Re: configuring madwifi

i have a laptop with a wireless atheros and the madwifi driver is run correctly, during the configuration process i have any problem because i unknow very well the system.
I can try help you, if you describe more details about your problem.

what is the result of the command # ifconfig ?

the wireless is 'up'?

excuse-me for my bad english, i am brazilian thanks

2008/2/17, Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com>:
>
> westniles46@comcast.net wrote:
> > I'm struggling with wireless on my nc6000 laptop. I followed the
> > newbie instructions on www.madwifi.org.
>
> This is an old write-up I did for my nc4000. Taking the vintage of
> the write-up for Sarge into consideration the instructions there might
> help you.
>
> http://www.proulx.com/~bob/nc4000/
>
> > Installation went well, the
> > blue light turns on. Then when I type "wlist ath0 scan", the return
> > is "ath0 no scan results" even though I a next to my wireless router
> > at home. I'm using WEP encrytion and typed "iwconfig ath0 key
> > xxxxxxxxxx" with my real key.
> >
> > I think I'm configuring the wireless incorrectly, but I cannot find
> > a thread.
>
> I am just going to quote directly from my old page on the subject. I
> am sure things have changed since then. You might need to make
> adjustments to these old Sarge instructions.
>
> Getting the wireless running consists of the following for me. These
> are all done as root. Of course if you have a closed access point you
> will need to set the SSID to match instead of to "any". This is the
> "coffee shop" setting.
>
> modprobe ath_pci
> iwconfig ath0 mode managed rate auto rts off frag off key off enc
> off
> iwconfig ath0 txpower auto # seems to power up transmitter
> iwconfig ath0 essid any # seems to power up transmitter
> ifconfig ath0 up # initiates active scan for access point
> sleep 2 # give time to settle
> iwlist ath0 scanning
> shorewall start
> dhclient ath0
>
> Initially iwconfig shows the txpower off. But after this txpower is on
> (0 db). Unloading the module seems to power off the transmitter. I am
> still experimenting with this.
>
> ifconfig ath0 down
> rmmod ath_pci
> rmmod ath_hal
> rmmod wlan
>
> > Can anyone help? New to debian, new to madwifi. Please excuse me if
> > I should post to madwifi.org instead.
>
> I think this is quite a good topic for debian-laptop.
>
> Bob
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