2009/4/8 Urs Beyerle <[log in to unmask]>:
> Hi,
>
> I can just confirm that atheros wifi and WPA is broken on 2.6.18-128.1.1.el5
> kernel or later at least on one of my systems.
>
> The "problem" seems to be that Redhat has added ath5k.ko in
> 2.6.18-128.1.1.el5 kernel. ath5k.ko was not yet there in 2.6.18-128.el5 and
> older kernels.
>
> At the moment I don't know why it's not working. As far as I see,
> wpa_supplicant is not working with ath5k driver. And per default ath5k is
> loaded even if madwifi is installed. Or you get even a mix of loaded ath
> modules. See
>
> /sbin/lsmod | grep ath
>
> However, if I disable/remove ath5k.ko, madwifi is still not working???

There is a CentOS wiki article on the Atheros AR5007EG card.  I don't
know if this is related, but there is some chance that the info on
that page might help.

http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Laptops/WirelessAR5007EG

It basically tells you to replace the current madwifi with the newer
version (from source), and blacklist ath5k.

Akemi