I have had another go, fresh install of Ubuntu 9.10, reflashed the fonera+ and everything started OK.
I only get an error when I reach the wpa_supplicant line. The connection does not happen. There is no longer a wpa_supplicant.example file in Ubuntu but rather ones for open, wep, wpa-psk, wpa-enterprise etc. I'm not sure what I need, I have tried wpa-psk for the least errors (actually no errors, nothing happens but a CR/LF). Can anyone tell me the wpa_supplicant.conf file that is working?
The wifi card is now stable under ubuntu 9.10 and connects to lots of other stuff. The ipk's all installed without error (I used exaclty the versions indicated in the walk through rather than grabbing the latest)
I'm not 100% certain about openvpn, is there a demon to start? As the installer doesn't seem to have done this. Also, the certificate generation asks for an additonal field called "Name" which I just left blank.
Thanks and forgive the windows guy his dumb questions, and a happy new year.
lawn_dart