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john.martzouco Offline

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Posted: Dec. 08 2007,11:33

Having same issue... ath0 works fine with WEP... can't figure out how to hook up WPA.

Do I need to rmmod any or all of the ath_ modules and then use ndiswrapper?

john.martzouco Offline

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Posted: Dec. 08 2007,17:32

Okay, following fightie's first post from this thread, I've removed the ath modules in this order:

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rmmod ath_pci
rmmod ath_rate_sample
rmmod ath_hal

Then I installed ndiswrapper (only needs to be done once):

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ndiswrapper -i <file>.inf

Then I probed ndiswrapper (might need to do every boot):

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modprobe ndiswrapper

Then I checked status (not necessary for functionality):

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iwconfig
dmesg

Then I got WPA running, using this trimmed down configuration file (dots replaced by my settings):

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network={
ssid="...."
psk="...."
}

The startup command for WPA:

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wpa_supplicant -B dd -c <wpa_settings.conf> -i wlan0 -D ndiswrapper

Then I ran the GUI netcardconfig from the DSL Control Panel and assigned static IP... gateway and DNS servers came in automatically. When I hit Apply and had the "reset next time" option ticked, the utility created /opt/wlan0.sh for me.

Finally, I added all of this to my /opt/bootlocal.sh as follows, using the wlan0.sh created for me:

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# dynex cardbus wpa
rmmod ath_pci
rmmod ath_rate_sample
rmmod ath_hal
modprobe ndiswrapper
wpa_supplicant -B dd -c /home/dsl/config/wifi/wpa_supplicant_short.conf -i wlan0 -D ndiswrapper
/home/dsl/config/wifi/wlan0.sh &

Is there a boot code to disable the ath_ modeules from loading up?

Is there an advantage to leaving the ampersand after the execution of wlan0.sh?

curaga

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Posted: Dec. 09 2007,12:24

If you add the modules to the blacklist file in /etc, they won't be loaded.. Don't remember the name of that file though, might be something like blacklist.modprobe

The advantage is that boot can continue while your wlan gets settings in the background, ie faster boot.

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