[ATrpms-users] Madwifi again

[Axel Thimm]

On Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at 08:29:48AM -0600, Chris Schumann wrote:
> Of course, this morning, it installed just fine, and my card appeared as
> ath0 and wifi0, but system-config-network thinks it's a wired NIC. When I
> click New on the device tab, the card only appears if I select Ethernet, not
> when I select Wireless. This is the same issue the Livna rpms have. I
> couldn't fix that one yesterday, but I hope to have better luck with this
> set.
> 
> I start by adding it as an Ethernet card. Then edit
> /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-wifi0 and change TYPE to
> Wireless.

Don't use wifi0 at all, you want to use ath0 instead.

> Just to show the card is working, I'll remove it from the Devices tab of
> system-config-network and go command(o) line and use the steps from
> madwifi.org.
> 
> iwconfig shows wifi0 and ath0
> ifconfig ath0 up
> iwlist ath0 scan
> - shows my WAP
> iwconfig ath0 key <mykey>
> iwconfig ath0 essid "My ESSID"
> dhclient ath0
> 
> At this point, I removed my wired network cable, and brought up CNN's web
> page with no problem. It works great, but the configuration isn't saved.
> 
> I'd hate for someone like my dad to have to go through all of this. What can
> I do to help make this work more smoothly?

I think the docu at madiwif.org is OK, or not?

http://madwifi.org/wiki/UserDocs/Distro/RedHat

All you need is to use ath0 in system-config-network, not wifi0.
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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