green wrote at 2013-02-20 07:55 -0600: > "Morel Bérenger" wrote at 2013-02-20 02:21 -0600: > > Le Mer 20 février 2013 1:33, agroconsultor0 a écrit : > > > On 02/19/2013 11:00 AM, Sven Joachim wrote: > > > > > >> So you'll probably have to live with > > >> non-free firmware, either shipped on the device itself or in some > > >> firmware-* package in non-free. > > > > To be honest, this is what I was expecting, but I thought that asking to > > the list could have give a solution. > > Since it is not an emergency, I will hope for some positive reply a few > > more time... who knows ? :) > > See <http://linuxwireless.org> and > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_open_source_wireless_drivers#Linux>. > > The Wikipedia table includes a field for the requirement of non-free > firmware. Of those listed there, I remember having used ath5k, ath9k, > b43, madwifi, and probably one of the Ralink drivers. > > Though I had an obsure once-a-month crash with ath9k in master/AP > mode In case it matters, by the above I meant "rare crash", often less frequently than once per 30 days. I tried to diagnose it but was not able, due partly to the fact that the system was remote. For a few years now I have been using that particular wireless PCI card in another Debian system in managed mode, with no trouble at all.
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