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Tony Sumner wrote: > On Jan 16, 2008, Ray Smith was like: > >> Is madwifi a program I would need to install & use instead of the ubuntu >> networking tools or a driver wrapper like ndis ? > > See also the reply from Grant Sewell. I don't remember too well what I > did but if you go to the Madwifi site http://madwifi.org you'll find a > download section and howtos and everything you need. The networking > tools like iwconfig are still useful. ndiswrapper is a quite different > way of using a wireless adapter; you install ndiswrapper and then the > Windows driver off the Windows disk if you have one. The device > manager will tell you the name of the driver. This should be a > reliable way of getting any adapter to work but I have never tried > it. I am sure someone has and can give you some tips. Good luck. > > Tony > this howto isn't about your atheros chip, which is probably supported by madwifi, have a google on "ubuntu atheros", but it has a very clear explanation on setting up wifi which applies to any device once the driver has been compiled. The eeePC madwifi atheros driver is a version specific to the eeePC, but if its consistent the device will be called ath0, rather than the more usual wlan0, enter "iwconfig" to find out. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=400236 once you got up and running you can use the ubuntu network tools to tweak it, bring it up down etc. -- Simon Robert www.oldhouse-cottage.co.uk -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html