bingo
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Posts: 5
Joined: May 2007 |
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Posted: May 14 2007,08:29 |
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okay, I can say that it works even with WPA2 as suggested by fightie and roberts, however, I did not try to load any large files.
Here is the script I am using to start the wireless network with WPA2. It is based on the references provided by roberts and fightie. I put two files with the drivers in the root directory of my USB memory stick, from which I am actually booting: net5211.inf and AR5211.sys. They come from the Atheros drivers for Windows.
Code Sample | #!/bin/bash # shell script to start wireless networking with WPA2 # with DSL 3.3 and Atheros 5212 based mini-PCI card. # May 11, 2007
# The original Atheros kernel modules need to be removed. # They don't work with WPA/WPA2 probably due to incompatible versions.
rmmod ath_pci rmmod ath_rate_sample rmmod ath_hal
# Start the ndiswrapper driver using Atheros' Windows drivers. # Print a confirmation message that the drivers are loaded.
ndiswrapper -i /cdrom/net5211.inf ndiswrapper -l
# Insert the ndiswrapper driver in the kernel # First remove any leftover ndiswrapper drivers.
modprobe -r ndiswrapper modprobe ndiswrapper sleep 5
# Now start wpa_supplicant with the configuration file
wpa_supplicant -B -Dndiswrapper -i wlan0 -c /cdrom/wpa_supplicant.conf
# Obtain an IP address
pump -i wlan0 |
I will continue to run tests with the setup; as I said, I haven't tried loading big files yet. For general internet access and browsing it has worked so far. Thanks a lot for your helpful suggestions.
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