Which madwifi package should I use?

neranjana · 01-29-2007, 02:48 AM

Hi

I have Fujitsu Lifebook s2110 notebook with Artheros wifi. I have installed Mandriva Powerpack 2007 64 bit version. There are several madwifi packages available in this distro.

dkms-madwifi-0.9.2-1mdv2007.0.x86_64
madwifi-0.20050829-3mdk.x86_64
madwifi-kernel-2.6.17-5mdv-0.9.2-1mdk.x86_64
madwifi-kernel-2.6.17-5mdvxen0-0.9.2-1mdk.x86_64

Does anybody know which package or packages I need to install? Also what are the differences between those packages?

Thanks

Neranjana

kilgoretrout · 01-29-2007, 02:53 PM

Just my two cents, but I've found you are almost always better off compiling madwifi from source. You can download here:

http://madwifi.org/

ernie · 01-30-2007, 04:14 PM

These packages are in the 'devel' tree, and as such they may not be ready for regular use. There is a madwifi-source package in the 'official' tree with which you will have the best luck. Based on the name, it contains the source for madwifi, but it will have been 'optimized' for Mandriva. After installing the package, you will have to compile it to make madwifi work.

HTH