I've had excellent success with Atheros based adapters. They now use the ath5k module included with recent kernels. I dont't have any of the newer hardware that requires the ath9k driver, however. - Nate >> -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://n0nb.us/index.html