> 
I think the rebooting *may* be a temperature issue - I run mine reliably at 200mW, but through a 12 db omni. I know the driver doesn't display the correct power values, but I think it does set it correctly.

Steve