We did some more testing and found that the problems we were having were not a result of the wireless adapter. The problem was actually with the connection to the USB header on the embedded device. In case anyone is interested, the USB WiFi adapter is a Hawking Technologies HWU54G. You can find Linux drivers for it here: http://zd1211.ath.cx/ We've tested the device on several other machines now and have found it to work very well. Thanks for the tips! -Eric On 9/12/06, Ryan Langseth <ryan.langseth at gmail.com> wrote: > Look for something supported by hostap, which is mainly (only) prism > hardware. Otherwise check http://www.seattlewireless.net/HardwareComparison > If you want it to act as a AP and have decent range I would strongly recommend > looking for something that is not USB. Our linux based APs use pcmcia and > mini-pci cards. > > Also check out http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/ scroll > down to "Wireless LAN Hardware (surveys and reviews)" > > ~Ryan > > On 9/12/06, Eric Peterson <srcfoo at gmail.com> wrote: > > I need a USB WiFi adapter for an embedded application. We initially > > tried a Hawking USB dongle, but that seems to be very unstable and > > seems to quit working after a little use. > > > > Does anyone have any recommendations for USB WiFi adapters that work > > well with Linux? Preferably, it would also be able to operate in > > access point mode. > > > > We're running CentOS at the moment due to some other compatibility > > issues that we haven't had time to deal with so it is running an older > > 2.6.12 kernel. Since we're using CentOS, I'm sure you figured out that > > this application is not restricted by disk space and we are not > > restricted to using embedded c libraries such as uclibc so assume that > > we have standard Linux libraries and utilities. > > > > Thanks, > > Eric > > -- > Ryan Langseth > www.invisimax.com > ryan.langseth at gmail.com >