[Voyage-linux] Is it possible up ath0 with Atheros 802.11n mini-pci on ALIX?

[angler31]

2009/10/10 Daniel Badawi <danielbadawi at gmail.com>:
> I have an ALIX, and just bought an 802.11n mini-pci card.
> I tried to up the ath0 interface with the configuration:
> auto ath0
> iface ath0 inet static
>         address 10.1.20.1
>         netmask 255.255.255.0
>         broadcast 10.1.20.255
>         madwifi-base wifi0
>         wireless-mode Master
>         wireless-essid voyage
>         wireless-key s:voyage
>         wireless-channel 1
>         up iwpriv ath0 mode 3
>         up iwconfig ath0 txpower 14
>         up athctrl -i wifi0 -d 8000
>         down wlanconfig ath0 destroy
> auto ath0:0
> iface ath0:0 inet static
>         address 10.1.20.1
>         netmask 255.255.255.0
>         broadcast 10.1.20.255
>
> and when I type # ifup ath0
> I receive the message: SET failed on device ath0 ; No such device.

I've never used an 802.11n card (ath9k?), but I think you should have
something like `wlanconfig ath0 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode ap` in
your pre-up.
Also I don't see the point in creating ath0:0...

Regards