Comments on: Atheros 802.11g PCMCIA card

By: Brian Wolfe

Brian Wolfe — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 05:01:41 +0000

oh yeah, I had to specify -D madwifi -c /etc/wpa.conf -i ath0 in network/interfaces

By: Brian Wolfe

Brian Wolfe — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 05:00:40 +0000

Got the AirLink 101 model AWLC4030 working nicely with WPA-PSK and TPIK encryption.
This is a cardbus card 3v

I used make-kpkg in debian to compile modules from the madwifi project.

It all went togeather VERY easilly and nicely.

To automate WPA-PSK I setup a config file as /etc/wpa.conf and added wpa_supplicant to /etc/ntwork/interfaces as a pre-up script.

By: Aleksander Adamowski

Aleksander Adamowski — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 07:47:32 +0000

I have a DWL-G650 cardbus card, and have discovered (after long hours of trying) thet wpa_supplicant works only if I set it to scan by itself, rather than let the driver do the scanning (ap_scan=1).

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 07:46:27 +0000

Should have taken a look over the Gentoo forums first.

wlanconfig must be used now to set the proper mode with the newer madwifi driver. Works like a charm.

If anyone else run into this post looking for an answer, please refer to:

http://forums.gentoo.org/vi...
http://forums.gentoo.org/vi...

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 07:09:34 +0000

Hey, I've just upgraded my madwifi driver using Gentoo's emerge tool (emerge -va madwifi-driver) and the Master and Monitor modes don't work anymore. It worked a few minutes ago flawlessly.

The old package was net-wireless/madwifi-driver-0.1_pre20050420 it worked.
The new package is net-wireless/madwifi-driver-0.1420.20060201 and I can't set the mode to Master or Monitor.

When I use iwconfig to set the mode I now get the following error:

vez ~ # iwconfig ath0 mode master
Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
SET failed on device ath0 ; Invalid argument.

Using iwpriv, I can successfully list the ioctl calls supported by the card.

The command iwlist gives an error when I try to scan:

vez ~ # iwlist ath0 scan
ath0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Invalid argument

The interface ath0 exists and is listed with 'iwconfig'.

I tried Chris' tip to run wlanconfig, but it doesn't make a difference.

What could be the problem? Does the new driver have known problems?

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 15:48:00 +0000

Rich,

You should be able to run wlanconfig ath0 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode sta. This will create an alias for you and make the computer available for wireless.

By: van-router

van-router — Sat, 12 Nov 2005 15:22:54 +0000

Could anyone with THIS ->
"DLink DWL-G510 ver.B"
configured in Ad-hoc mode or AP kindly dump here the output of:
$ iwconfig ath0
$ ifconfig ath0

Please, badly needed, save my hairs

By: Rich Kosiba

Rich Kosiba — Sat, 29 Oct 2005 03:39:52 +0000

I have a DWL-G650 revision B with Wireless Tools v27 and Extension v17 on a 2.6.10 kernel.

I've followed the directions here. I'm getting wifi0 by default, not ath0. When I try to use iwconfig (ie. iwconfig wifi0 mode managed) I get an "Invalid argument" error. Doesn't matter what I try to do with iwconfig I get similar errors. iwlist wifi0 scan tells me the interface doesn't support scanning.

The device shows up correctly in lspci, and I do have a wifi0 device.

/var/lib/pcmcia/stab tells me that Socket 0 is empty. On the other hand, cardctl info is telling me that there is an Atheros AR5001-0000-0000 with manfid 0271,0012.

I'm a little confused. Can anyone offer any suggestions?

By: Marc

Marc — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 12:54:45 +0000

Would anyone know where I could find a driver which would work with a 3Com pcmcia model 3CRPAG175 card ?

By: bitcmos

bitcmos — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 06:36:03 +0000

Solved! Just needed the correct WEP key. Heh. BTW the GUI tools in FC4 put the keys in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/
keys-ath0

Good luck with your wireless cards!

DLink DWL-G510 ver. B works with FC4, yeah!