[ltp] wifi0 problems

[Bert Haskins]

Bert Haskins wrote:

> First let me say that all of this "stuff" works great under Fedora 3 & 4
> Second, I must use WPA(PSKcurently), WEP or bare naked are just not 
> options.
> Therefore I use "wpa_supplicant -iath0 -Dmadwifi 
> -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf"
>
> Now we seem to have been blessed with something called wifi0.
> This is what shows up in /proc/interrupts right where ath0 used to be..
> wifi0 also shows up in system messages where ath0 was under FC3, 4
>
> The card is not recognized under system-config-network it says "Other 
> Wireless Card
> Iwconfig shows ath0.
>
> Any suggestions? TIA
>  Bert 

Since writing this I found this on the net.

n Mon, 2006-05-01 at 11:34 -0500, Christopher J. Bottaro wrote:
 > Hi,
 > I installed madwifi-ng on my newly installed FC5 box.  I could 
connected to
 > my WEP protected network just fine using the 'modprobe', 'ifconfig',
 > 'ifup', 'iwconfig', and 'route' commands.  The problem is that I 
don't want
 > to use those commands to connect.  I simply want to use
 > system-config-network to make a profile that I can use with the 'ifup'
 > command.
 >
 > system-config-network doesn't see ath0 when I select "New wireless 
device."
 > It only sees wifi0 when I select "New ethernet device."
 >
 > 'iwconfig' sees ath0.  'ifconfig' sees lo, eth0, and wifi0.  
modprobe.conf
 > has an entry 'alias wifi0 ath_pci'.
 >
 > Something seems wrong.  Why is there an "ethernet" device for my wireless
 > device?  Why does ifconfig see ath0, but system-config-network doesn't?

/////////////////////// What does this mean? ////////////////////////////
Leave the wifi0 - but add a line exactly like it that says ath0 instead 
of wifi0
///////////////////////// Add a line where?   
////////////////////////////////////////

Then you will be able to configure it with system-config-network and use
the standard tools to bring it up and down etc.