Florian Kulzer wrote:
On Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 11:37:03 -0400, Grok Mogger wrote:
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Hey everyone, thanks a lot for the advice! I ended up getting a Netgear
WPN311 Wireless G PCI card. Now I'm just trying to get the darn thing
working. Right now, I'm actually using the desktop install of Ubuntu 6.10,
Edgy Eft. I've followed the advice here:
http://www.ubuntugeek.com/enable-wpa-wireless-access-point-in-ubuntu.html
to the letter. No dice. I don't see the small graphic of blue bars that
the author has pictured. What I find really strange is that my card just
doesn't seem to be finding any wireless networks at all. I click the icon
that looks like two little black monitors, and I have a "Wired Network"
option, but then under the "Wireless Networks" there is just nothing. Like
my card isn't picking up anything. (I know there are a few wireless
networks in my area that it should see)
In Device Manager the card is identified as a "AR5212 802.11abg NIC" and it
has two entries underneath it, a "WLAN Interface" and an "Unknown Device".
I figure whatever I've messed up, I've done such a fantastic job of it that
I'll just have to figure out for myself, but does anything jump out at
anyone right away?
Step 1 is: Run "iwconfig" as root and post the output here.
Further steps depend on the outcome of step 1.
Also worth noting is that in the past NetworkManager had problems with
madwifi because of it's unique behavior when scanning. I do not know if
a) this has been fixed, or b) if the driver you are using includes the
fix, if any.
Full disclosure: I'm not a fan of madwifi for reasons beyond (but
including) the licensing of the HAL. I tried to run a Madwifi-based AP
for a few months about 18 months ago and had nothing but terrible
results (hard lockups, and when it did work performance was awful). I
may revisit this when/if an open HAL becomes usable for my hardware, but
wasting time with seldom-revised closed code that only a select few
people can fix isn't a way I choose to spend my time. If I want that, I
could purchase a $10 router and usually end up with better results.
Andrew
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