ubuntu not detecting dlink dwl-g520
 

I purchases the dwl-g520 rev. b it has the atheros chipset. Everything I have seen says it should work out of the box with ubuntu. When I try to run ifup ath0 it cannot find the interface. I know the modules are loaded. All the posts I've found are how to get it working with ifconfig already able to detect it. Mine won't even be detected by it.

Lets test it
 

look at the chipset
I bought a d-link and it had a different chipset than I thought I had.
If it is the correct chipset then,

Check the module
if you don't see atheros you've found your problem.

Everything check out so far? Try ifdown eth0 before ifup ath0 to solve your problem.

Still having problems, post back.

lspci gave me and dmesg gave I am using linuxants driverloader now but it stops working after a few minutes every time i load it . Before I installed driverloader lsmod said ath_pci was loaded along with ath_hal, ath_rate_onoe and wlan.

I am being disconnected every 5-10 min. with the linuxant driverloader and would really like to get the madwifi working does "ath%d unable to attach hardware; HAL status 13" just mean it is not supported by the drivers?

it works now in ndiswrapper kinda funny ndiswrapper works without dropping out but driverloader which costs money doesn't good thing i was on a trial license