On Thursday 24 March 2005 15:08, Royce Sherman wrote:
> > The nice folks at work have just provided me with a new, really spiffy,
> > ThinkPad. So, I'm trying to get wireless working under CentOS4 and I'm
> > having trouble. First, I can't seem to find any rpms to just install
> > (this would be really nice). And, second, when I try to build it from
> > the src.rpm that I pulled from the atrpms repository with "rpmbuild
> > --recompile madwifi-0.9.4.12-15.rhfc3.at.src.rpm", it dies on line 1.
> > Which source rpm should I be using? Where can I find it?
Here's a brief explanation on how I got my Atheros card.
I used NDiswrapper to achieve this........
1. Pull the Windows driver files off your supplied disc or download from the
manufactuers website. Pull the files from disc or download that start with
(.inf & .SYS); Copy over to your /home folder.
2. Point your browser to Dag Wieers & Group web site located here:
http://dag.wieers.com/packages/kernel-module-ndiswrapper/
Download NDiswrapper Utils at the bottom of the page.
E.G. ndiswrapper-utils-0.7-1.rhel3.dag.i586.rpm
Note: It's quite alright to use RHEL3 version. I've used it myself on CentOS4.
You may also want to consider using Dag's repository as well for other
packages. There's a lot! :)
3. Install the Windows driver from the command line as root. Here's the 4
steps to do so.
1. ndiswrapper -i xxxxxxxxx.inf
2. ndiswrapper -l
Should list the hardware as being detected.
E.G. xxxxxxxxx driver present, hardware present
3.modprobe ndiswrapper
To activate your wifi card.
4. ndiswrapper -m
To load the module upon reboot.
Your Windows driver should now be loaded and ready for you to configure your
card settings and router using "IWconfig".
If your still not sure how to do it. Type in " man iwconfig "
There's plenty of examples and help in there.
JD
