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Posted: Nov. 14 2005,01:37 QUOTE
Hello all,

I have a compaq nc6000 (HP) with pentium M (centrino), that means the wireless connection is tricky

should I have any hope of been able to have network connection from DSL in this laptop? I have tried knoppix 4.0.2 and ubuntu 5.10 live cd and they both recognize an ath0 interface, but DSL doesn't

any manual config i could do?

thanks a lot
Jaime
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Posted: Nov. 14 2005,06:34 QUOTE
You must have Compaq's own Atheros-based wireless mini-PCI card.  I know of other nc6000 owners with Intel PRO/Wireless 2200 mini-PCI cards.

The "ath0" interface is created by the MADWiFi ath_pci module, which DSL used to have, but no longer since version2.0.
So you can probably use ndiswrapper.  There's a setup gui for ndiswrapper in the DSLpanel.
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Posted: Nov. 14 2005,22:04 QUOTE
Quote (tempestuous @ Nov. 14 2005,01:34)
You must have Compaq's own Atheros-based wireless mini-PCI card.  I know of other nc6000 owners with Intel PRO/Wireless 2200 mini-PCI cards.

The "ath0" interface is created by the MADWiFi ath_pci module, which DSL used to have, but no longer since version2.0.
So you can probably use ndiswrapper.  There's a setup gui for ndiswrapper in the DSLpanel.

thanks for your reply

is there any reference for semi-dummies to go about using ndiwrapper? -- i understand is a tool to use the driver from the windows installed in the hard drive, is that correct?

i wonder, why would DSL stop including what seams to be the thing here (the MADWiFi ath_pci module) ?  space? bugs? a better solution?

thanks!
jaime
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Posted: Nov. 14 2005,23:48 QUOTE
The MADWiFi ath_pci module(s) have been posted in the release candidate area.

Download them and try modprobe ath_pci
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Posted: Nov. 30 2005,02:25 QUOTE
Roberts,

I downloaded the madwifi drivers from the RC area then loaded via mydsl in emelfm.

When I try the "modprobe ath_pci" I get back "modprobe: Can't locate module ath_pci" even though I can see the ath_pci.o in lib/modules/2.4.31/net.  I even changed into this directory before issuing the modprobe command just in case.

If I try doing an "insmod ath_pci" I get a listing of a ton of unresolved symbols.

Any other ideas?  

It was sooo easy to just do an "ifconfig ath0 up" back in 1.5....

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