dlink wna-2330 wireless card on fc5 - UGH!

2.6.15-1.2054_FC5 on a thinkpad r40
[root@r40 drivers]# rpm -qa | grep wifi
madwifi-0.9.2-1.lvn5
kmod-madwifi-0.9.2-2.2.6.18_1.2200.fc5
# I realize this is a different kernel version - I was unable to pull
down specific to my kernel e.g.
[root@r40 drivers]# yum install kmod-madwifi*`uname -r`
.....
No Match for argument: madwifi-kmdl-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5
#

modprobe.conf
alias ath0 ath_pci
....
lspci
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212
802.11abg NIC (rev 01)
......
[root@r40 drivers]# /etc/init.d/network restart
......
Bringing up interface ath0: ath_pci
ath_pci device ath0 does not seem to be present, delaying initialization.

I can't find anything related to ath* in my lib/modules/*/kernel/drivers
subdirs

Also tried ndiswrapper approach. This is using the inf file from the
card CD. I see here it's 5211 and the madwifi driver is 5212.
[root@r40 drivers]# ndiswrapper -l
installed drivers:
lstinds driver installed
net5211 driver installed, hardware (168C:001A) present

Been banging my head for over a week on this one. Also tried a
LinksysW54G - couldn't even get the power LED to go on with that one.
With the D-Link the card is getting power (blinking LED).

On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 21:16:03 +0000, linguafr wrote:

>
> 2.6.15-1.2054_FC5 on a thinkpad r40
> [root@r40 drivers]# rpm -qa | grep wifi
> madwifi-0.9.2-1.lvn5
> kmod-madwifi-0.9.2-2.2.6.18_1.2200.fc5
> # I realize this is a different kernel version - I was unable to pull
> down specific to my kernel e.g.
> [root@r40 drivers]# yum install kmod-madwifi*`uname -r`
> ....
> No Match for argument: madwifi-kmdl-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5
> #
>
> modprobe.conf
> alias ath0 ath_pci
> ...
> lspci
> 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212
> 802.11abg NIC (rev 01)
> .....
> [root@r40 drivers]# /etc/init.d/network restart
> .....
> Bringing up interface ath0: ath_pci
> ath_pci device ath0 does not seem to be present, delaying initialization.
>
> I can't find anything related to ath* in my lib/modules/*/kernel/drivers
> subdirs
>
> Also tried ndiswrapper approach. This is using the inf file from the
> card CD. I see here it's 5211 and the madwifi driver is 5212.
> [root@r40 drivers]# ndiswrapper -l
> installed drivers:
> lstinds driver installed
> net5211 driver installed, hardware (168C:001A) present
>
> Been banging my head for over a week on this one. Also tried a
> LinksysW54G - couldn't even get the power LED to go on with that one.
> With the D-Link the card is getting power (blinking LED).

Interesting. I got a D-Link WNA2330 for my laptop after a Kubuntu upgrade
to 6.06 killed any hope of ever getting the previous Belkin card working.
I plugged it in an booted - it was up and running.

linguafr <_(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> 2.6.15-1.2054_FC5 on a thinkpad r40
> [root@r40 drivers]# rpm -qa | grep wifi
> madwifi-0.9.2-1.lvn5
> kmod-madwifi-0.9.2-2.2.6.18_1.2200.fc5
> # I realize this is a different kernel version - I was unable to pull
> down specific to my kernel e.g.
> [root@r40 drivers]# yum install kmod-madwifi*`uname -r`
> ....
> No Match for argument: madwifi-kmdl-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5
> #
>
> modprobe.conf
> alias ath0 ath_pci
> ...
> lspci
> 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212
> 802.11abg NIC (rev 01)
> .....
> [root@r40 drivers]# /etc/init.d/network restart
> .....
> Bringing up interface ath0: ath_pci
> ath_pci device ath0 does not seem to be present, delaying initialization.
>
> I can't find anything related to ath* in my lib/modules/*/kernel/drivers
> subdirs

Try looking in /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/net, that's where the madwifi
module install normally puts them.
Should look like:
~$ ls /lib/modules/2.6.18/net
ath_hal.ko wlan.ko wlan_scan_ap.ko wlan_wep.ko
ath_pci.ko wlan_acl.ko wlan_scan_sta.ko wlan_xauth.ko
ath_rate_sample.ko wlan_ccmp.ko wlan_tkip.ko

If the driver works you should have a control device called wlan0 and
the wireless device ath0. I'm assuming, of course, that Fedora has not
screwed around _too_ much with the standard madwifi config (I build
madwifi from source on a Slackware system).

