Wi Fi on my laptop

[Mike McMullin]

On Thu, 2008-11-20 at 14:11 -0700, Karl Larsen wrote:
>     Well on my cheap laptop with Intrepid I did a lshw -C network and 
> got this for my effort to connect to a WiFi internet.
> 
>   *-network UNCLAIMED
>        description: Ethernet controller
>        product: AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter
>        vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
>        physical id: 0
>        bus info: pci at 0000:02:00.0
>        version: 01
>        width: 64 bits
>        clock: 33MHz
>        capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix cap_list
>        configuration: latency=0
> 
> I gather the kernel driver for this device is un-availium on Linux. It 
> seems to work ok for Windows.  What must I do to get WiFi on my Intrepid?

  The Atheros AR242x cards are supported using the mad-wifi kernel
module.  If there isn't one in the repositories then get the tarball
file from the Mad-Wifi site and e-mail me directly for instructions, if
you have problems installing it.