iwconfig gives ath0: no such device

[Ken Gosier]

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.
>>>>
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