RE: getting a wireless netgear WG511T card to work on FC

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ok...

update...

there appears to be progress...

i have apparently managed to get the netgear/atheros card installed in the
FC4 system using madwifi. i can go to the ethernet section of the "network
configuration" and i see the "atheros" information. not sure why it doesn't
show up in the "wireless" section...

i can setup the card with the ip address, etc.. i can ping the card... when
i remove the card, the ping comes bac as network not there.. which is
correct.

my issue is that i can't seem to see my wireless router from the card. i've
checked the wireless router and it's working with a windows pc. the router
is also working from this same linux box when i use a physical wire via the
eth connection...

any ideas as to how i can debug/troubleshoot this issue...

for testing, the router is setup to allow everything/anything to connect, so
i'm not filtering or stopping anything from accessing it

i'm getting a little closer!!!

thanks

-bruce



-----Original Message-----
From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of bruce
Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2006 8:29 AM
To: 'For users of Fedora Core releases'
Cc: 'Filianx'
Subject: RE: getting a wireless netgear WG511T card to work on FC


hi...

update...

is it possible to have both line/wireless (eth0/ath0) running at the same
time? could this be the cause of my problems?

when i do a:
  ifup ath0
i get  "/sbin/ifup <configuration for ath0 not found"

when i do :
  iwconfig
i get (eth0, sit0, wifi0, lo) no wireless extension, and ath0 gives me
information

when i do:
   ifconfig
i get information for eth0 and lo...

so i'm still lost...

-bruce


-----Original Message-----
From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of bruce
Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2006 7:12 AM
To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: 'Filianx'
Subject: RE: getting a wireless netgear WG511T card to work on FC


ok...

here's the situation now...

i've got a dell inspiron 8000 laptop.. (a few years old). i'm trying to get
a netgear wg511t wireless card to run.

i've put FC4 on the system, and did a:
   "yum update"
to update the complete system, with all the underlying functions.

i then did a:
  "yum install madwifi madwifi-kmdl-2111_FC4"

and the system appeared to go through the motions and install the madwifi
apps..

a "rpm -qa mad*" shows that i now have madwifi rpms installed on the system.

i then did a
  "mod_probe ath_pci"

finally, i went to the;
  "system tools->internet connection wizard->wireless connection"

where i only saw the "other wireless card"

i can't seem to figure out how to get the card/adapter connection to appear"

any help would be greatly appreciated!!!

thanks

-bruce



-----Original Message-----
From: Axel Thimm [mailto:thimm@xxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Axel Thimm
Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2006 3:47 PM
To: bedouglas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; For users of Fedora Core releases
Cc: 'Filianx'
Subject: Re: getting a wireless netgear WG511T card to work on FC


On Sat, Jun 10, 2006 at 12:10:40PM -0700, bruce wrote:
> ok...
>
> i've finally managed to get the system rebuilt with the FC4 apps
installed.
> the "uname -r" --> 2.6.11-1.1369_FC4
>
> i've taken a look at the www.atrpms.com site for the madwifi rpms. in the
> fc4/madwifi (madwifing) i see a number of rpms for both 1386/1686..
>
> i'm not sure which ones i need for my FC version. do i need to do an
update
> of my FC?..

Yes, update first to the latets kernel, then point your depsolver
(yum/apt/smart/...) to ATrpms (see http://atrpms.net/install.html) and
simply do

yum install madwifi madwifi-kmdl-`uname -r`

> any thoughts/help would be greatly appreciated...
>
> thanks
>
> -bruce
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Axel Thimm [mailto:thimm@xxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Axel Thimm
> Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 10:26 PM
> To: bedouglas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; For users of Fedora Core releases
> Cc: 'Filianx'
> Subject: Re: getting a wireless netgear WG511T card to work on FC
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 06, 2006 at 11:59:44AM -0700, bruce wrote:
> > duh!!!
> >
> > sorry about that.. i know that there are RPMs.. I've looked at the
> > atRPMs/etc.. I don't know which ones to grab!!!
> >
> > I also don't know that this is the end/start of the process...
> >
> > I was/am hoping that I can find someone who could tell me exactly which
> RPMs
> > to grab, as well as the process required to get everything running...
>
> The easiest is to let smart/yum/apt do their job with something like
>
> yum install madwifi madwifi-`uname -r`
>
> (you need to activate atrpms in your depsolver setup).
>
> If you need to download by hand then probably you will need (for i686,
> non-smp, non-xen0):
>
> http://dl.atrpms.net/all/madwifi-0.9.0-23.rhfc5.at.i386.rpm
>
http://dl.atrpms.net/all/madwifi-kmdl-2.6.16-1.2122_FC5-0.9.0-23.rhfc5.at.i6
> 86.rpm
>
http://dl.atrpms.net/all/madwifi-hal-kmdl-2.6.16-1.2122_FC5-0.9.0-23.rhfc5.a
> t.i686.rpm
>
> > It took me awhile to find a card that seems to be supported by the
madwifi
> > app...
> >
> > -bruce
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Filianx [mailto:filianx@xxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 11:51 AM
> > To: bedouglas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; For users of Fedora Core releases
> > Subject: Re: getting a wireless netgear WG511T card to work on FC
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 06/06/06, bruce <bedouglas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi...
> >
> > I have FC4 and a netgear card WG511T. Can someone walk me through
> > (small/slow details) on what I need to get from madwifi...
> >
> > I'm assuming that it's a number of RPMs that have to be
> fetched/installed..
> > But I'm not sure which ones from looking at the madwifi site.
> >
> > uname -a
> > 2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 6 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
> >
> > thanks
> >
> > -bruce
> > bedouglas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
>

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