This package is mentioned quite often on the forums and the IRC channel because using it is very convenient. You can think of it ( Aircrack-ng
This was the era of the project (which later evolved into compat-drivers and eventually backports ). The goal was simple: backport the latest wireless drivers from the upcoming kernel so that users running older kernels could enjoy better hardware support without recompiling their entire kernel. compatwireless20100626ptar patched
Before 2013 (when it became backports ), the compat-wireless project allowed users to run the latest wireless stack and drivers on older, stable kernels (e.g., RHEL 5 or Debian Lenny). The 20100626 release includes: This package is mentioned quite often on the
: Unpacking the archive using tar -xjvf compat-wireless-2010-06-26-p.tar.bz2 . Before 2013 (when it became backports ), the
To save time and prevent conflicts, select only the driver you need (e.g., Atheros): ./scripts/driver-select ath9k Compile and Install make sudo make install