Urs Beyerle wrote:
> Hi,
>
> concerning madwifi:
>
> Check if you have an Atheros chip:
> # lspci | grep Atheros
> 04:02.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 
> 802.11abg NIC (rev 01)
>
> and the madwifi modules are loaded:
> # lsmod | grep ath
> ath_rate_sample        15232  1
> ath_pci                87204  0
> wlan                  180708  4 wlan_scan_sta,ath_rate_sample,ath_pci
> ath_hal               195536  3 ath_rate_sample,ath_pci
>
>

Of course , you need the following line in /etc/modprobe.conf:
alias ath0 ath_pci

in order that the madwifi modules are loaded.




> You should see the Atheros card as ath0. Just create a file 
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ath0.
> In my case:
>
> # cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ath0
> TYPE=Wireless
> DEVICE=ath0
> BOOTPROTO=dhcp
> NETMASK=
> DHCP_HOSTNAME=
> IPADDR=
> DOMAIN=
> ONBOOT=no
> USERCTL=no
> IPV6INIT=no
> PEERDNS=yes
> ESSID=
> CHANNEL=6
> MODE=Managed
> RATE=Auto
>
> You can remove the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wifi0 file, if 
> there is one.
>
> Check out iwconfig:
>
> # iwconfig
> lo        no wireless extensions.
>
> eth1      no wireless extensions.
>
> wifi0     no wireless extensions.
>
> ath0      IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:""
>          Mode:Managed  Channel:0  Access Point: Not-Associated
>          Bit Rate:0 kb/s   Tx-Power:0 dBm   Sensitivity=0/3
>          Retry:off   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
>          Encryption key:off
>          Power Management:off
>          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
>          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
>
>
> Now (important!!) you have to activate the card with:
> # ifconfig ath0 up
>
> I put "ifconfig ath0 up" into /etc/rc.local to activate the card every 
> time at bootup.
>
> Now you can do a scan:
> # iwlist ath0 scan
>
> Or use system-config-network
> Or as Troy said, use NetworkManager
>
> Hope this helps
>
> Urs
>
>
>
> Johan Mares wrote:
>> Yesterday I installed SL5 at home, was smoother install then FC6.
>> But I have 2 questions:
>> - installing madwifi was just a click, my wireless card (atheros 
>> chipset) was found. But nowhere I can find where I can configure the 
>> settings for wireless connection. I have done it dozens of times on 
>> different versions and flavors of Ubuntu via user interface or file. 
>> What is the equivalent of Ubuntu's /etc/network/interfaces file in SL ?
>> I can see the wireless card called wifi0 in the network config user 
>> interface. When I google most solutions start with download madwifi, 
>> make, make install, ...
>> - Xen : if I want to start experimenting with Xen, where do I start: 
>> Xensource documentation, Red Hat documentation or is there SL 
>> documentation ?
>>
>> Thanx,
>>
>> johan
>>
>