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From: Sebastian on 28 Dec 2009 00:10
Hello again

...snip...
> > 1. add the relevant repositories to your
> > /etc/apt/sources.list (e.g. add the "stable" or "lenny" repositories,
> > also make sure you have the non-free branches included as that's where
> > the madwifi-* packages reside), then change the file
> > /etc/apt/preferences (create it if it doesn't exist yet) to something
...snip...
> > install madwifi et al.
> >
> > There's also a bit of configuration to be done in
> > /etc/modprobe.d/madwifi, uncomment the line:
...snip...
> I have done as you indicated in your email but now the wireless card is not
> even detected after a restart. Could you show me how my interface configuration
> file should look like.
>

not sure what you mean by "interface configuration file", my
/etc/network/interfaces only contains the loopback entry (lo) as I use
wicd to manage the network (works great for me!), but let's see if you
have the right modules loaded first (I presume the installation went
ok for you?), try running following command and include it's output in
your answer, if you don't mind:

aku(a)hexbrex:~$ lsmod | grep -E '(ath|wlan)'
wlan_tkip 10176 2
wlan_scan_sta 10752 1
ath_rate_sample 10816 1
ath_pci 174776 0
wlan 192436 5 wlan_tkip,wlan_scan_sta,ath_rate_sample,ath_pci
ath_hal 299424 3 ath_rate_sample,ath_pci

if nothing shows up try loading 'ath_pci' manually by doing:

hexbrex:/home/aku# modprobe ath_pci

Then run the previous command again.

Let me know how that works also please include any output of the above
commands in your reply.

All the best
Sebi

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From: Ogya Chief on 28 Dec 2009 01:20



> Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 04:42:24 +0000
> From: levi.vibes(a)gmail.com
> To: debian-user(a)lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Setting up Atheros Ar5001 wifi
>
> Hello again
>
>
> not sure what you mean by "interface configuration file", my
I meant the contents of the /etc/network/interfaces file.

> /etc/network/interfaces only contains the loopback entry (lo) as I use
> wicd to manage the network (works great for me!), but let's see if you
> have the right modules loaded first (I presume the installation went
> ok for you?), try running following command and include it's output in
> your answer, if you don't mind:

I managed to get the modules installed without any errors and now I have eth0 and ath0 (ath0 being the wireless interface) but it still won't connect.

>
> aku(a)hexbrex:~$ lsmod | grep -E '(ath|wlan)'

The output of the command is as follows:

wlan_wep 9984 1
wlan_scan_sta 17280 1
ath_rate_sample 17152 1
ath_pci 245824 0
wlan 224032 5 wlan_wep,wlan_scan_sta,ath_rate_sample,ath_pci
ath_hal 334480 3 ath_rate_sample,ath_pci


>
> All the best
> Sebi
>
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