Re: My wifi doesn't connect
Am Mittwoch, 26. März 2008 schrieb Maximiliano Marin Bustos:
> On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 3:20 PM, Maximiliano Marin Bustos <
>
> maxmarin@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 2:53 PM, Lennart Sorensen <
> >
> > lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
> > > On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 11:11:47PM -0300, Maximiliano Marin Bustos
> > >
> > > wrote:
> > > > Hi everbody, i have recently installed debian lenny on my laptop and
> > >
> > > my
> > >
> > > > atheros wifi doesn't connect.
> > > > Here is my lspci:
> > > >
> > > > debian-laptop:~# lspci | grep Atheros
> > > > 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR242x
> > > > 802.11abgWireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)
> > > > debian-laptop:~#
> > > >
> > > > I tried with madwifi and ndiswrapper and nothing.
> > >
> > > I only buy systems that use Ralink or Intel wireless chips. Those have
> > > GPL drivers available. Most other things do not, and some companies
> > > are almost actively hostile towards anything but windows.
> > >
> > > Modern Atheros chips generally qualify as not supported in my
> > > experience, although some people do seem to be trying to make them work
> > > through reverse engineering or NDAs in some cases.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Len Sorensen
> >
> > And what can i do? If i will install debian for 32 bits.. it will run??
> > Or my arch. doesn't matter?
> >
> > Greetz
> >
> >
> > --
> > Atte,
> > Maximiliano Marin
> > http://maximilinux.wordpress.com
Hi !
Madwifi-drivers should run. Make sure, you got an entry
in /etc/network/interfaces like this
--------
auto lo ath0 eth0
iface ath0 inet dhcp
wireless_mode Managed
wireless_essid youressid
wireless_key YOURKEY
wireless_keymode open
--------
"ifconfig -a" should tell you, that the driver is loaded. (A device ath0
should appear)
If everything fails, try a GUI with own configuaration, just like kwlan,
wlassistant or kwifimanager.
Good luck !
Hans
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