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Posted: Feb. 26 2006,17:00 QUOTE
I'm hoping some one can help me out here.  I'm brand new to DSL and still a bit of a Linux noob.  (I've been running Ubuntu on my desktop system for over 6 months now but there's still a lot for me to learn!)  Anyhow, I recently purchased a older Dell Latitude CP M233SST laptop and bought a D-Link DWL-G650 wireless card to go along with it.  I'm having a very difficult time getting the card up and running.  I read on a different thread here that the card should just work if you install the 2.1 version of DSL with the Madwifi.dsl extension.  I have the 2.1 version of DSL up and running but I can't seem to install Madwifi.  I was hoping someone could help me out with this?  Anyhelp would be greatly appreciated!
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Posted: Feb. 26 2006,17:08 QUOTE
I would try the latest version of DSL, 2.2b as madwifi is included.
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Posted: Feb. 26 2006,23:27 QUOTE
I have found that the newer Atheros chips aren't fully supported with the old modules included with DSL 2.2.  I have compiled the latest Madwifi-NG sources and built an extension you could try madwifi-ng-2.4.26.dsl

I currently have it working with a D-Link DWL-650 that I use.  After installing open a terminal and run sudo /opt/madwifi_setup.sh
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Posted: Feb. 27 2006,02:27 QUOTE
JB,  i tried to run the "sudo /opt/madwifi_setup.sh" but this is what i got:

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sudo: /opt/madwifi_setup.sh: command not found


the madwifi_setup.sh file is in the /opt folder so i don't know exactly what i'm doing wrong.  Any help would be appreciated!
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Posted: Feb. 27 2006,03:49 QUOTE
Sorry about that, I left part of the command out.  The correct command is sudo sh /opt/madwifi_setup.sh , (I left out the "sh").  You should get a response about the "tainted" kernel, and Module ath_hal loaded.  Follow this with - sudo pump -i ath0 if you are using a dhcp router.
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