A. den Oudsten wrote:
Hans Krueger schreef:
A. den Oudsten wrote:
Hans Krueger schreef:
A. den Oudsten wrote:
Ed Harrison schreef:
A. den Oudsten wrote: > Hans Krueger schreef: >> A. den Oudsten wrote: >>> David C. Rankin wrote: >>> >>>> A. den Oudsten wrote: >>>> >>>>> I have an Acer Aspire 5315 >>>>> I was able to connect my Atheros AR5006EG 802.11 b/g Wireless >>>>> PCI Express Adapter to the Wifi source with the help of a >>>>> driver net5211.inf I found on >>>>> ftp://ftp.work.acer-euro.com/notebook/aspire_4710/driver/Wireless_Atheros.zip. >>>>> >>>>> The Aspire 5351 went for repair of the DVD drive and when it >>>>> came back there was the Atheros AR242x 802.11 abg Wireless >>>>> PCI Express Adapter and what ever I tried with ndiswrapper >>>>> and NDISGTK the driver net5211.inf was not accepted. >>>>> Any suggestion where and how I can get a proper driver? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks in advance, >>>>> >>>>> André den Oudsten >>>> >>>> >>>> Links 2,3 & 5 from google "Atheros AR242 linux": >>>> >>>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=756318 >>>> >>>> http://ubuntu-utah.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=756318 >>>> >>>> http://www.uluga.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=756318&page=2 >>>> >>>> I haven't read them, but they look promising. I have also had >>>> the best luck with madwifi drivers from: >>>> >>>> http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/schmolle1980 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> Thanks for the suggestions, but they did not bring me to a >>> solution. >>> >>> Since then I tried to install with NDISGTK the following XP >>> drivers from the Acer site: >>> >>> netathr.inf; Invalid driver >>> >>> netathrx.inf; Invalid driver >>> >>> netw4k32.inf; Hardware present: No >>> >>> netw4x32.inf; Invalid driver >>> >>> netw4x64.inf; Hardware present: No >>> >>> From 'hwinfo –netcard' I got: >>> >>> Model: "Atheros AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter" >>> >>> Driver Status: ath5k is active >>> >>> Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe ath5k" >>> >>> Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown >>> >>> Attached to: #19 (PCI bridge) >>> >>> >>> From the madwifi site I learned that ath5k is the successor of >>> madwifi. >>> >>> >>> What else can I do? >>> >>> André den Oudsten >>> >> do what I did >> http://snapshots.madwifi.org/special/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3698-20080604.tar... >> >> >> You'll need to compile and install it, as described in README and >> INSTALL files in the source code. >> >> and uninstall the ath5k >> good luck >> > I followed the instructions in First Time User HOWTO and after > entering > make I got as reply: > bash: command not found > > I was a little embarrassed!! > > What can I do? > > André > You need to install make and gcc. zypper -n in make gcc
Ed
I installed make and tried again. After make I got: Makefile.inc:91: *** KERNELCONF: /lib/modules/2.6.25.11-0.1-default/build/.config does not exist.. And indeed in /lib/modules/2.6.25.11-0.1-default/build/ I only found dumpfile.config and Module.symvers. I'm one step further but I must say this matter is rather resistant!!! Any suggestions? André is this your first time compiling ?
Years ago, in the times of opensuse 7? I did it once. André keep following the help from the list and you will get their
Thanks for your encouragement and for the instructions of Ed. I now have a connection. I have to connect to an AP with WPA, so I'm going to study the UserDocs for that. I'll inform the list when it's finished (or earlier!!!!) André
Here is the short version. You will be creating an /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf file. For madwifi/Atheros, enter the following commands: wpa_passphrase "your_ESSID" "Some_Decent_PassPhrase_of_up_64_Characters" >> /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf It will create /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf and it will contain something like this: 11:08 alchemy/usr/src/packages> sudo wpa_passphrase "wildlife" "mysecretstringofcharacters" network={ ssid="wildlife" #psk="mysecretstringofcharacters" psk=72fc7e96e4e51d554de1a5dd9ee5eeceaa14f16f764eccb9dbf317c13673ffb6 } Now edit /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf and add the following lines into the network section created above: key_mgmt=WPA-PSK # proto=WPA proto=RSN Uncomment the proto=WPA line (and comment out the RSN line) to enable WPA. Leave as is for WPA2 (stronger encryption). Hope that helps. -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org