No bud, haven't had time to check it out, I'm just getting my feet wet with the bare bones installation. but my initial research has certainly made me aware of its prominence. I'll be sure to look into it. right now wireless is working with only the atheros card in the box, I guess I'll find out if it still works when I pop my wired card back in as well.

If I do manage to get things working with both cards in the box do you see any value in installing the Madwifi anyway?

right now my priority is to get some basic services up and running on the home network, such as ssh and some file and print sharing services.