Re: [LUG] Netgear WG511T & Madwifi

[Julian Hall <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi All,

Couple more questions please.  The README suggests using lspci to check 
what Wireless device I have, however the result of lspci is:

00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 Host Bridge (rev a4)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 LPC Bridge (rev a6)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce3 SMBus (rev a4)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce3 USB 1.1 (rev a5)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce3 USB 1.1 (rev a5)
00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce3 USB 2.0 (rev a2)
00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce3 Audio 
(rev a2)
00:06.1 Modem: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00d9 (rev a2)
00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce3 IDE (rev a5)
00:0a.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 PCI Bridge (rev a2)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 AGP Bridge (rev a4)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] 
HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] 
Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] 
DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] 
Miscellaneous Control
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 420 
Go 32M] (rev a3)
02:01.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. 
RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
02:04.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1620 PC Card Controller 
(rev 01)
02:04.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1620 PC Card Controller 
(rev 01)
02:04.2 System peripheral: Texas Instruments PCI1620 Firmware Loading 
Function (rev 01)

Is it me or does this not mention the wireless card at all?  Netgear 
WG511T is what it is, plugged in with the powerlight blinking happily at 
me.  Interestingly it correctly identifies the PCI Card Controller, 
which makes Windows 2000 bluescreen!  Regarding identifying it, the 
README says "When in doubt check the PCI vendor id with a tool like 
lspci, the Atheros vendor id is 0x168c; e.g.

 00:13.0 Ethernet controller: Unknown device 168c:0012 (rev 01)"

I have only one unknown device, the modem which I am not worried about, 
and none with the vendor id 0x168c.

Also, when ifup ath0 or ifup ath_pci say there is no configuration file 
found, do I need to make one in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts such as 
ifcfg-ath0?

Kind regards,

Julian

PS Sorry for the earlier cockup Alex :)

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