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

[Jan Hetges]

On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 09:16:55AM +0200, angler31 wrote:
> 2009/10/10 Daniel Badawi <danielbadawi at gmail.com>:
> > I have an ALIX, and just bought an 802.11n mini-pci card.

what kind of 802.11n card? lspci helps

> > 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

yes, you probably wanna use/are using ath9k,
in which case your device is probably named wlan0. the output of
iwconfig might help here.
 
 cheers

   --Jan
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