ath5k
I’m trying to install debian on my eeepc, actually I’ve got it installed on an SD card, its booting, but I’m not able to network. I’ve just compiled the atl2 driver and now I’m compiling the ath5k driver from compat-wireless-old as described here.
I too had to apply this patch.
rt2×00
I’m also trying to get some Edimax (with ralink chipsets) usb wifi modules to work. This may help.
What’s up with this:
[ 1491.442652] firmware: requesting rt73.bin
[ 1491.557812] phy0 -> rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Error - Failed to request Firmware.
Hmmm….
# apt-cache search rt2x00
rt2400-source - source for rt2400 wireless network driver
rt2500-source - source for rt2500 wireless network driver
rt2570-source - source for rt2570 wireless network driver
rutilt - Configuration tool for rt2x00 wireless network cards
I’m currently reading the “Linux Networking Cookbook”, by Carla Schroder. I chose this book as I’m constantly working with networks, primarily with linux workstations and notebooks, Mac OS X desktops, as well as FreeBSD based (pfSense and m0n0wall) firewalls and routers.
While pfSense and m0n0wall make setting up a firewall and VPN pretty easy, I stil have many questions about routing, sub-netting and network architecture best practices. I hope by reading this book, I’ll gain a better understanding of how “good” networks are built, and how to avoid potential problems with an uncertain future about how a network will evolve and be used.
This was driving me crazy!! Every time I’d try and use nm-applet to configure my wireless internet with WPA, it would connect, but then be unable to save or retrieve the password afterwards. Grr! That essentially caused it not to work at all.
Thankfully, I was able to fix it. Thanks to the Ubuntu forums (Ubuntu is based off of debian), I found a solution which worked for me. I moved the keyring folder inside of ~/.gnome2/, and then tried again. It asked me for a new password, and so far so good!
Thanks: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=130192
I’ve just migrated a primary MySQL server - and everything went smooth. I’ve setup numerous replicated servers, and this was just about as easy, though maybe higher stress! 
I’m relocated the primary server to take advantage of the increased bandwidth on a new network I’m managing.