[Techtalk] Thinkpad/Debian - T60p wireless...

[Bethany Seeger]

Ah, I didn't realize madwifi was for Atheros.  I've installed it and
have the module loaded, per their instructions. The part I'm confused
about now is how to get it configured.  

These are my modules: 

tweak:/etc# lsmod | grep ath
ath_pci                83008  0 
ath_rate_sample        12992  1 ath_pci
wlan                  173820  2 ath_pci,ath_rate_sample
ath_hal               191664  2 ath_pci,ath_rate_sample


I put this entry in my etc/network/interfaces file:

auto ath0
iface ath0 inet dhcp
        wireless-essid our_essid
        wireless-key our_key

tweak:/etc# ifconfig ath0
ath0: error fetching interface information: Device not found


Not sure what I'm missing... maybe what I installed doesn't have the
right device driver? 


-Bethany


On Wed, 2007-09-19 at 08:37 +0100, Patricia Fraser wrote:
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> Hi Bethany,
> 
> > I have a Thinkpad T60p and I can't seem to get the wireless working.
> > It has the Atheros Ntework Controller, versus an Intel device.
> 
> Have you looked on ThinkWiki (www.thinkwiki.org)? They seem to
> recommend using MadWiFi for the Atheros card (although you can use
> ndiswrapper, it's not recommended). Debian packages are in the non-free
> repositories - this page here has more info:
> 
> http://madwifi.org/wiki/UserDocs/Distro/Debian
> 
> Good luck!
> 
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