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 >> >