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PostPosted: Sun 24 Jul 2011, 18:01    Post subject:  madwifi-0.9.4
Subject description: 2008-02-13 for Puppy 3.01		  
I don't checked if someone already compiled this, but, since I'am actively supporting puppy 3.01 series, I have compiled

madwifi-0.9.4
- http://www.dokupuppylinux.co.cc/programs:wireless

it contains kernel modules (2.6.21.7) for wireless adapters based on atheros chipset
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PostPosted: Mon 25 Jul 2011, 09:31    Post subject:  
It's worth mentioning that Puppy 3.x already contains the MADWiFi (ath_pci) driver, as standard.

Is this version significantly different, such as having been patched to support aircrack-ng, for example?


Dingo wrote:
... for wireless adapters based on atheros chipset

Yes, but certainly not all Atheros wifi chipsets. Specifically the ath_pci driver supports the Atheros AR5xxx series of wifi devices, in PCI and Cardbus form.
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PostPosted: Mon 25 Jul 2011, 09:48    Post subject:  
release notes: ---> http://madwifi-project.org/wiki/Releases/0.9.4
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* fixes compilation for recently released kernel 2.6.24
* introduces Minstrel rate control algorithm
* introduces switch to turn ANI (Ambience Noise Immunity) off, which can help to improve performance (see also #705)
* several bug fixes to improve stability
* now defaults to radiotap headers in monitor mode
* adds support for variable number of VAPs, tunable via module parameter

More detailed information in the revision logs: before and after release branch renaming

Fixed bugs

#241 Hostapd + RSN broken
#972 Need sysfs attribute for 'adminstratively created' interfaces
#1221 Standardise Radiotap FCS Handling
#1222 Minstrel rate control module
#1315 [patch] make madwifi compile with 2.6.22-rc1
#1769 Kernel panic with maxvaps > 32
#1848 Madwifi kernel panic under Fedora 2.6.24.3-34.fc8 kernel

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PostPosted: Tue 02 Aug 2011, 22:57    Post subject:  
That's good, it's exactly the information I was asking for, and what was absent from the first post.

This is the part that's relevant to Puppy -
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* introduces Minstrel rate control algorithm
* several bug fixes to improve stability


These are not relevant to the average Puppy user, in the normal client mode -
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* fixes compilation for recently released kernel 2.6.24
* introduces switch to turn ANI (Ambience Noise Immunity) off, which can help to improve performance (see also #705)
* now defaults to radiotap headers in monitor mode
* adds support for variable number of VAPs, tunable via module parameter
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