Madwifi (0.9.2) cannot detect Atheros chip

kaz2100 · 11-25-2006, 09:18 AM

Hi, Penguins.

My penguin (Debian etch, on toshiba satellite, brand new) is experiencing trouble setting up built-in wireless.

Madwifi 0.9.1 says "hardware not supported" when module is loaded.
Madwifi 0.9.2 says "ath0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device" at ifup.

lspci and lshw output follows:

Code:

lscpi
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. Unknown device 001c (rev 01)

lshw
          *-network UNCLAIMED
                description: Ethernet controller
                product: Atheros Communications, Inc.
                vendor: Atheros Communications, Inc.
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@02:00.0
                version: 01
                width: 64 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: cap_list
                configuration: latency=0
                resources: iomemory:d0100000-d010ffff irq:225

Madwifi works with pc-card interface.

My guess is this chipset (I have no clue what kind of chipset..) is not supported yet.

Madwifi wiki is not working, so I am posting here, hoping some madwifi people is hanging around.

Happy Penguins!!

kaz2100 · 11-28-2006, 10:40 AM

Hi,

I am replying myself.

Problem solved, using snapshot (http://snapshots.madwifi.org), which supports more than current release (0.9.2)

hardware is: Atheros 5424/2424 (by dmesg, still lshw cannot detect name)

It works, but for some reason, network interface is ath1 (instead of ath0, I do not have ath0 on my penguin.)

Happy Penguins!

kaz2100 · 03-17-2007, 07:49 PM

Hi,

One more reply to myself.

ath0 was a previous madwifi driver (non-functional), after clean install, I do not have ath1, only ath0.

Happy Penguins!

2Gnu · 03-17-2007, 11:45 PM

Many thanks for taking the time to post the fix. The open source community only works because people take the time to help others.

Please consider adding your card and driver details to the LQ HCL.

Again, thanks.

kaz2100 · 03-19-2007, 02:44 PM

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by 2Gnu

Many thanks for taking the time to post the fix. The open source community only works because people take the time to help others.

Again, thanks.

Not at all.

Quote:

Originally Posted by 2Gnu

Please consider adding your card and driver details to the LQ HCL.

Yes, I submitted several a while ago... still under review and not available yet...

Happy Penguins!