[ltp] Suse 9 mad-wifi setup/config

David linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 18 Mar 2004 22:17:20 +0100


Download the driver, untar  (or use CVS version) and then
make
sudo make install

and then modprobe ath_pci
check messages with 
tail -f /var/log/messages (or syslog)

then iwconfig ath0 up

and then perhaps a 
dhclient ath0 if your access point has a dhcp server or something like that....


> Anyone using Suse 9+mad-wifi gotten their wlan to work? I have a G40 
> with the Aetheros chipset.
> 
> Is there a decent how-to out there. I have tried the mad-wifi driver but 
> am unclear on how to get it to work.
> 
> Richard
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