Re: [LUG] Netgear WG511T & Madwifi

[Julian Hall <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Alex Charrett wrote:

> You should put it in the directory that matches the version produced 
> by a uname -r.  Also before you're able to load the module you should 
> do a depmod -a to get the system to check what modules are available 
> to it.
>
> Alex.

Thanks Alex,

Partial success.  No errors now with modprobe, however the next commands 
give errors:

ifconfig  ath0 up    gives    ath0: unknown interface: no such device
ifconfig ath0          gives    ath0: error fetching interface 
information: Device not found

ifup ath0                gives     /sbin/ifup: configuration for ath0 
not found

Basically it looks like the module is loaded but it can't find the 
device it's supposed to be using.  I've checked the kernel config and it 
has Wireless Extensions (although I don't know what version), sysctl, 
and I found a Crypto secion so I *think* it has Crypto API.  Also they 
say they've checked it with 2.6.2 - 2.6.10 kernels so 2.6.8 (mine) ought 
to work.

Kind regards,

Julian

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