I bought a Dlink wireless card (DWL-G650) that is fully supported by madwifi.
I installed required rpm's from livna.
I am somewhat confused by this points:
1) ath modules are loaded
lsmod:
Module Size Used by
radeon 97376 1
drm 63701 2 radeon
nfsd 200017 17
exportfs 5697 1 nfsd
lockd 55113 2 nfsd
nfs_acl 3777 1 nfsd
ipv6 225697 14
autofs4 19013 1
hidp 15937 2
l2cap 23617 5 hidp
bluetooth 44069 2 hidp,l2cap
sunrpc 136573 12 nfsd,lockd,nfs_acl
iptable_filter 3137 0
ip_tables 11529 1 iptable_filter
x_tables 12613 1 ip_tables
dm_mirror 19985 0
dm_mod 50905 1 dm_mirror
video 14917 0
button 6609 0
battery 9285 0
ac 4933 0
lp 12297 0
parport_pc 25445 1
parport 34313 2 lp,parport_pc
nvram 8393 0
snd_intel8x0 30301 2
snd_intel8x0m 16077 0
snd_ac97_codec 83937 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_intel8x0m
snd_ac97_bus 2497 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_seq_dummy 3781 0
wlan_scan_sta 12416 0
snd_seq_oss 28993 0
ath_pci 83496 0
ath_rate_sample 10752 1 ath_pci
wlan 166236 4 wlan_scan_sta,ath_pci,ath_rate_sample
snd_seq_midi_event 7105 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 47153 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
sg 32349 0
ath_hal 188880 3 ath_pci,ath_rate_sample
snd_seq_device 8909 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
ohci1394 31749 0
joydev 9473 0
ieee1394 288665 1 ohci1394
snd_pcm_oss 45009 0
snd_mixer_oss 16449 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 76869 4
snd_intel8x0,snd_intel8x0m,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
natsemi 24737 0
snd_timer 22597 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd 50501 14
snd_intel8x0,snd_intel8x0m,snd_ac97_codec,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
i2c_i801 8525 0
soundcore 9377 1 snd
uhci_hcd 28881 0
I do not find any wireless device in Network Config Tool but an eth0
(my wired Ethernet card) and a wifi0 (another Ethernet card) that
seems connected to my wireless card (shown as Atheros AR5212).
If I digit iwconfig:
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wifi0 no wireless extensions.
ath0 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Channel:0 Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:0 kb/s Tx-Power:18 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
sit0 no wireless extensions.
and my modprobe.conf is:
alias eth0 natsemi
install snd-intel8x0 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-intel8x0 &&
/usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
remove snd-intel8x0 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ;
}; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-intel8x0
alias usb-controller ehci-hcd
alias usb-controller1 uhci-hcd
alias ieee1394-controller ohci1394
alias wifi0 ath_pci
Should I see a ath0 in my Network Configuration Tool???
I googled a lot (all this morning) but no easy and clear document how
to easy install this card!!!
Any help??
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Antonio Montagnani
Skype : antoniomontag
