Atheros AR5007EG (AR242x ) in hardy

[formol]

hi,

this post is for people who may have the same problem as i had.

i've a Toshiba a201 with Atheros AR5007EG (named AR5006EG in gusty) now name AR242x in hardy.

anyway, to make it work:

- disable both restricted drivers in System > Adminstration > Hardware drivers

- install ndiswrapper in the add/remove window

- download the .inf from the XP driver at : http://blakecmartin.googlepages.com/...-32-0.2.tar.gz

- open a terminal and type this command : sudo ndisgtk

- select the net5211.inf file and "enter"

- it should now work

i hope this help.

[FredB]

For 32 bits, you can use and install madwifi and a patch. See http://madwifi.org/ticket/1679

Your solution is only the good one for 64 bits hardy.

[formol]

hello,

i tryed madwifi with the patch before, maybe i did something wrong but it didn't work. then, i tryed with ndiswrapper and it works, with the 32 bits version of hardy.

[williamson389]

i tried the steps given by formol in the first step and the wireless connection still wont show up in System-administration-network. When i typed sudo ndisgtk the network showed u but it still doesnt work. i dont know if i made a mistake at the first step with the restricted drivers. i unchecked atheros support and 802.11 lan card.

[formol]

...i typed sudo ndisgtk the network showed ...

ndisgtk is the graphical interface of ndiswrapper, where you have to set the .inf file. (using the graphical interface equal to type : ndiswrapper -i filename.inf) and the .sys files must be in the folder.

[Alfred_McGee]

The Madwifi fix worked for me, thanks to Tom-X. The problem, though is that my computer no longer suspends. Instead, once the lid has been closed, the screen fills with code, and the machine has to be restarted. Anybody know a fix for this?

EDIT: use the 3366 madwifi driver instead of the old 2756, and the suspend problem goes away

[persev]

For 32 bits, you can use and install madwifi and a patch. See http://madwifi.org/ticket/1679

Your solution is only the good one for 64 bits hardy.

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[elwin_windleaf]

Just wanted to mention that this worked flawlessly on Linux Mint 6 (Felicia), so I imagine it should work alright under most versions of Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid.

The machine I installed it on was a Emachines E520 laptop.

[ftabor]

hi,

this post is for people who may have the same problem as i had.

i've a Toshiba a201 with Atheros AR5007EG (named AR5006EG in gusty) now name AR242x in hardy.

anyway, to make it work:

- disable both restricted drivers in System > Adminstration > Hardware drivers

- install ndiswrapper in the add/remove window

- download the .inf from the XP driver at : http://blakecmartin.googlepages.com/...-32-0.2.tar.gz

- open a terminal and type this command : sudo ndisgtk

- select the net5211.inf file and "enter"

- it should now work

i hope this help.

Thanks, this worked perfectly for a HP Pavillion dv6000.

[blitzer]

hi,

this post is for people who may have the same problem as i had.

i've a Toshiba a201 with Atheros AR5007EG (named AR5006EG in gusty) now name AR242x in hardy.

anyway, to make it work:

- disable both restricted drivers in System > Adminstration > Hardware drivers

- install ndiswrapper in the add/remove window

- download the .inf from the XP driver at : http://blakecmartin.googlepages.com/...-32-0.2.tar.gz

- open a terminal and type this command : sudo ndisgtk

- select the net5211.inf file and "enter"

- it should now work

i hope this help.

Thank you for the post this helped me set up my wireless.

My system is an Acer Aspire 5520 64 bit Hardy.