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Hi, I've been trying various things. If I do iwconfig, I get lo no wireless extensions eth0 no wireless extensions sit0 no wireless extensions I got madwifi rpm's that are built for SuSE 10.1 and did rpm -Uvh on them, then ran the command given in the steps, with the result: linux-w0zs:~ # wlanconfig ath0 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode sta wlanconfig: ioctl: No such device I should also say, the card is plugged in, and works under Windows. Lastly, I did: linux-w0zs:~ # modprobe wlan_scan_sta FATAL: Module wlan_scan_sta not found Also I did: linux-w0zs:~ # modprobe ath_pci FATAL: Module ath_pci not found Um, help? Josh ChaitinPollak wrote: > I was just looking at the MadWifi compatibility list, and according > to that page the WG511T are Atheros. Netgear seems to have a habit of > changing chipsets without changing model #'s though, so perhaps there > is a new revision that isn't Atheros. > > http://madwifi.org/wiki/Compatibility#WG511T > > If you have a wlan0 but no ath0, you need to create one (excerpt from > http://madwifi.org/wiki/UserDocs/FirstTimeHowTo ): > Creating an Interface > > MADWiFi supports virtual access points, which means you can create > more than one wireless device per wireless card. By default, a sta > mode VAP is created by, which is MadWifi talk for a 'managed mode > wireless interface'. > > If your svn snapshot is more recent than the 23rd January 2006, > (r1407) than you can skip the following step: > > If not, then follow these instructions to make a normal station mode > interface. Type (as root): > > wlanconfig ath0 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode sta > Now, if you type iwconfig, you should see a list like the following: > > eth0 no wireless extensions. > > lo no wireless extensions. > > wifi0 no wireless extensions. > > ath0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"" > Mode:Managed Frequency:2.457 GHz Access Point: > 00:00:00:00:00:00 > Bit Rate:0 kb/s Tx-Power:20 dBm Sensitivity=0/3 > Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off > Power Management:off > Link Quality=0/94 Signal level=-95 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm > Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 > Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 > > > On Aug 15, 2006, at 9:58 AM, Jerry Feldman wrote: > >> It may also show up as WLAN0. That is why I suggested using the >> iwconfig >> with no arguments. >> On Tuesday 15 August 2006 9:34 am, Sarah McGlinchey wrote: >>> ath0 is usually used for atheros cards with the mad-wifi driver. >>> Most >>> likely the Netgear shows up as an additional ethX device. Running >>> iwconfig without arguments as suggested should show what the wireless >>> device is named. >>> >>> On 8/15/06, Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org> wrote: >>>> On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 05:09:37 -0400 (EDT) >>>> >>>> "Ken Gosier" <ken at kg293.net> wrote: >>>>> Hi, is there anything I can do if iwconfig gives back 'ath0: no >>>>> such >>>>> device'? I've configured my wireless card (Netgear WG511T) through >>>>> YaST. >>>> >>>> what happens if you simply type 'iwconfig' with no parameters. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org> >>>> Boston Linux and Unix user group >>>> http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 >>>> PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 >>>> 1EA9 >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Discuss mailing list >>>> Discuss at blu.org >>>> http://olduvai.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Discuss mailing list >>> Discuss at blu.org >>> http://olduvai.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> >> -- >> Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org> >> Boston Linux and Unix user group >> http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 >> PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9 >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss at blu.org >> http://olduvai.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at blu.org > http://olduvai.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- Ken Gosier ken at kg293.net ken_gosier at yahoo.com
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