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Hi Stroller. |
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Thanks in advance! |
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On 11/26/06, Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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<SNIP> |
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> This should be supported by madwifi-ng, although from the comments at |
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> <http://madwifi.org/wiki/Compatibility#AtherosAR5005G> you might try |
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> emerging 0.0.1443.20060207 or 0.0.1531.20060427 if you have problems |
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> with the current release. |
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OK - currently have 0.9.2 installed. Will try the others if I don't |
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make headway soon. |
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<SNIP> |
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> > 1) What is the proper way to configure this card using ath0, assuming |
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> > it actually is supported? |
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> `iwconfig ath0 SSID "Linksys" channel auto key aabbccddeeff && |
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> ifconfig ath0 up && dhclient ath0` might be a start. |
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> /etc/conf.d/net contains lots of hints for a proper installation. You |
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> might need to `ln -s /etc/init.d/net.lo /etc/init.d/net.ath0`. |
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Yes. As you were writing back I was doing much the same stuff. I |
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created the net.ath0 link as well as adding some config data in |
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/etc/conf.d/wireless and can now start and stop the device: |
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Sector9 init.d # /etc/init.d/net.ath0 status |
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* status: started |
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Sector9 init.d # /etc/init.d/net.ath0 stop |
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* Stopping ath0 |
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* Bringing down ath0 |
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* Shutting down ath0 ... |
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[ ok ]Sector9 init.d # /etc/init.d/net.ath0 |
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start |
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* Starting ath0 |
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* Configuring wireless network for ath0 |
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* ath0 connected to ESSID "LadySmithBliss" at 00:00:00:00:00:00 |
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* in managed mode on channel 1 (WEP enabled - restricted) |
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* Bringing up ath0 |
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* 192.168.1.158/24 |
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[ ok ] * Adding routes |
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* default via 192.168.1.1 ... |
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[ ok ]Sector9 init.d # |
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I am not clear about the 00:00:00:00:00:00 thing. Does that mean it's |
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bound to any WAP on the network or is it bound to none of them. I'm |
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not sure how much of this I Can trust, but it is seeing things on the |
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network. Note that there is a LinkSys wireless router, 2 LinkSys |
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wireless access points and a Mac Mini that is wireless so it should |
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see 4 devices, or possibly 3 due to distance issues. Note that at |
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least one MAC address is duplicated in the list below: |
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Sector9 init.d # iwlist ath0 scan |
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ath0 Scan completed : |
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Cell 01 - Address: 00:13:10:7D:8F:F9 |
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ESSID:"" |
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Mode:Master |
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Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6) |
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Quality=31/94 Signal level=-64 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm |
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Encryption key:on |
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Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s |
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24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s |
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12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s |
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Extra:bcn_int=100 |
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Cell 02 - Address: 00:90:4C:91:00:01 |
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ESSID:"REMOVED" |
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Mode:Master |
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Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6) |
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Quality=48/94 Signal level=-47 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm |
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Encryption key:on |
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Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s |
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24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s |
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12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s |
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Extra:bcn_int=100 |
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Cell 03 - Address: 00:12:17:7A:99:03 |
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ESSID:"REMOVED" |
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Mode:Master |
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Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6) |
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Quality=11/94 Signal level=-84 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm |
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Encryption key:on |
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Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s |
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24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s |
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12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s |
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Extra:bcn_int=100 |
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Cell 04 - Address: 00:13:10:7D:8F:F9 |
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ESSID:"REMOVED" |
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Mode:Master |
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Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6) |
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Quality=29/94 Signal level=-66 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm |
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Encryption key:on |
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Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s |
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24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s |
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12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s |
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Extra:bcn_int=100 |
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Cell 05 - Address: 00:90:4C:91:00:01 |
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ESSID:"" |
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Mode:Master |
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Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6) |
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Quality=41/94 Signal level=-54 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm |
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Encryption key:on |
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Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s |
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24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s |
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12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s |
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Extra:bcn_int=100 |
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Sector9 init.d # |
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With ath0 turned on I have a reasonable routing table except for two |
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'default' interfaces. That goes away when I turn off eth0 for testing, |
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but it's on now so that I can write this email. How do I set which |
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interface is the single default if they are both on? |
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Sector9 init.d # route |
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Kernel IP routing table |
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Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface |
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192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 |
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192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 ath0 |
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loopback * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo |
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default LinkSys 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 |
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default LinkSys 0.0.0.0 UG 2000 0 0 ath0 |
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Sector9 init.d # |
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Sector9 init.d # /etc/init.d/net.eth0 stop |
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* Stopping eth0 |
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* Bringing down eth0 |
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* Shutting down eth0 ... |
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[ ok ]Sector9 init.d # route |
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Kernel IP routing table |
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Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface |
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192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 ath0 |
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loopback * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo |
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default LinkSys 0.0.0.0 UG 2000 0 0 ath0 |
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Sector9 init.d # ifconfig |
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ath0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:95:88:C7:3A |
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inet addr:192.168.1.158 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 |
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UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 |
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RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 |
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TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 |
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collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 |
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RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) |
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lo Link encap:Local Loopback |
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inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 |
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UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 |
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RX packets:31 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 |
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TX packets:31 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 |
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collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 |
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RX bytes:3125 (3.0 Kb) TX bytes:3125 (3.0 Kb) |
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wifi0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr |
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00-11-95-88-C7-3A-20-81-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00 |
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UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 |
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RX packets:758243 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:4744 |
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TX packets:699186 errors:36 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 |
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collisions:0 txqueuelen:199 |
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RX bytes:34432569 (32.8 Mb) TX bytes:23865464 (22.7 Mb) |
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Interrupt:21 Memory:dc980000-dc990000 |
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Sector9 init.d # |
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> |
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> > 2) If the above data is about my card then why isn't is coming up |
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> > 802.11g? I get .11g support from ndiswrapper, or did when it |
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> > worked...) |
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> Well, do you have it configured _as ath0_? If you have your wlan0 in |
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> all your configuration files then the init scripts are ignoring it. |
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No, as I say I have added it to the wireless config file: |
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Sector9 init.d # cat ../conf.d/wireless |
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# /etc/conf.d/wireless: |
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# Global wireless config file for net.* rc-scripts |
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############################################################################## |
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# SETTINGS |
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############################################################################## |
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essid_wlan0="MYESSID" |
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preferred_aps=( "MYESSID" ) |
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channel_wlan0="6" |
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key_MYESSID="MYKEY enc restricted" |
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essid_ath0="MYESSID" |
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preferred_aps=( "MYESSID" ) |
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channel_ath0="6" |
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key_MYESSID="MYKEY enc restricted" |
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Sector9 init.d # |
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<SNIP> |
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> Also, you might want to try different versions of the madwifi-ng |
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> driver due to the mentioned problems with that particular card. |
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> These'll surely be sorted out in 0.9.3 or 1.0.0, so there's no need |
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> to stress it - if you can't get ath0 working using `iwconfig` & |
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> `ifconfig` then just package mask 0.9.2 and try an earlier version. |
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That may be the proper next step but it seems like I'm quite close |
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with this version. |
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Any idea what I'm missing? |
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thanks, |
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Mark |
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