Re: Atheros wifi interface disabled although drivers are loaded

[Craig Hurley <craig@thehurley.com>]

Rehceb Rotkiv wrote:
> Hi,
>
> after reinstalling Debian on the same hardware, my wireless connection no
> longer works.
>
> - lspci shows that the wifi card is recognized (Atheros chipset).
> - According to lsmod output, the correct driver modules are loaded (ath_pci
> etc.).
> - However, lshw still shows the device as "DISABLED".
>
> How can that be? An internet search revealed that in cases like these,
> people are usually reminded to flip the wifi activation switch in their
> laptops ;-) But I am using a traditional box with a PCI wifi card, so I
> really wonder where the problem might be. Any ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Rehceb

I installed a wifi card using ndiswrapper, I needed to run "modprobe 
ndiswrapper" to get the card working.  If this is your fix, you can add 
ndiswrapper to /etc/modules

Regards,
Craig.