I installed MADWifi as described on the website... the only thing is when I go to bring the interface up it says that it isn't there. Here's the steps I took.

/sbin/lspci
01:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc.: Unknown device 001a (rev 01)

So therefore I'm going to use MADWifi....

Downloaded and Untar

make
make install
/sbin/modprobe ath_pci
[root@localhost madwifi]# /sbin/ifconfig ath0 up
ath0: unknown interface: No such device

And then I am stuck. Any ideas?

Fedora Core 3 2.6.11 Kernel... Custom ...


http://madwifi.sourceforge.net/

What is the result of: cat /var/log/messages|grep ath?

Do you have a configuration file at /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ath0?

May 24 17:22:01 localhost kernel: ath_rate_onoe: 1.0
May 24 17:22:01 localhost kernel: ath_pci: 0.9.4.12 (EXPERIMENTAL)
May 25 14:54:45 localhost kernel: ath_pci: driver unloaded
May 25 14:54:45 localhost kernel: ath_rate_onoe: unloaded
May 25 14:54:45 localhost kernel: ath_hal: driver unloaded
May 25 14:55:00 localhost kernel: ath_hal: 0.9.14.9 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413)


And there is no ifcfg-ath0.... should I try making one by hand?

Yes. Put this in it (change and uncomment as necessary). This is from the madwifi faq.

#
# Original File
# =============
# http://www.Linux-Sec.net/Wireless/In...-config-files/
#
#
# /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ath0
#
#
# To Reload Changes
# ------------------
# ifdown ath0
# ifup ath0
#
#
#
# 11-Dec-03 amo Install Netgear WG311 ( 802.11g ) - uses the atheros chips
# use madwifi drivers
# 21-Jun-04 amo Added WPA option
#
#
#
# Notice its ath0 NOT eth0
# ========================
#
DEVICE=ath0
#
#
BOOTPROTO=static
# BOOTPROTO=dhcp
#
#
# Using Static IP#
#
IPADDR=192.168.1.11
#
BROADCAST=192.168.1.255
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
NETWORK=192.168.1.0
ONBOOT=yes
#
#
# Notice the type
# ===============
#
TYPE=Wireless
#
#
# MAC Address of device ( ifconfig -v )
HWADDR='xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
#
#
# Arbitrary ESSID
#
WIRELESS_ESSID=xxxxx
#
#
#
# Turn on WPA
# ---------------
# WPA=y
#
#
# End of file


Now, type:
modprobe ath_pci (as root)
and then, /etc/init.d/network restart

It should work now.

EDIT: I actually use it without the HWADDR entry and it works fine.

No luck.... here's what I got in the dmesg...

ath_pci: driver unloaded
ath_rate_onoe: unloaded
ath_hal: driver unloaded
ath_hal: 0.9.14.9 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413)
ath_rate_onoe: 1.0
ath_pci: 0.9.4.12 (EXPERIMENTAL)
scatter-gather: enabled


and in the cat command

May 25 21:55:19 localhost kernel: scatter-gather: enabled
May 25 22:00:47 localhost network: Bringing up interface ath0: succeeded
May 25 22:00:49 localhost kernel: scatter-gather: enabled
May 25 22:01:12 localhost kernel: ath_pci: driver unloaded
May 25 22:01:12 localhost kernel: ath_rate_onoe: unloaded
May 25 22:01:12 localhost kernel: ath_hal: driver unloaded
May 25 22:01:20 localhost kernel: ath_hal: 0.9.14.9 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413)
May 25 22:01:20 localhost kernel: ath_rate_onoe: 1.0
May 25 22:01:20 localhost kernel: ath_pci: 0.9.4.12 (EXPERIMENTAL)
May 25 22:01:25 localhost network: Bringing up interface ath0: succeeded
May 25 22:01:27 localhost kernel: scatter-gather: enabled

Not sure why it says unloaded. Here is my ifcg-ath0 file:

# Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC
DEVICE=ath0
ONBOOT=yes
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
WIRELESS=yes
ESSID=myessidhere
KEY=mykeyhere

Try:
1. rmmod ath_pci, followed by
2. modprobe -ae, and then
3. modprobe ath_pci
and check what happens in /var/log/messages. Might be worthwile to run tail -f /var/log/messages before doing the step 1 in another console to see events as they unfold

Alright, sorry I havn't been able to respond. Here is what I get. When doing modprobe -ae it returns invalid option -e. And here is the console output from tail -f

Jun 1 13:44:50 localhost kernel: ath_pci: driver unloaded
Jun 1 13:45:44 localhost kernel: ath_pci: 0.9.4.12 (EXPERIMENTAL)

Still same results as before =[