Re: ath5k anyone?
David Goodenough [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: As he is running 2.6.25 there is no need to run module-assistant, as ath5k is build into the kernel. So the problem is not building it, but rather using it. Hi David, Correct on all counts. Yes, ath5k is built into 2.6.25 so it should just work. And I've been building madwifi-source with m-a and using it for years. A recent change in either madwifi or the kernel has caused my wireless connections to drop periodically which is what prompted me to investigate ath5k, especially since new development has switched from madwifi to ath5k. Also note that I did associate with the AP, but just couldn't set up a network connection as shown below. Another reader suggested that my network parameters were missing a broadcast address, but a default broadcast address is provided, and adding an explicit address didn't change things. However Pavel Roskin thought that it might be a WEP issue. Sure enough, when I disabled WEP, my network came up! So it appears that ath5k has WEP issues with my device. -- Bill Wohler [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ath5k anyone?
On Monday 09 June 2008, Jaime Tarrant wrote:
* David Goodenough ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
On Sunday 08 June 2008, Jose Luis Rivas Contreras wrote:
Jaime Tarrant wrote:
* Bill Wohler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Hey folks,
Has anyone had any luck with the ath5k driver? I've installed
linux-image-2.6.25-2-686. My /etc/network/interfaces file says:
[snip]
When I say ifup ath0, iwconfig reveals that ath0 is associated to
my AP, ifconfig looks right (as it should with a static config).
dmesg looks great too:
[snip]
However, I can't ping my access point.
Do I need some extra magic in /etc/network/interfaces?
--
Bill Wohler [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG
ID:610BD9AD
I had a hard time getting wireless working properly with atheros
chipsets and then found the following site, which has a link to a
script that has worked well for me on Ubuntu 8.04 and Debian laptops.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=798485
I have not looked into what this script did differenly to what I was
doing, however it certainly worked well for me.
Only thing to consider is that you will probably have to re-run it
each time you do a kernel upgrade, as the script automates building
the drivers from the madwifi subversion repository against your
running kernel.
HTH - Jaime
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I guess that will work as works module-assistant. In my college I
setted up hundreds of this cards with module-assistant and
madwifi-source, just:
# apt-get install madwifi-source module-assistant
# m-a prepare
# m-a update
# m-a a-i madwifi
Then I just made # iwconfig ath0 essid ESSID; dhclient ath0 and it was
done, I was surfing with wireless.
Regards.
--
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That is the way that I install madwifi, BUT none of this answers the
original question. Ath5k is the new binary firmware free driver for
the Atheros wireless cards, and it is that he wants to use.
I have not tried the ath5k driver yet, but I too would be very interested
to hear from anyone who has made it work.
David
I am glad some people have had success with module-assistant and the like -
maybe I just have dramas as I am running unstable, however the OP seems to
be as well as he is running kernel 2.6.25.2-2, which is the same as me.
As he is running 2.6.25 there is no need to run module-assistant, as ath5k
is build into the kernel. So the problem is not building it, but rather using
it.
David
Anyway, the ubuntuforums link that I referenced provides a script that
installs the ath5k version driver. So far, I have not had a single problem.
I do know that a lot of people do seem to be having problems with their
atheros chipsets however (mostly the earlier ath_pci version) as there are
many comments on tickets at madwifi.org (ref:
http://madwifi.org/ticket/1562 for example).
Atleast in my experience, the module assistant approach didn't work as I
was forever plagued by an 'unable to reset hardware' issue.
--
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Re: ath5k anyone?
* Bill Wohler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Hey folks, Has anyone had any luck with the ath5k driver? I've installed linux-image-2.6.25-2-686. My /etc/network/interfaces file says: [snip] When I say ifup ath0, iwconfig reveals that ath0 is associated to my AP, ifconfig looks right (as it should with a static config). dmesg looks great too: [snip] However, I can't ping my access point. Do I need some extra magic in /etc/network/interfaces? -- Bill Wohler [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD I had a hard time getting wireless working properly with atheros chipsets and then found the following site, which has a link to a script that has worked well for me on Ubuntu 8.04 and Debian laptops. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=798485 I have not looked into what this script did differenly to what I was doing, however it certainly worked well for me. Only thing to consider is that you will probably have to re-run it each time you do a kernel upgrade, as the script automates building the drivers from the madwifi subversion repository against your running kernel. HTH - Jaime -- Jaime Tarrant http://www.tarsysco.com[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ath5k anyone?
