Activation of a wireless Network

[Arthur H. Johnson II]

Robert,

I hear that the latest madwifi works, but I've never tried it.  I have 
Xubuntu 8.04.1 on an Acer 5315 and I had to use ndiswrapper to get the 
wireless to work.  Here are the steps I took, in general, to get 
wireless up:

1. First, blacklist ath_pci:
# sudo vim /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
( Add 'blacklist ath_pci' to the end of the file )

2. Install ndiswrapper-utils.  The package for me was 
ndiswrapper-utils-1.9, but I'm on Hardy.  It is probably different on gutsy.

3. Download the XP drivers for the Atheros wireless card.   The version 
that worked for me was 5.3.0.67.  I had to hunt a little for these.  DO 
NOT get the vista drivers, they do not work.  Truth be told, I 
downloaded these back when it was running Gutsy, and don't remember 
where I got them from.  I burned the drivers to a CD-R and have used the 
same one since.

4. Uncompress the drivers in a safe location.  I put mine in /drv.  Find 
the XP-x32 directory under Drivers.  That is the 32 bit driver, which is 
the one I used.  Run:
# ndiswrapper -i net5211.inf
You will get a few errors about bits and whatnot.  Ignore them.

5. Edit /etc/modules and add 'ndiswrapper' to the bottom of the file. 

6. Reboot

7. Profit!



Robert Lutaaya wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I salute you all; New member to the list.
>
> I have just acquired an aspire 4315 laptop, installed is Ubuntu 7:10 
> OS. I cant access the wireless card however its detected (Atheros)
>
> Should i go ahead and download the madawifi 0.9.4 file to boost ma 
> note book?
>
> kind regards
>
> -- 
> Robert K Lutaaya
>
>
> Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him Dad!