Hi,

I need help ! I've got no experiance linux and Slackware (10.2 - Kernel
2.4.29).

I'm trying to make work my wifi connection by using a PCMCIA card
(chipset Atheros).

I took the last release of Madwifi (not 100% sure) :
madwifi-20050829.tgz & madwifi-cvs-current.tar.gz (same problem with
both).
"http://Madwifi.net/Install-HOWTO/Drivers/madwifi/1.SourceForge.Madwifi.Drivers/"

1) When i comile with "make" i have no errors.
2) To try to load my modules i've tried
insmod net80211/wlan.o ---> Ok (i see it by doing "lsmod")
insmod ath_hal/ath_hal.o ---> i have a warning : loading ath_hal.o
will
taint the kernel : non-GPL license - Propriety .... Mosile
ath_hal
loaded, with warnings ( i read it wasn't a serious !!
Is it true ? Any way i see it when i do "lsmod" )

insmod ath/ath_pci.o ---> i have several lines of errors and the
module is
not loaded :
ath/ath_pci.o: ath/ath_pci.o: unresolved symbole
ath_rate_findrate
ath/ath_pci.o: ath/ath_pci.o: unresolved symbole
ath_rate_newassoc
ath/ath_pci.o: ath/ath_pci.o: unresolved symbole ath_rate_detach
ath/ath_pci.o: ath/ath_pci.o: unresolved symbole
ath_rate_node_init
.... and so on

I realy dont know what to do. I can not find similare problem !!!


Thanks

iris wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I need help ! I've got no experiance linux and Slackware (10.2 - Kernel
> 2.4.29).
>
> I'm trying to make work my wifi connection by using a PCMCIA card
> (chipset Atheros).
>
> I took the last release of Madwifi (not 100% sure) :
> madwifi-20050829.tgz & madwifi-cvs-current.tar.gz (same problem with
> both).
> "http://Madwifi.net/Install-HOWTO/Drivers/madwifi/1.SourceForge.Madwifi.Drivers/"

> I realy dont know what to do. I can not find similare problem !!!


Did you read
http://madwifi.sourceforge.net/dokuw...p?id=slackware yet?

Cheers, Eric

Hi,

First of all .. Thank you

The installation of Madwifi went well. I did every thing that was sayed
in the document ... But, my configration (my essid , my ip addr et so
on ... ) is not loaded when i boot !!

I checked several time my files : /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf &
/etc/rc.d/rc.wireless.conf they seem to be ok to me !

For information when i try "/sbin/iwlist ath0 scan" it doesn't find
the network. I have to execut "/sbin/ifconfig ath0 up" to make it work.
Is it normal ? Do i have to do anything with Hotplug module
configuration to make it work automatically ?

Thanks

Hi,

I've managed to make it work manually but i would like it to be
automatic. Any suggestions ?

I've configured my DNS with netconfig.
I've executed as root "/etc/rc.d/rc.wireless ath0" ( No permissions
"SIOCSIFFLAGS: Permission denied" for a user ! What should i do to run
it by a user ?)
And finally i had to do (beacause /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 ath0 dosen't do
anything) :
>> /sbin/ifconfig ath0 myaddr
>> /sbin/route add -net default gw mygateway

After this i can connect to Internet. I would really appreciate any
help

Thanks in advance for any comments

first of all edit /etc/rc.rc.inet1 as root user and add ath0 interface
in start stop and ather places you whant.
The best solution for wifi i think is ifplugd.

Hi,

I dont have any experience in linux. I dont see where do i have to add
ath0 inetrface.
I thought that the only changes i had to do was in the configuration
file /etc/rc.rc.inet1.conf using "static IP".

IFNAME [0] = "ath0"
IPADDR[0]="myaddress"
NETMASK[0]="255.255.255.0"

GATEWAY="192.168.1.1"

It's still not working automatically or even manually when i execute
/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 !

What's ifplugd ? I can't find it ?

Thanks