On date Monday 2007-01-29 00:17:23 +0100, Gerard Robin, wrote: > Hello, > I succeded to install etch on my laptop, almost all work fine, but I > encounter some problems with the wireless card. Atheros. > > I found doc and examples on > http://madwifi.org/users-guide/ > http://www.burghardt.pl/wiki/articles/installing_and_using_debian_on_acer_aspire_5102wlmi > > I did all the steps requested, and I can't connect my box on the > internet. > > wlanconfig ath0 destroy > wlanconfig ath0 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode sta > modprobe ath_pci > I edited /etc/network/interfaces. > - iwlist ath0 scan gave me the AP's > - iwconfig ath0 ap AP's > - iwconfig ath0 gives all that we need: > > ath0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"XXXX" > Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX > Bit Rate:36 Mb/s Tx-Power:9 dBm Sensitivity=0/3 > Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off > Encryption key:XXXX-XXXX-XX Security mode:restricted > Power Management:off > Link Quality=57/94 Signal level=-38 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm > Rx invalid nwid:149041 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 > Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 > where ESSID, Acess Point, and key are those expected. > > When I rebooted the machine I can see: > SIOCADDRT Network is unreachable. > failed to bring up ath0. > What I have missed ? > (my wireless connection works fine with windows ;-)) > Thanks in advance for any help.
It's possible there are problems with the wireless button. I have an Acer Aspire 1673WLMi, I can modprobe the ndiswrapper module, but in order to get it working I have to switch on the wireless button *before* to load the module. The acerhk module may help: http://freshmeat.net/projects/acerhk/ Note that it doesn't compile with linux >= 2.6.19 (you have to simply comment in the line in the source with: #include <linux/config.h> since config.h is now deprecated). If you need I'll send you an hacked version of acerhk that works on my laptop. HTH -- Stefano Sabatini Linux user number 337176 (see http://counter.li.org) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
