MadWifi Atheros card not working
Hello,
I have been trying for the past two weeks to solve this problem but no success as i am completely new to linux slackware. I have a gateway netbook running backtrack 3 usb, (about to install backtrack 4) but i cannot get the wifi working. It is an atheros ar5b95 wifi card that should be compatible with the Madwifi driver. I have tried both compiling my own source and installing a pre made package. I followed the tutorial on hxxp://madwifi-project.org/wiki/UserDocs/FirstTimeHowTo Self-compiled: Code:
bt Desktop # cd madwifi-0.9.4 Code:
bt~#installpkg Desktop/madwifi-0.9.4_2.6.21.5_smp-i486-1-.tgz Did I miss a step after anything? As I said I am completely new to slackware but I will do anything to get the wifi working, even if i have to use something like ndiswrapper. Thanks |
First, is the wireless NIC on? I know that sounds like a stupid question, but sometimes, the on/off button for the wireless cards can be easy to "bump" when you move the laptop around.
If it is on, did you load the modules after compiling/installing?? Do an "lsmod" and look for ath_pci. If it isn't there than you need to do a: Code:
modprobe ath_pci Code:
wlanconfig ath0 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode sta My last suggestion if none of the above works would to NOT use their official released drivers and grab the nightly snapshot. I have had constant problems with downloading their "stable" drivers and always use SVN now to grab the lastest code. Do a: Code:
svn checkout http://svn.madwifi-project.org/madwifi/trunk/ madwifi-ng |
Are you running Slackware or backtrack? Whatever backtrack is -- I'll Google it.
For Slackware packages you just can't go wrong installing Alien Bob's pkgs or using his build scripts. |
Thank you so much for the help. So after I do modprobe ath_pci, it just excecutes.
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bt madwifi-0.9.4 # modprobe ath_pci At the moment i do not have any network on the bt machine, ethernet or wifi. Can i somehow download them on a mac, pc, or ubuntu machine and bring them over to the bt machine? |
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Thanks |
Since backtrack (sounds like it's for crackers) is based off Ubuntu,
why are Slackware tools/packages supposed to work on it? Or why are you inquiring in the Slackware forum, and not the Ubuntu forum, or the Linux - Wireless Networking forum? Not trying to be rude, just wondering out loud. |
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So when i tried the wlanconfig command, the bash gave me a command not found error. Not sure what that means but it isnt there. |
Well, DistroWatch says it's based off Ubuntu.
It's website says it's based of Whoppix and something else I never heard of. My recommendation (worth all you paid for it) is to issue "removepkg madwifi-0.9.4_2.6.21.5_smp-i486-1" and then download http://connie.slackware.com/~alien/s...i-free/build/* into a buld directory on your box. While it's downloading, read Alien Bob's Configuring your network in Slackware and Installing Madwifi on Slackware to learn how this is done in Slackware. If it works on Backtrack, you're good. If not, run Slackware and for a Live CD for forensics use Helix (my choice for that need). |
Backtrack 3 is based on slax which is based on slackware long ago.
Backtrack 4 is based on ubuntu and not slax/slackware. What kernel are you running? If it has support for ath5k and your card doesn't work with that module then you might need to blacklist the module to be able to use madwifi. I would ask in the official backtrack forum, since they should know best. http://forums.remote-exploit.org/ |
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Did you do the wlanconfig command as root?? |
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I am so sorry, i thought that if i posted the same thing it would like move. I am really sorry, how would i go about moving this thread.
Truly sorry |
NP, we already dealt with it for you.
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