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Jaime Tarrant wrote:
* Bill Wohler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Hey folks,
Has anyone had any luck with the ath5k driver? I've installed
linux-image-2.6.25-2-686. My /etc/network/interfaces file says:
[snip]
When I say ifup ath0, iwconfig reveals that ath0 is associated to my
AP, ifconfig looks right (as it should with a static config). dmesg
looks great too:
[snip]
However, I can't ping my access point.
Do I need some extra magic in /etc/network/interfaces?
--
Bill Wohler [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG
ID:610BD9AD
I had a hard time getting wireless working properly with atheros chipsets and
then found the following site, which has a link to a script that has worked
well for me on Ubuntu 8.04 and Debian laptops.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=798485
I have not looked into what this script did differenly to what I was doing,
however it certainly worked well for me.
Only thing to consider is that you will probably have to re-run it each time
you do a kernel upgrade, as the script automates building the drivers from
the madwifi subversion repository against your running kernel.
HTH - Jaime
--
Jaime Tarrant
http://www.tarsysco.com[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I guess that will work as works module-assistant. In my college I setted
up hundreds of this cards with module-assistant and madwifi-source, just:
# apt-get install madwifi-source module-assistant
# m-a prepare
# m-a update
# m-a a-i madwifi
Then I just made # iwconfig ath0 essid ESSID; dhclient ath0 and it was
done, I was surfing with wireless.
Regards.
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Re: ath5k anyone?
On Sunday 08 June 2008, Jose Luis Rivas Contreras wrote:
Jaime Tarrant wrote:
* Bill Wohler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Hey folks,
Has anyone had any luck with the ath5k driver? I've installed
linux-image-2.6.25-2-686. My /etc/network/interfaces file says:
[snip]
When I say ifup ath0, iwconfig reveals that ath0 is associated to my
AP, ifconfig looks right (as it should with a static config). dmesg
looks great too:
[snip]
However, I can't ping my access point.
Do I need some extra magic in /etc/network/interfaces?
--
Bill Wohler [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG
ID:610BD9AD
I had a hard time getting wireless working properly with atheros chipsets
and then found the following site, which has a link to a script that has
worked well for me on Ubuntu 8.04 and Debian laptops.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=798485
I have not looked into what this script did differenly to what I was
doing, however it certainly worked well for me.
Only thing to consider is that you will probably have to re-run it each
time you do a kernel upgrade, as the script automates building the
drivers from the madwifi subversion repository against your running
kernel.
HTH - Jaime
--
Jaime Tarrant
http://www.tarsysco.com[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I guess that will work as works module-assistant. In my college I setted
up hundreds of this cards with module-assistant and madwifi-source, just:
# apt-get install madwifi-source module-assistant
# m-a prepare
# m-a update
# m-a a-i madwifi
Then I just made # iwconfig ath0 essid ESSID; dhclient ath0 and it was
done, I was surfing with wireless.
Regards.
--
Jose Luis Rivas. San Cristóbal, Venezuela. PGP: 0xCACAB118
http://ghostbar.ath.cx/{about,acerca} - http://debian.org.ve
`ghostbar' @ irc.debian.org/#debian-ve,#debian-devel-es
That is the way that I install madwifi, BUT none of this answers the
original question. Ath5k is the new binary firmware free driver for
the Atheros wireless cards, and it is that he wants to use.
I have not tried the ath5k driver yet, but I too would be very interested
to hear from anyone who has made it work.
David
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Re: ath5k anyone?
* David Goodenough ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
On Sunday 08 June 2008, Jose Luis Rivas Contreras wrote:
Jaime Tarrant wrote:
* Bill Wohler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Hey folks,
Has anyone had any luck with the ath5k driver? I've installed
linux-image-2.6.25-2-686. My /etc/network/interfaces file says:
[snip]
When I say ifup ath0, iwconfig reveals that ath0 is associated to my
AP, ifconfig looks right (as it should with a static config). dmesg
looks great too:
[snip]
However, I can't ping my access point.
Do I need some extra magic in /etc/network/interfaces?
