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
>