I have put together a Bering uClibc 2.2.3 router. I have it working just
the way I want now except I would also like to add a wireless NIC to serve
as an AP. I am using a D Link DWL-G520M which has an Atheros chipset. As I
started down this road I realize I have more questions than I have answers
so I'm spending a lot of time learning. Anyhow, I would like to get the
madwifi drivers to work with my Bering router.
#1 I found some older drivers and tried to use them without much success. I
used the drivers from this post-
From: Pavel Dusanek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
bering-uclibc madwifi driver
2004-12-18 05:26
I had problem to get madwifi working under bering-uclibc some time ago.
Then I"ve solved it and now I see some people may also need it so I"ve
made it publicly available at my web server:
http://dush.nofuture.cz/linux/bering-uclibc/madwifi/
The output of dmesg looks like-
wlan: 0.8.4.4 (EXPERIMENTAL)
ath_hal: 0.9.12.14 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212)
ath_rate_onoe: 1.0
ath_pci: 0.9.4.11 (EXPERIMENTAL)
ath_pci: No devices found, driver not installed.
I've checked with the madwifi users list and they suggest my drivers are
rather old and should be updated.
#2 Someone from the madwifi list suggested this-
try 'modprobe ath_pci' it should be enough>>>
does does Bering even support this command? I don't think so because it is
a limited distro but I could be wrong.
#3 Someone else suggested-
Does "lspci -v" list your card (look for "Atheros" in the list)? If not,
it may be that the card isn't properly inserted into the PCI slot.
again, is this a supported command?
#4 If I can compile my own drivers what distro do I need to use? I have
read Bering is heavily based in Debian but some items were also borrowed
from Red Hat.
#5 Whatever distro is used must have the same kernel version 2.4 correct?
#6 I see there is a madwifi.lrp in testing. It looks like this only
contains wireless tools and commands. Am I correct? The lrp package I
found in #1 already contained several driver (.o) files. It would seem the
two packages though called the same thing do not have the same
functionality.
#7 Does anyone have drivers alread compiled for this version that are newer
than what I have currently?
#8 Are there some different things I should try to see if I can make the
current drivers work? I read through many mail archives but the solutions
seemed to relate to pcmcia cards and mine is pci.
I know this is a lot of questions. I am hopeful someone is very involved
and knowledgeable in both areas. I am learning SOOO much as I go but I
would love it if someone can help speed up the learning curve. Many many
thanks in advance.
Jeremy
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