Madwifi installation for Atheros card in Karmic koala
Hi guys in this thread you will the instructions to install Madwifi drivers for Atheros wireless cards. Please follow the instructions to the word.
Open the 'terminal' by navigating through Applications-->Accessories--> Terminal
Now type the following commands in terminal
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sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list
From there make sure you uncomment anything that starts with "deb" in there. So changer it from "#deb" to "deb" Something along thoes lines. To exit and save hit "CTRL+X" the answer "YES" to do you want to save, then finally hit "ENTER"
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sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
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sudo apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev
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sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r`
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sudo apt-get install subversion
6. 7.
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sudo svn checkout http://svn.madwifi-project.org/madwifi/trunk/ madwifi-ng
8. 9.
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echo "" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
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echo "#Remove To Install MadWIFI Drivers" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
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echo "blacklist ath9k" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
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echo "blacklist ath5k" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
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make && make install
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echo ath_pci >> /etc/modules
Restart your machine.
It should work
Well i use Wicd to connect to the wireless modem
To install Wicd type the following commands in terminal
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sudo apt-get update
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sudo apt-get install wicd
:KS Kernal updates of your system will kill your driver. Well no need to worry about that.Just recompile your driver.
For that you open a terminal and type the command and just repeat the steps from No 8. Your madwifi will cone back to life again.:popcorn:
Best of Luck
Dr Kurian
Re: Madwifi installation for Atheros card in Karmic koala
Amazing. It just worked (not that I didn't expect it to, but I've learned not to have too high hopes for these things) - and you just saved me hours of frustration. Thank you very, very much.
Re: Madwifi installation for Atheros card in Karmic koala
Previously, I hadn't tried to use the SVN snapshot; I was hopeful that this would fix my problem. However, I get the same results: it continually asks for my password. Every now and then, it actually connects, but it is HORRIBLY slow. It never failed me in Jaunty (or before).
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Josh
Re: Madwifi installation for Atheros card in Karmic koala
I decided to give wicd a try in hopes that it would solve my problem. It seems to get past the WPA stuff just fine. It just sits forever at "Obtaining IP Address..."
Josh
Re: Madwifi installation for Atheros card in Karmic koala
Try going to "preferences" and change from "madwifi" to "wext" - that has worked for me previously.
Re: Madwifi installation for Atheros card in Karmic koala
After doing this, I can't even turn my wireless card on...:(
Re: Madwifi installation for Atheros card in Karmic koala
Quote:
Originally Posted by
jshayden
I decided to give wicd a try in hopes that it would solve my problem. It seems to get past the WPA stuff just fine. It just sits forever at "Obtaining IP Address..."
Josh
Hi
I think yours is not a problem of a driver.How is it after Wicd?
With regards
Dr Kurian
Re: Madwifi installation for Atheros card in Karmic koala
Hi mates!
First of all, thanks for the info. I was trying to install dis madwifi driver by my own and was going nuts! It just worked perfectly!
The problem is that now i cant connect to any network and even the signal is much slower than before.
My question: How can i go back to my old driver? I don't really know which one i was using, but i'm running Koala on a Macbook pro 1,1, wich has an Atheros 5424.
May somebody help me please? i know i know... why i'm touching what i don't understand? I'm a geek i can not do anything else!
Re: Madwifi installation for Atheros card in Karmic koala
Thank you drpjkurian!!! I am able to now connect to wireless networks via command line. Neither wicd or network-manager will recognize my AR5212 Atheros wireless card, but using the command line, I can access wireless by specifying the following (as root):
Code:
## scan for wireless networks
$ iwlist ath0 scanning
$ iwconfig ath0 essid routerName key yourWepKey
## if you can't connect to your router, try obtaining an IP via dhcp:
$ dhclient aht0
Thanks again!
Re: Madwifi installation for Atheros card in Karmic koala
drpjkurian, I've had the same problem as everyone else with 9.10. My wifi is rediculesly slow. 9.04 was excellent. I was just about to go back to 9.04 when I saw the link to this thread. This is the kind of C**P that makes me nervious but I had nothing to lose anyway so I tried it. My internet is noticably faster. I have not tried it away fron home yet but I see no reason that it would be different anywhere else. Thanks for the help. My wifi is near normal now. It still amazes me that 9.10 was released with such a blatent flaw! Internet is the root of using a computer! Whoever released 9.10 too early deserves a kick in the ***! Once again, Thanks.