Re: problems with madwifi and Atheros AR5418

2008-09-04 Thread mpg
Le (on) Thursday 04 September 2008 02:40, Celejar a écrit (wrote) : >> ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready > > This line generally appears when the card comes on-line; if all goes well, > it should soon be followed by something like 'ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): > eth0: link becomes ready'

Re: problems with madwifi and Atheros AR5418

2008-09-03 Thread mpg
Le (on) mercredi 03 septembre 2008 22:20, mpg a écrit (wrote) : > which means my AP when down and my laptop on battery (don't know which one > is responsible). > Well, I did the test. When the AP gets down, I can see wlan0: No ProbeResp from current AP - assume out of rang

Re: problems with madwifi and Atheros AR5418

2008-09-03 Thread mpg
Le (on) mercredi 03 septembre 2008 02:30, Celejar a écrit (wrote) : >> wmaster: unknown hardware address type 801 >> > I think this message is normal; I get it too with both my Atheros and > Broadcom cards. > Ok, thanks for the info. By the way, I was perhaps a bit to fast saying that "it wotks

Re: problems with madwifi and Atheros AR5418

2008-09-02 Thread mpg
Le (on) mardi 02 septembre 2008 23:30, mpg a écrit (wrote) : >> Maybe with a newer kernel that includes the ath9k driver, it 'might' >> work. >> > 2.6.27-rc5 is building right now. I'll see. > Rebooted on the new kernel. Wireless networking looks wo

Re: problems with madwifi and Atheros AR5418

2008-09-02 Thread mpg
Le (on) mardi 02 septembre 2008 22:40, Wayne Topa a écrit (wrote) : >> http://madwifi.org/wiki/Compatibility/Atheros#AtherosAR5418 > > It's reported there to be working on an Apple Macbook. Is that what an > asus F80L-4P007C is? > Not exactly. But I naively thought that the driver was f

Re: problems with madwifi and Atheros AR5418

2008-09-02 Thread mpg
Le (on) mardi 02 septembre 2008 21:50, mpg a écrit (wrote) : > 1. Use a more recent madwifi snapshot. Ok, I just tried this one. Apparently it doesn't help. > 2. Try a 2.6.27 kernel with the new ath9k driver which is supposed to > handle my chipset. Looks like it's time f

problems with madwifi and Atheros AR5418

2008-09-02 Thread mpg
Hi all, My new laptop (asus F80L-4P007C) comes with an Atheros AR5418 wifi chipset, which apparently doesn't work well with madwifi from current Lenny. This chipset is reported to work with madwifi at: http://madwifi.org/wiki/Compatibility/Atheros#AtherosAR5418 I have packet loss varying