I just tried the r818x driver with my rtl8180 chipset card and I located local networks, however I can't connect to any of them. I can connect to them using ndiswrapper though, so I know I should be able to connect.
-- [2.6.20-12] rtl8180 gone missing. https://launchpad.net/bugs/78255 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
