sumit agarwal wrote: > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: *sumit agarwal* <sumitagarwal.smit at gmail.com > <mailto:sumitagarwal.smit at gmail.com>> > Date: Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 3:00 AM > Subject: wifi card shows in device manager , but cant configure wifi > To: centos at centos.org <mailto:centos at centos.org> > > > hi , > > i just finished installing Cent OS 5.2 x64 on my thankpad > my hardware list shows the following > > Atheros Communications Inc. > AR5212 802.11abg NIC > > but when im trying to set up wireless network i cannot find the > appropriate wifi card.. when adding wifi connection > pls help I believe the madwifi driver is what you need. madwifi is what I use for my Atheros based wifi card - Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5001X+ Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01) It's a different model than yours. I build the driver myself, I don't know what repos have it prebuilt but I suspect rpmforge probably would.