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I managed to get this card working by using the MADWIFI drivers (http://sourceforge.net/projects/madwifi/).

Note to RH9 users: you need to sharutils RPM for this compilation to be successful.

Once you have the drivers installed, you should see a generic ath0 device in redhat-config-network. At bootup, the ath_pci module should load and you should see some verbose output regarding the various 802.11b and 802.11g connection speeds.

This card had good (but not great) compatibility with Linux. For me, it connects at 54mbps.

dtimms

Manual install, since no one seems to have pre-compiled rpm drivers for the 2.6.9 kernels.

get madwifi
make
make install

ifconfig ath0 up
iwconfig ath0 to see settings
iwlist ath0 scan to find access points.
ifconfig ath0 up ip-address to add ip address to card (ie not dhcp).
route del default
route del wired network route
route add local network via ath0
route add default via external gateway ath0

vimico

Hardware version C2

Atheros chip set, uses madwifi driver.
This driver is available in the Ubuntu package "restricted-modules" (universe repository). This allows WEP encryption.

WPA encryption needs wpa_supplicant (source at http://hostap.epitest.fi/) which is not (yet) available in a binary module.

m_wielgus

You'll need to install madwifi drivers. Here's an instruction I've found useful when trying to install it:

http://linux.wordpress.com/2006/05/21/suse-101-and-atheros-based-wifi-cards/