On Mon, 2007-01-08 at 01:08 -0500, Temlakos wrote:
> Anyone:
>
> Just installed FC6 on a Dell Inspiron 1200 having a Netgear Dual Band
> Wireless Card Model WAG511.
>
> I installed the madwifi and kmod-madwifi packages for the latest
> kernel--an i686 kernel; I made sure of that.
>
> But the hardware device is misconfigured as though it were an Ethernet
> card, and not a Wireless card.
>
> As a result, the system doesn't even know that it has a wireless card in
> place.
>
> Attempts to establish a "New Wireless Connection" require me to specify
> "Other Wireless Card"--and no Netgear cards show up. Any device I try to
> put in, won't probe for the MAC address.
>
> Result: I can't configure wireless settings, nor put in a WEP pass-key.
>
> And when I force the MAC address, the drivers still won't run.
>
> What now, short of reverting to FC4 to get back my last known good setup?
>
> Temlakos
>
I can only tell how I fixed this for an atheros card, using the same
driver (madwifi)
"su -" to become root and edit /etc/modprobe.conf ("using your favorite
editor" ;) )
remove the line containing wifi0
add a line "alias ath0 ath_pci"
and reboot.
After reboot you will be able to see ath0 as wireless card and configure
it in Network Manager
Again, this is how I did and worked for me.
HTH,
Calin Cosma
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