this is old please post new

so why i m reading this thread cause i dont have it. is there any way to install it manuel ? or dont prefer me use ethernet connection also doesnt work …

P.S.I know this is a Linux bases forum but i’m really despared!!Please HELP!!

Look at the insane lenghths I’m going to get free wifi access:

1) Wanted to borrow neighbor’s connection.
2) found out about aircrack.
3) wasted a day before realizing that aircrack and the win xp drivers don’t work very well.
4) spent a ton of time reading up on Linux and choosing an OS
5) spent a ton of time learning archaic LINUX commands
6) SPENT 2 DAYS ON THIS MADWIFI DRIVER GARBAGE.
7) Now need to learn how to use aircrack.

This is like an absolute Gordian’s knot - where to begin and how to untangle all the ridiculous knots. I seriously hope I’ll have easier luck with aircrack. If installing a driver takes 2 days of nonstop Googling, I don’t know how hard that’s gonna be.

Thanks for this incredible webpage that solves ONE of my many obstacles on my way to free wifi!

I have the AR5007EG chipset too and followed these instructions to a tee. I still don’t have wifi.

When I type lsmod, the ath_pci module shows up. So does ath_hal.

However, when I type sudo iwlist scan, I only see: lo, etho0, and pan0. ETH0 is my wired lan. I don’t know what the other two are.

In my /lib/modules/2.6.27-11/volatile directory, I see two files called ath_hal.ko and ath_pci.ko. In the Hardware Drivers manager, it says “No proprietary drivers are in use…” But then I see a line that says “Support for Atheros 802.11 wireless LAN cards.” I’ve tried deactivating it before following your walkthrough and no dice.

How do I get from here to detected wifi networks???

Don’t mean to disagree with Linux lovers, but I’ve tried Linux/ubuntu for 2 days and I absolutely hate it. I mean, if it’s so hard to install a driver (I’ve spent 2 days on trying to get Madwifi to install), imagine the other things. I’m a DOS and Windows expert and a computer geek and I can’t figure out drivers???!!!

2. Get this version of madwifi:

wget -c http://snapshots.madwifi-project.org/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3942-20090205.tar.gz

3. Untar the downloaded package:

tar xvf madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3942-20090205.tar.gz

4. Get inside the unpacked directory:

cd madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3942-20090205

5. If you haven’t compiled anything from source before on your linux then you propably need the build essential package:

sudo apt-get update && sudo aptitude install build-essential

6. Now you can build your madwifi and install the modules:
make

sudo make install
sudo modprobe ath_pci
sudo modprobe wlan_scan_sta

The last 2 commands can cause some complications on some systems. If they do check your System >> Administration >> Restricted Drivers Manager and disable atheros here. Then try again.

7. Now restart your computer and you should be able to see any aviable networks in your Network Manager.

i think this should work testing it now

i found the new link to the tar.gz file it was talking about

Am I missing something?

Mark

Newbie here trying to get my wifi running on Satellite 215-S5837 under Kubuntu. After following the steps in the original post and am only slightly aware of what each does, I got down to #6 and everything looked like it was taking until then. When I entered

sudo make install

I got the following response:

*** No Rule To Make Target ‘install’. Stop

Any Help???

Thanks Mark

6. Now you can build your madwifi and install the modules:
make

sudo make install
sudo modprobe ath_pci
sudo modprobe wlan_scan_sta

http://snapshots.madwifi-project.org/special/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007.tar.gz

Suggestions would be appeciated.

I have exactly the same Toshiba A210-128. I’ve just installed the latest drivers from :
http://snapshots.madwifi-project.org/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6/

and it all works great. That was the last driver I was unable to find. Thanks again! Cheers

numlock@numlock-laptop:~/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3698-20080604$ sudo make install
Checking requirements… ok.
Checking kernel configuration… ok.
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.27-9-generic/build SUBDIRS=/home/numlock/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3698-20080604 modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-9-generic’
CC [M] /home/numlock/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3698-20080604/ath_hal/ah_os.o
cc1: warnings being treated as errors
/home/numlock/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3698-20080604/ath_hal/ah_os.c: In function ‘ath_hal_lookup_register_name’:
/home/numlock/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3698-20080604/ath_hal/ah_os.c:451: error: format not a string literal and no format arguments
make[3]: *** [/home/numlock/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3698-20080604/ath_hal/ah_os.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [/home/numlock/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3698-20080604/ath_hal] Error 2
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/numlock/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3698-20080604] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-9-generic’
make: *** [modules] Error 2
numlock@numlock-laptop:~/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3698-20080604$ sudo modprobe ath_pci
numlock@numlock-laptop:~/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3698-20080604$ sudo modprobe wlan_scan_sta

numlock@numlock-laptop:~/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007$ sudo make install
make: *** No rule to make target `install’. Stop.
numlock@numlock-laptop:~/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007$ sudo modprobe ath_pci
numlock@numlock-laptop:~/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007$ sudo modprobe wlan_scan_sta