Wi Fi on my laptop

[Karl Larsen]

Mike McMullin wrote:
> 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.
>
>
>   
    Hi Mike it is available from a web site as a tar ball. I followed 
madberry's advice and got the tarball installed and working fine.

Karl


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