--- On Sat, 8/9/08, Scott Robbins <scottro@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Scott Robbins <scottro@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Latest kernel, ath5k and Atheros5007EG
> To: "For testers of Fedora Core development releases" <fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Saturday, August 9, 2008, 4:45 PM
> For a long time, the Atheros 5007EG hasn't worked with
> the ath5k module,
> and those of us who had it used MadWifi.
>
> Today, I upgraded my kernel, and the latest special Madwifi
> snapshot
> wouldn't build. This has happened in the past, last
> time, someone on
> this list had submitted a patch to fix it.
>
> Just for fun, I decided to try modprobing ath5k and seeing
> if the card
> might be recognized and work.
>
> It seems that it does. This is running
> 2.6.27-0.244.rc2.git1.fc10.x86_64. I modprobed ath5k and
> saw that I now
> had a visible wlan0 card. Did ifconfig up and iwlist scan
> and it saw
> the networks. I then adjusted wpa_supplicant (which I use
> rather than
> NetworkManager--I use fluxbox most of the time and often
> just boot into
> runlevel 3) and Lo! and Behold! it worked.
>
> I know that at least one other person on this list uses the
> card. I'd
> be interested if other folks with that card (The older EEE
> PC uses it,
> though I believe the 900 series uses a realink of some
> sort, but it's
> fairly popular in lower end laptops) are also having
> success. Thanks
> for any input.
>
> To the kernel developers, thank you, great work.
> --
> Scott Robbins
Works with my cheap Atheros-based wireless card [Atheros Communications Inc. AR2413 802.11bg NIC (rev 01)] too!
--
fedora-test-list mailing list
fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx
To unsubscribe:
https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
