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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 ...
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    Question 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):
    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 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.

    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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    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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    Okay, gotcha. But do they still have support for direct frame injection and monitor mode?

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    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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