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Madwifi Atheros - [90% Solved - Use-able]
Issue:
Ok so the problem was using OpenSuse 11.0 with my Acer5514WLMi which has an Atheros 5700EG wireless built in card.
I tried many packages and building the modules from source. Nothing worked. However I did find a package that finally worked. So here are the steps to make it work:
Solution:
a) Blacklist ath5k (experimental modules still in early stages). Add blacklist ath5k to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
b) Download and install:
i) madwifi r3725+AR5007EG-2.2 (for x64)
ii) madwifi kmp default r3725+AR5007EG_2.6.25.5_1.1-2.2@x86_64
c) Reboot (not sure why - makes me feel like I'm on Windows again).
d) YaST, Network Devices, Network Settings, and edit the settings of ath0, under the hardware tab> under module> change ath5k to ath_pci (shold be in the drop down).
e) For some spastic reason - reboot once again (more windows nostalgia).
f) Hopefully should be working with a but:
Pending Issue:
I can connect to my home wifi, but unlike my previous opensuse installations on previous laptops with previous hardware. I don't get a prompt for the wifi key. So far I have used KNetwork to tell it add network, and enter the key correctly (I say correctly because I also spent an hour mucking about because of a wrong key) and that should do the trick.
If not, please keep persisting on trying to get it to work. I nearly gav eup and was about to format and maybe try opensuse 32bit because I feel as if all 64 bit OSes are still not as smooth as we would like them to be (Open Source OSes and M$).
Last edited by NDR008; 08-08-2008 at 09:32 AM.
Reason: Solved
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