[Voyage-linux] No wireless connection

[Kim-man 'Punky' Tse]

Hi,

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You need to edit /etc/network/interfaces to setup ath0 using wifi0.  
There are loads of example there.  /README will give you some more hints.

Regards,
Punky


Wolfgang Grim wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I am unable to get my wireless card running. It's a card based on an atheros
> chipset.
>
> Output of lspci:
> 00:01.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Unknown device 2080 (rev
> 31)
> 00:01.1 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Geode LX
> Video
> 00:01.2 Entertainment encryption device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Geode
> LX AES Security Block
> 00:0d.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6105M [Rhine-III] (rev
> 96)
> 00:0e.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 802.11abg
> NIC (rev 01)
> 00:0f.0 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] CS5536 [Geode companion]
> ISA (rev 03)
> 00:0f.2 IDE interface: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] CS5536 [Geode companion]
> IDE (rev 01)
> 00:0f.3 Multimedia audio controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] CS5536
> [Geode companion] Audio (rev 01)
> 00:0f.4 USB Controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] CS5536 [Geode
> companion] OHC (rev 02)
>
> So the card is found!
>
> But when I do a iwconfig:
> lo        no wireless extensions.
> eth0      no wireless extensions.
> wifi0     no wireless extensions.
>
> I tried so many things but nothing worked... Any suggestions?
>
>
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