2.6.22 kernel and WiFi

[Andy Green]

>> I've read that Fedora and Ubuntu already are using the new driver models
>> (or something along those lines) so what's been the experience so far?

mac80211 drivers work pretty well for iwl3945, bcm43xx-mac80211 and
zd1211rw-mac80211 that I have experience with.

> Jul 15 04:45:14 serenity NetworkManager: <info>  Error getting
> killswitch power: org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.KillSwitch.NotSupported -
> Access type not supported

I wouldn't take an error from NetworkManager as anything except a
suggestion to keep trying with NetworkManager turned off.
NetworkManager is an extra layer on top of the existing somewhat
under-development and rickety other stuff.

service NetworkManager stop

and for good measure to stop it resurrecting itself

chkconfig NetworkManager off

Then you should look for wireless-related messages in

dmesg

and use

iwconfig to see the device state and to set option on it.  Something to
be aware of: mac80211 insists the interface is down (meaning, eg,
ifconfig wlan0 down) before it can have its iwconfig mode set and to be
up before you can set the channel ;-)

-Andy