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Hey guys,
So I've just picked up another Orinoco Proxim Gold WiFi card for a laptop (this one) that I've put Debian on. I have another Dell laptop that I ...
- 01-26-2011 #1Just Joined!
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Madwifi-ng Driver Installation Errors
Hey guys,
So I've just picked up another Orinoco Proxim Gold WiFi card for a laptop (this one) that I've put Debian on. I have another Dell laptop that I put Debian on a few years ago and have the same card for that one too. I installed the drivers on the other one (ages ago so I don't remember how exactly I went about it) but when I try to install the same drivers for the same card on this laptop I keep getting these errors:
(This is from SU):
I don't know why it's not working. If someone could help me out I'd greatly appreciate it as I'd really like the WiFi to be working so I don't have to sit next to the router with an ethernet cable.Code:USER:# make Checking requirements... ok. Checking kernel configuration... ok. make -C /lib/modules/2.6.26-2-686/build SUBDIRS=/usr/src/madwifi-0.9.4 modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.26-2-686' CC [M] /usr/src/madwifi-0.9.4/net80211/ieee80211_power.o /usr/src/madwifi-0.9.4/net80211/ieee80211_power.c: In function 'ieee80211_pwrsave': /usr/src/madwifi-0.9.4/net80211/ieee80211_power.c:240: error: implicit declaration of function '__skb_append' make[3]: *** [/usr/src/madwifi-0.9.4/net80211/ieee80211_power.o] Error 1 make[2]: *** [/usr/src/madwifi-0.9.4/net80211] Error 2 make[1]: *** [_module_/usr/src/madwifi-0.9.4] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.26-2-686' make: *** [modules] Error 2
I dunno why it worked on my other Dell a couple years ago but isn't working now. So any help would be extremely... well... helpful!
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- 01-26-2011 #2
Madwifi is not needed anymore. Now you either need ath5k or ath9k, depends on which chipset your card has. These drivers are included in the kernel now.
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- 01-27-2011 #3Just Joined!
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Okay, gotcha. But do they still have support for direct frame injection and monitor mode?
- 01-27-2011 #4
According to a simple Google search, it may need a patch for injections.
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Thanks for the help!


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