Philipp Thomas wrote:

On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 04:00:15 -0600, you wrote:

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I only have 256K of upstream bandwidth, so if anyone else wants to copy them and host them until the Buildservice rpms are done, that would help. You can find the repository and a bit of additional information here:

Why don't you create a buildservice project and offer the rpms from there? In that case, you'd have the full bandwith of opensuse.org and its mirrors.

Philipp

Only because it was 2:00 am when I finally got time to start the project and didn't have time to set one up ;-) The kids had finally settled down to a movie... -- 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

On 2008-12-27, Philipp Thomas wrote:

On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 19:22:10 -0600, you wrote:

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Only because it was 2:00 am when I finally got time to start the project and didn't have time to set one up ;-)

OK, so now I did :) It's now in home:psmt/madwifi and thus should be available with much more bandwith.

Philipp

I installed them from OpenSuSE repository. I installed the pae one because I have the pae kernel from OpenSuSE 11.1 installation. But it does not works. It installs correctly, then I go to network manager, activate thw wlan, select my wireless network, insert wpa/wep key, but it fails to connect. I've atheros AR242x, on a netbook acer aspire one a150-bb. Moreover if I unload module ath5k and load ath_pci, it doesn't see my wlan via 'ifconfig'. is there something I have to to do configure madwifi or with it to connect to my wlan ? Roberto -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

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I installed them from OpenSuSE repository. I installed the pae one because I have the pae kernel from OpenSuSE 11.1 installation. But it does not works. It installs correctly, then I go to network manager, activate thw wlan, select my wireless network, insert wpa/wep key, but it fails to connect. I've atheros AR242x, on a netbook acer aspire one a150-bb. Moreover if I unload module ath5k and load ath_pci, it doesn't see my wlan via 'ifconfig'. is there something I have to to do configure madwifi or with it to connect to my wlan ?

I'm trying to get this to work on a 900a eeePC. Driver loads but the wifi chip is not setup and is not seen. The np branch worked in 11.0 but will not compile in 11.1 Clark -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

r wrote:

On 2008-12-27, Philipp Thomas wrote:

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On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 19:22:10 -0600, you wrote:

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Only because it was 2:00 am when I finally got time to start the project and didn't have time to set one up ;-) OK, so now I did :) It's now in home:psmt/madwifi and thus should be available with much more bandwith.

Philipp

I installed them from OpenSuSE repository. I installed the pae one because I have the pae kernel from OpenSuSE 11.1 installation. But it does not works. It installs correctly, then I go to network manager, activate thw wlan, select my wireless network, insert wpa/wep key, but it fails to connect. I've atheros AR242x, on a netbook acer aspire one a150-bb. Moreover if I unload module ath5k and load ath_pci, it doesn't see my wlan via 'ifconfig'. is there something I have to to do configure madwifi or with it to connect to my wlan ?

Roberto

Roberto, Thanks for the feedback. The rpm should work fine. I am running it on the same card: 17:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01) You will need to configure it to use the ath_pci kernel module, not the ath5k kernel module. Here is a short howto I have on the subject. It is the same for 11.1: Installing, Troubleshooting and Configuring WPA for the madwifi driver on openSuSE 11.0 Installation: # First remove all existing madwifi rpms if you have a newer Atheros card, AR242 or later rpm -e $(rpm -qa | grep madwifi) # Get the current madwifi rpms that will support newer Atheros cards at: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/drankinatty/openSUSE_11.1/ # After the install, start yast and configure the new network device: Under the 'General' tab, 'Device Control' select 'Enable Device Control for Non-root User Via Kinternet' Under the 'Address' tab, select Dynamic Address Under the 'Hardware' tab, make sure the Module Name is 'ath_pci' Click Next: Operating Mode: Managed Enter your SSID Enter you Authentication Mode, etc.. # Next you will simply need to start network manager and add and configure your card. If you can't find your card, then see Troubleshooting below. Configuring WPA follows troubleshooting below. Troubleshooting: # Check that ath0 station is created: iwconfig lo no wireless extensions. wifi0 no wireless extensions. ath0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"rbpllc" Nickname:"" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: 00:1C:10:4B:2E:CD Bit Rate:48 Mb/s Tx-Power:16 dBm Sensitivity=1/1 Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:6B2E-5834-1B7A-1BA3-FDAA-484B-6E84-3B55 Security mode:restricted Power Management:off Link Quality=44/70 Signal level=-48 dBm Noise level=-92 dBm Rx invalid nwid:12662 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 eth0 no wireless extensions. # if NO ath0, then Create the station wlanconfig ath0 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode sta # Check with iwconfig iwconfig # Bring up the interface ifconfig ath0 up # Insert the scanning module modprobe wlan_scan_sta # Scan for nets wlanconfig ath0 list scan # or for all modems iwlist ath0 scan # if key required iwconfig ath0 key <yourkey> # Connect to the AP iwconfig ath0 essid "eddie" # Get IP address dhclient ath0 # or dhcpcd ath0 # For fixed IP ifconfig ath0 <IP address> netmask <netmask> up Configuring WPA: # To set up WPA config wpa_passphrase "your_ESSID" "Some_Decent_PassPhrase_of_up_64_Characters" >> /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf Edit /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf and add the 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). -- 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