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Hi!

I try to keep it short.

I tried to install my Atheros card on my T60 (2007VEH ; Atheros
chipset supports a,b,g,n (<- is that maybe the problem? the
current drivers don't work with 'n'?))

I followed the instructions here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=38972

..After this diddn't work out I tried to do what the README and
INSTALL file of the Madwifi pakage sais, which diddn't work out
either.


dmesg after modprobing "ath_pci"

[17179677.280000] ath_hal: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel.
[17179677.284000] ath_hal: 0.9.17.2 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413)


BUT iwconfig still says..

lo no wireless extensions.
irda0 no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
sit0 no wireless extensions.


which is supposed to say..

lo 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:50 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



CAN ANYONE HELP ME? :)


PS: Is it strange that the "wireless lid" on the bottom of the screen
doesnt shine? (it does in windows)

Thanks!

is this the card you have? if so it's not supported with madwifi, according to that page you should be able to use nidswrapper with the windows driver until there's a better option. (here are some instructions: link1[/ur], [url=http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/medi ... php/Ubuntu]link2)

Can you post
please.

Thanks for your replies!

@e_tank
Yes, I think thats it! But I'm not 100% for sure and I can't find it
out right now cause I'm in the internet of my college.
(I'll receive internet at home tomorrow) But I know 100% for sure
that it is a card which supports the 'n' standard.
I will also try your alternative method tomorrow, thanks :)

@seneca
I will post it tomorrow, I'm not on my TP right now, thanks.


BTW: My kernel version is 2.6.17-10-generic

also make sure you have linux-restricted-modules installed. that was causing similar symptoms in my case (although I have an intel card)