Jerry

Jerry Peters wrote:
> linguafr <_(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>> 2.6.15-1.2054_FC5 on a thinkpad r40
....
>> I can't find anything related to ath* in my lib/modules/*/kernel/drivers
>> subdirs
>
> Try looking in /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/net, that's where the madwifi
> module install normally puts them.

FC5 puts them in /lib/modules/<os version>/extra/madwifi

Livna only seems to have the madwifi modules matching the latest kernel.
The OP should consider installing the latest kernel anyway.
2.6.15-1.2054 is pretty old.

Allen McIntosh <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Jerry Peters wrote:
>> linguafr <_(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>> 2.6.15-1.2054_FC5 on a thinkpad r40
> ...
>>> I can't find anything related to ath* in my lib/modules/*/kernel/drivers
>>> subdirs
>>
>> Try looking in /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/net, that's where the madwifi
>> module install normally puts them.
>
> FC5 puts them in /lib/modules/<os version>/extra/madwifi
>
> Livna only seems to have the madwifi modules matching the latest kernel.
> The OP should consider installing the latest kernel anyway.
> 2.6.15-1.2054 is pretty old.

It just occurred to me, a quick way to find a module's location is
modinfo:
~$ modinfo ath_pci
filename: /lib/modules/2.6.18/net/ath_pci.ko

It's the very first line of information.

Jerry

"linguafr" <_(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> 2.6.15-1.2054_FC5 on a thinkpad r40
> [root@r40 drivers]# rpm -qa | grep wifi
> madwifi-0.9.2-1.lvn5
> kmod-madwifi-0.9.2-2.2.6.18_1.2200.fc5
> # I realize this is a different kernel version - I was unable to pull down
> specific to my kernel e.g.
> [root@r40 drivers]# yum install kmod-madwifi*`uname -r`
> ....
> No Match for argument: madwifi-kmdl-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5
> #
>
> modprobe.conf
> alias ath0 ath_pci
> ...
> lspci
> 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 802.11abg
> NIC (rev 01)
> .....
> [root@r40 drivers]# /etc/init.d/network restart
> .....
> Bringing up interface ath0: ath_pci
> ath_pci device ath0 does not seem to be present, delaying initialization.
>
> I can't find anything related to ath* in my lib/modules/*/kernel/drivers
> subdirs
>
> Also tried ndiswrapper approach. This is using the inf file from the card
> CD. I see here it's 5211 and the madwifi driver is 5212.
> [root@r40 drivers]# ndiswrapper -l
> installed drivers:
> lstinds driver installed
> net5211 driver installed, hardware (168C:001A) present
>
> Been banging my head for over a week on this one. Also tried a
> LinksysW54G - couldn't even get the power LED to go on with that one. With
> the D-Link the card is getting power (blinking LED).


I have a desk filled with WiFI cards that woudl not work. I tried
ndiswarpper but never got them to work. I finally found one that worked with
SUSE 10.0 . Below are the details of my search and results.
Belkin F5D7000 WiFi PCI Card Works Great!
After several days working on other WiFI PCI cards I got a Belkin device at
CompUSA for $35.

Details:
Belkin Version 5000
Wireless G
Part #: F5D7000 - P10097-C (This came from sticker on the PC Board)
IC-ID: 4711A-WW4201D (This came from sticker on the PC Board)

Part # F5D7000 (This came from the Box)

My steps:
===========
1. Put card in PCI slot
2. Power Up
3. Setup in Yast (Card was discovered automatically)
4. Entered root shell
5. Card is shown as ath0
6. iwconfig shows the Yast details were picked up
7. From shell:
rcnetwork stop eth0
rcnetwork stop ath0
rcnetwork start ath0

8. Go to web browser...It worked.

For the more technical savy this wifi card uses an Atheros chipset.