How To:MadWifi Support for AR2425 (AR5007EG) on 64bit Ubuntu !!!

[logrusmage]

From what I recall from when I used ndiswrapper the atheros drivers needed to be disabled before ndiswrapper could be installed/enabled.

But how can I disable it? It is unchecked, but it still says in use...

[Anduu]

But how can I disable it? It is unchecked, but it still says in use...

Did you reboot?

[logrusmage]

Did you reboot?

Multiple times. Still unchecked, still in use.

[Anduu]

Multiple times. Still unchecked, still in use.

gksudo gedit /etc/modules

Remove any reference to ath_hal and ath_pci.Save and reboot.

[logrusmage]

Well, that worked for that small problem, but didn't help my internet at all.

Think I should try your way again? When I did it the first time HAL was still active but unchecked.

(Thanks so much for all of the help BTW)

[Anduu]

Well, that worked for that small problem, but didn't help my internet at all.

Think I should try your way again? When I did it the first time HAL was still active but unchecked.

(Thanks so much for all of the help BTW)

It can't hurt to try again...leave them unchecked.
Just remember to watch carefully and take note of any errors.

[logrusmage]

It can't hurt to try again...leave them unchecked.
Just remember to watch carefully and take note of any errors.

Leave them unchecked even at the end?

If I do recheck them, do I recheck both?

I got no errors, this time at least.

[Anduu]

Leave them unchecked even at the end?

If I do recheck them, do I recheck both?

I got no errors, this time at least.

I rechecked both.Try it then reboot.

[logrusmage]

I rechecked both.Try it then reboot.

They're both suddenly in use... w/e... rebooting now.

EDIT: Yeah... still can't see any networks. iwlist turns up nothing as well =/

;_; This is ridiculous. It worked at RANDOM times with ndiswrapper, I would start it up and it would have internet, then the next twelve times I started it up, I couldn't get an IP.

It has been a month since I've gotten this computer. This is so frustrating.

beowolf@beowolf-laptop:~$ sudo iwconfig
[sudo] password for beowolf:
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wifi0 no wireless extensions.

ath0 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"" Nickname:""
Mode:Managed Channel:0 Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:0 kb/s Tx-Power:0 dBm Sensitivity=1/1
Retryff RTS thrff Fragment thrff
Encryption keyff
Power Managementff
Link Quality=0/70 Signal level=0 dBm Noise level=0 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

This look normal to you?

beowolf@beowolf-laptop:~$ sudo dhclient atho
There is already a pid file /var/run/dhclient.pid with pid 6225
killed old client process, removed PID file
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.6
Copyright 2004-2007 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

wifi0: unknown hardware address type 801
SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
atho: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
atho: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
wifi0: unknown hardware address type 801
Bind socket to interface: No such device

Ok... so why is there no such device...?

[Anduu]

Man I am just as baffled as you are.

Does your laptop have a wireless on/off button?Try it and see what it does.

You could also try leaving the restricted drivers unchecked...my nvidia drivers are unchecked but shows in use and they still works
.
Also right click the network manager icon and see if the enable wireless option is there.