--
Bill Wohler [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG
ID:610BD9AD
I had a hard time getting wireless working properly with atheros chipsets
and then found the following site, which has a link to a script that has
worked well for me on Ubuntu 8.04 and Debian laptops.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=798485
I have not looked into what this script did differenly to what I was
doing, however it certainly worked well for me.
Only thing to consider is that you will probably have to re-run it each
time you do a kernel upgrade, as the script automates building the
drivers from the madwifi subversion repository against your running
kernel.
HTH - Jaime
--
Jaime Tarrant
http://www.tarsysco.com[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I guess that will work as works module-assistant. In my college I setted
up hundreds of this cards with module-assistant and madwifi-source, just:
# apt-get install madwifi-source module-assistant
# m-a prepare
# m-a update
# m-a a-i madwifi
Then I just made # iwconfig ath0 essid ESSID; dhclient ath0 and it was
done, I was surfing with wireless.
Regards.
--
Jose Luis Rivas. San Cristóbal, Venezuela. PGP: 0xCACAB118
http://ghostbar.ath.cx/{about,acerca} - http://debian.org.ve
`ghostbar' @ irc.debian.org/#debian-ve,#debian-devel-es
That is the way that I install madwifi, BUT none of this answers the
original question. Ath5k is the new binary firmware free driver for
the Atheros wireless cards, and it is that he wants to use.
I have not tried the ath5k driver yet, but I too would be very interested
to hear from anyone who has made it work.
David
I am glad some people have had success with module-assistant and the like -
maybe I just have dramas as I am running unstable, however the OP seems to be
as well as he is running kernel 2.6.25.2-2, which is the same as me.
Anyway, the ubuntuforums link that I referenced provides a script that
installs the ath5k version driver. So far, I have not had a single problem. I
do know that a lot of people do seem to be having problems with their atheros
chipsets however (mostly the earlier ath_pci version) as there are many
comments on tickets at madwifi.org (ref: http://madwifi.org/ticket/1562 for
example).
Atleast in my experience, the module assistant approach didn't work as I was
forever plagued by an 'unable to reset hardware' issue.
--
Jaime Tarrant
http://www.tarsysco.com[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Re: ath5k anyone?
On Sun, 2008-06-08 at 12:55 -0430, Jose Luis Rivas Contreras wrote: I guess that will work as works module-assistant. In my college I setted up hundreds of this cards with module-assistant and madwifi-source, just: # apt-get install madwifi-source module-assistant # m-a prepare # m-a update # m-a a-i madwifi Then I just made # iwconfig ath0 essid ESSID; dhclient ath0 and it was done, I was surfing with wireless. I believe the same can be accomplished with more time to get coffee in a one-liner. # apt-get install module-assistant m-a a-i madwifi -- Paul Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
ath5k anyone?
Hey folks, Has anyone had any luck with the ath5k driver? I've installed linux-image-2.6.25-2-686. My /etc/network/interfaces file says: auto ath0 iface ath0 inet static wireless_essid ESSID wireless_key KEY address ADDRESS netmask MASK gateway GW When I say ifup ath0, iwconfig reveals that ath0 is associated to my AP, ifconfig looks right (as it should with a static config). dmesg looks great too: ath5k_pci :02:02.0: registered as 'phy0' phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'pid' ath5k phy0: Atheros AR5211 chip found (MAC: 0x42, PHY: 0x30) ath5k phy0: RF5111 5GHz radio found (0x17) ath5k phy0: RF2111 2GHz radio found (0x23) udev: renamed network interface wlan0 to ath0 ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): ath0: link is not ready ath0: Initial auth_alg=0 ath0: authenticate with AP 02:1e:58:07:5d:f2 ath0: RX authentication from 02:1e:58:07:5d:f2 (alg=0 transaction=2 status=0) ath0: authenticated ath0: associate with AP 02:1e:58:07:5d:f2 ath0: RX AssocResp from 02:1e:58:07:5d:f2 (capab=0x11 status=0 aid=2) ath0: associated ath0: switched to short barker preamble (BSSID=02:1e:58:07:5d:f2) ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): ath0: link becomes ready ath0: CTS protection enabled (BSSID=02:1e:58:07:5d:f2) ath0: switched to long barker preamble (BSSID=02:1e:58:07:5d:f2) ath0: no IPv6 routers present However, I can't ping my access point. Do I need some extra magic in /etc/network/interfaces? -- Bill Wohler [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
