Bug#530823: Can't get an IP address using the ath5k driver; madwifi worked.
On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 08:45:06PM -0700, Daniel Burrows wrote:
> Package: linux-image-2.6.29-2-686
> Version: 2.6.29-5
> Severity: normal
>
> Through kernel 2.6.26, I was able to use my wireless card via the
> madwifi driver "ath-pci". Unfortunately, madwifi was recently removed
> from Debian, so I'm stuck with only the ath5k driver in the kernel.
> Problem is, it just doesn't work for me. Well, every once in a while
> and under conditions I can't figure out, it works 100% perfectly. But
> most of the time it behaves as if it's not actually connected to my
> wireless network (it tries to send DHCP packets and doesn't see a
> response -- I don't have an easy way of checking whether it's failing
> to send packets or whether it's not seeing the replies).
For Lenny I'd recommend to stay with the madwifi driver (which was
only removed from unstable). If the error persists with 2.6.30
from unstable, please file a bug at bugzilla.kernel.org and
send the bugnumber to this bug. This needs to be fixed upstream,
the Debian kernel doesn't carry ath5k patches.
Cheers,
Moritz
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