[nylug-talk] iwconfig can't find ath0

[Ken Gosier]

Just wanted to send along a note of thanks for the help with wireless
stuff. I was able to get madwifii on my system, though I had to get the
kernel-sources going first.

Many thanks again!




Eric wrote:
> If that is the case, then you dont have the module on your system.  You
> most likely just need to install madwifi (as mentioned by other
> responces) which is the project that provides support for atheros
> chipsets.
>
> -Eric
>
> Ken Gosier wrote:
>> I did modprobe ath_pci, and got back FATAL: Module ath_pci not found.
>> How
>> can I get this module?
>>
>>
>> Eric wrote:
>>> You most likely need to modprobe ath_pci.  After you do that your ath0
>>> device should be there.
>>>
>>> -Eric
>>>
>>> Ken Gosier wrote:
>>>> Hi, I've recently moved to the area, and also recently put SuSe 10.1
>>>> onto
>>>> my laptop, dual-boot with Windows ME.
>>>>
>>>> I'd like to get wireless networking going. I have a PCMCIA card,
>>>> Netgear
>>>> WG511T, which all the articles say should be supported under Linux. I
>>>> have
>>>> it up and running fine on the Windows partition.
>>>>
>>>> Under SuSe, though, when I do 'iwconfig ath0' I get back 'ath0: no
>>>> such
>>>> device'. I've configured the card using YaST.
>>>>
>>>> Many thanks for any help with this problem,
>>>>
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