Re: ath5k anyone?
On Monday 09 June 2008, Jaime Tarrant wrote:
> * David Goodenough (david.goodenough@btconnect.com) wrote:
> > On Sunday 08 June 2008, Jose Luis Rivas Contreras wrote:
> > > Jaime Tarrant wrote:
> > > > * Bill Wohler (wohler@newt.com) 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 <wohler@newt.com> 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 jaime.tarrant@tarsysco.com
> > >
> > > 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.
As he is running 2.6.25 there is no need to run module-assistant, as ath5k
is build into the kernel. So the problem is not building it, but rather using
it.
David
>
> 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 jaime.tarrant@tarsysco.com
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