[mythtv-users] Wireless G USB Dongles

[Hank VanZile]

I have my Myth box hooked up using a Netgear MA111 802.11b USB dongle.  
It does work, using the linux-wlan drivers (http://www.linux-wlan.org/). 

The only problems I've had with it to date are that I had to hook it up 
to a USB hub and everytime the box is restarted (which is fairly often, 
since I still get some hard crashes with Myth), I have to unplug the hub 
and plug it back in for the USB port to refresh properly.

The last one is the really annoying part, but I've just read about a 
modules.conf addition that may solve it.  I'm hoping it works, since it 
is stopping me from moving my Myth box (a rather ugly beige mini-tower) 
to behind my entertainment center.

Ciaran wrote:

>Has anyone gotten a 802.11g USB dongle working on their Myth box yet. 
>I want to put a new frontend into my [wireless] network and as it is a
>pundit I have no card space [2 tuners], and the pcmcia slot would look
>quite ugly if filled at the front ?
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>As much as I can grasp from googling is that USB + 802.11g + Linux is
>a painful experience, but if someone has some hardware that they know
>works, I can at least get this kit safe in the knowledge that its
>possible, I can get it up and running once I'm sure in something <g>
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