madwifi-ng for debian

[Kel Modderman]

André Wendt wrote:
>
> Hi Kel,
>
> Today, I decided to give madwifi-ng a try, since I couldn't get
> network-manager to work with testing's SVN version from February. It
> works, but I have some serious trouble with the network reception: While a
> Windows client on the same spot claims to have "excellent" network
> reception, the GNOME network-manager reports 20-35%. I also frequently get
> kicked out of the wireless. I never experienced any similar problems with
> the madwifi modules before.
>
> What might be the problem here?
>
>   

Hi André,

Can you please provide some version numbers of network-manager, 
wpasupplicant and madwifi-ng?

Also, what encryption type is the access point? Or is this common to all 
access points?

Is network-manager using -Dwext with wpa_supplicant and madwifi 
interfaces? Is it using -Dmadwifi private ioctl's? (I've not used 
network-manager before)

I've also seen a lot of fuss about network-manager disliking the way 
madwifi reports the SNR for "quality" of link (rather than a 
percentage). Maybe that is having an impact too.

Thanks, Kel.