Some more info: With the MacBook placed next to the SpeedTouch 585 base station, the graphical signal strength indicator stands at 100% under OS X, as one would expect. Yet, under Linux the signal strength appears only about 54/94, considerably below the 94/94 that one would expect.
The output from "iwconfig" is attached. -- Wireless on MacBook not activated easily... https://launchpad.net/bugs/56892 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs