FC6 & MADWIFI

[Nicholas Lysaght]

Michael A Peters wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-03-19 at 16:21 +0900, Nicholas Lysaght wrote:
>   
>> Hi All.
>>
>> I am running Fedora Core 6 from an Atholon 1000 cpu, with normal wired 
>> DSL Access (Realtek8139). I have an Asus M2N-TVM motherboard with a 
>> Atholon 3500 single core awaiting installation of Fedora Core 6. 
>> However, this box has a D-LINK DWL-G520 WLan Card, and therin lies the 
>> problem.
>>
>> On a previous install, Fedora cannot pick up the wLan Card. I know from 
>> my eComStation install that the DWL-G520 uses the Atheros Chipset with 
>> the Identifier of 168c:0013. Googling "Atheros" will bring me to a site, 
>> that will give all the specs of my card.
>>
>> My understanding is that Madwifi is like a sort of generic wrapper, 
>> where once it is installed (including, as I understand - linux kernel 
>> updates), it will allow the parent Fedora system to pick up the card (as 
>> one of many Atheros Cards)....I supply the ssid etc....and bingo, we 
>> have wireless! :-)
>>
>> Problem with me is: I am very very raw in Linux. :-[      I think I've 
>> seen somewhere where it has happened, but cannot follow the path to 
>> acheive it. Is there anyone who has succeeded in Getting Wireless to go 
>> using this card, FC6 and Madwifi? I can go "walklan" between these two 
>> machines, as required. If there is anything I've missed, please let me know.
>>
>> I look forward to  your help, and thank you in advance.
>>     
>
> First - verify that your card is atheros.
>
> /sbin/lspci |grep -i atheros
>
> You should see atheros mentioned in the output if your card is atheros.
>
> If it is - set up to use rpm.livna.org:
>
> http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/6/i386/repodata/repoview/livna-release-0-6-1.html
>
> Install that package.
>
> Once installed so that you can use the rpm.livna.org repository -
>
> yum install kmod-madwifi
>
> That should do it for you.
>
>   
Hi Michael.

Thanks for your quick response. Hopefully, I'll get onto it tonight...I 
have the rpm file and will transfer that to the new install (after 
Atheros verification), and see how I go.

Thanks again.

NICK
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