If any of you have ever slapped a Linux distro on any PC, you know exactly how much of a pain it can be to get your USB, Embedded, or PCMCIA WiFi device up and running. Some people get lucky, and theirs may work right off. I’ve never been that lucky. My Linux WiFi experiences have always consisted of several hours spent making sure I had all relevant libraries to build NDISwrapper, snag the correct Windows drivers, make sure you have adjusted the power output of the USB/PCMCIA ports, etc, etc. After all that’s said and done…you then have to worry if all your hard work and settings will stick after a reboot. The guys over at http://easylinuxwifi.org/ have put their heads together and developed an extremely handy app to take the pain out of the process! This application automatically looks at what Wi-Fi card you have, it disables any wireless driver currently installed, fetches the correct Windows driver from the Internet and installs it with NDISwrapper. I have not personally used this app yet, but I’ll try to get a first hand review on it soon. If anyone has access to give this a whirl ASAP, please let me know.

-Phenix