I rebuilt my notebook that has the atheros card in it, and forgot to save all of my setup to get it working.
I am using dkms and the madwifi rpms from rpmforge.
My modprobe.conf has a line:
alias wifi0 ath_pci
I can ifconfig wifi0 up
But the command:
/usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant wpa_supplicant -dd -D madwifi -i wifi0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
fails.
Now some of my old notes mention using ath0 and a line in modprobe.conf of:
alias ath0 ath_pci options ath_pci autocreate=sta
I think there were some iwconfig commands somewhere too. But it is all gone....... sniff.
I hope someone can help? I am going through this list's archives trying to find my old messages too.
Oh, I should add that if I use NetworkManager, it scans the SSID, but fails to connect.
I personally have had a very high failure rate with NetworkManger.
Robert Moskowitz wrote:
I rebuilt my notebook that has the atheros card in it, and forgot to save all of my setup to get it working.
I am using dkms and the madwifi rpms from rpmforge.
My modprobe.conf has a line:
alias wifi0 ath_pci
I can ifconfig wifi0 up
But the command:
/usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant wpa_supplicant -dd -D madwifi -i wifi0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
fails.
Now some of my old notes mention using ath0 and a line in modprobe.conf of:
alias ath0 ath_pci options ath_pci autocreate=sta
I think there were some iwconfig commands somewhere too. But it is all gone....... sniff.
I hope someone can help? I am going through this list's archives trying to find my old messages too.
CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Getting closer, see below...
Robert Moskowitz wrote:
I rebuilt my notebook that has the atheros card in it, and forgot to save all of my setup to get it working.
I am using dkms and the madwifi rpms from rpmforge.
My modprobe.conf has a line:
alias wifi0 ath_pci
I can ifconfig wifi0 up
But the command:
/usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant wpa_supplicant -dd -D madwifi -i wifi0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
I think I need a:
ifconfig ath0 up
And the wpa_supplicant line should be:
/usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant wpa_supplicant -B -dd -K -D madwifi -i ath0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
But this is still not working. I think there is something I need to do with wlanconfig?
fails.
Now some of my old notes mention using ath0 and a line in modprobe.conf of:
alias ath0 ath_pci options ath_pci autocreate=sta
I think there were some iwconfig commands somewhere too. But it is all gone....... sniff.
I hope someone can help? I am going through this list's archives trying to find my old messages too.
CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Robert Moskowitz wrote:
Getting closer, see below...
Robert Moskowitz wrote:
I rebuilt my notebook that has the atheros card in it, and forgot to save all of my setup to get it working.
I am using dkms and the madwifi rpms from rpmforge.
My modprobe.conf has a line:
alias wifi0 ath_pci
I can ifconfig wifi0 up
But the command:
/usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant wpa_supplicant -dd -D madwifi -i wifi0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
I think I need a:
ifconfig ath0 up
And the wpa_supplicant line should be:
/usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant wpa_supplicant -B -dd -K -D madwifi -i ath0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
But this is still not working. I think there is something I need to do with wlanconfig?
I used the directions on this page a couple of days ago:
http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Laptops/Wireless
Once I did, I had the wireless working on atheros with wpa2 personal.
Take care,
Kurt Hansen
Kurt Hansen wrote:
Robert Moskowitz wrote:
Getting closer, see below...
Robert Moskowitz wrote:
I rebuilt my notebook that has the atheros card in it, and forgot to save all of my setup to get it working.
I am using dkms and the madwifi rpms from rpmforge.
My modprobe.conf has a line:
alias wifi0 ath_pci
I can ifconfig wifi0 up
But the command:
/usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant wpa_supplicant -dd -D madwifi -i wifi0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
I think I need a:
ifconfig ath0 up
And the wpa_supplicant line should be:
/usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant wpa_supplicant -B -dd -K -D madwifi -i ath0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
But this is still not working. I think there is something I need to do with wlanconfig?
I used the directions on this page a couple of days ago:
http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Laptops/Wireless
Once I did, I had the wireless working on atheros with wpa2 personal.
NetworkDirector just does not seem to work for me, or at least on the networks I am on. It might have to do in this case that there are over a dozen APs scanable with the SSID of IEEE.
I have just NOT had success with NetworkDirector. I have read posts here that others have had similar problems. And over on the Gnome Network Manager list, there are lots of problems noted with the version we have for Centos, so we have to live with our short-comings.
I made some progress but still do not have it all back together again.
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Kurt Hansen -
Robert Moskowitz