* David Goodenough ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sunday 08 June 2008, Jose Luis Rivas Contreras wrote: > > Jaime Tarrant wrote: > > > * Bill Wohler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > >> Hey folks, > > >> > > >> Has anyone had any luck with the ath5k driver? I've installed > > >> linux-image-2.6.25-2-686. My /etc/network/interfaces file says: > > > > > > [snip] > > > > > >> When I say "ifup ath0", iwconfig reveals that ath0 is associated to my > > >> AP, ifconfig looks right (as it should with a static config). dmesg > > >> looks great too: > > > > > > [snip] > > > > > >> However, I can't ping my access point. > > >> > > >> Do I need some extra magic in /etc/network/interfaces? > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG > > >> ID:610BD9AD > > > > > > I had a hard time getting wireless working properly with atheros chipsets > > > and then found the following site, which has a link to a script that has > > > worked well for me on Ubuntu 8.04 and Debian laptops. > > > > > > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=798485 > > > > > > I have not looked into what this script did differenly to what I was > > > doing, however it certainly worked well for me. > > > > > > Only thing to consider is that you will probably have to re-run it each > > > time you do a kernel upgrade, as the script automates building the > > > drivers from the madwifi subversion repository against your running > > > kernel. > > > > > > HTH - Jaime > > > -- > > > Jaime Tarrant > > > http://www.tarsysco.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > I guess that will work as works module-assistant. In my college I setted > > up hundreds of this cards with module-assistant and madwifi-source, just: > > > > # apt-get install madwifi-source module-assistant > > # m-a prepare > > # m-a update > > # m-a a-i madwifi > > > > Then I just made # iwconfig ath0 essid ESSID; dhclient ath0 and it was > > done, I was surfing with wireless. > > > > Regards. > > -- > > Jose Luis Rivas. San Cristóbal, Venezuela. PGP: 0xCACAB118 > > http://ghostbar.ath.cx/{about,acerca} - http://debian.org.ve > > `ghostbar' @ irc.debian.org/#debian-ve,#debian-devel-es > > That is the way that I install madwifi, BUT none of this answers the > original question. Ath5k is the new binary firmware free driver for > the Atheros wireless cards, and it is that he wants to use. > > I have not tried the ath5k driver yet, but I too would be very interested > to hear from anyone who has made it work. > > David >
I am glad some people have had success with module-assistant and the like - maybe I just have dramas as I am running unstable, however the OP seems to be as well as he is running kernel 2.6.25.2-2, which is the same as me. Anyway, the ubuntuforums link that I referenced provides a script that installs the ath5k version driver. So far, I have not had a single problem. I do know that a lot of people do seem to be having problems with their atheros chipsets however (mostly the earlier ath_pci version) as there are many comments on tickets at madwifi.org (ref: http://madwifi.org/ticket/1562 for example). Atleast in my experience, the module assistant approach didn't work as I was forever plagued by an 'unable to reset hardware' issue. -- Jaime Tarrant http://www.tarsysco.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
