> > I'm trying to set up a new laptop's wireless interface. lspci says it > > has an Atheros AR5006EG which should mean the madwifi drivers. I > > emerged madwifi-ng and madwifi-ng-tools, created net.ath0 as a link to > > net.lo, and set the ath_pci module to autoload (which it does without > > errors) but I get: > > > > network interface ath0 does not exist > > Please verify hardware or kernel module (driver) > > > > when trying to start net.ath0. Does this sound like a driver support > > problem or did I miss something? ifconfig only shows eth0 and lo. > > iwconfig shows, eth0, lo, and sit0. I don't know what sit0 is. > > Hi there, > > Madwifi is different from all (I think) of the other Linux wireless > drivers in that it requires use of the wlanconfig command. > > EG: > wlanconfig ath create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode sta > > See also: http://madwifi.org/users-guide/node14.html > > When posting about wireless issues you really need to post the OUTPUT > of `iwconfig` also. > EG: > iwconfig wlan0 enc aaaaaaaaaa mode managed essid driveon channel 7 > <http://www.newlinuxuser.com/howto-use-iwconfig/> > > If you're unable to connect to the net then copy the output textfile > to a connected machine using a USB key or floppy disk. > > It seems, however, that you're not alone in having problems with this > card: <http://www.google.com/search?q=madwifi+AR5006EG>. It looks to > me that if you use the latest version of the madwifi drivers then you > may be successful, but you may find madwifi's own mailing lists more > helpful. I don't think you need to use NDISwrapper, although I have > to confess that I am slightly religious on this matter.
According to a ticket at madwifi.org it's only working with ndiswrapper currently. I've actually been using madwifi and wpa_supplicant happily for years now with a PCMCIA card and a couple of PCI cards but this new one isn't cooperating. Thanks for the help. - Grant -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
