problems with atheros wifi

[ghost13]

im using mandriva 2009
and my wireless card fails to connect to my wireless network
and to top it all off ive tried installing the mad wifi drivers
and i can only get as far as unziping the tar.bz2
when i type in the ./configure comand
it tells me that its an unrecognized file or directory
on every forum ive been on the configure comand is ./configure
if i am doing somthing wrong please tell me

if there is any way i can get my wifi card working
please let me know
i have tried installing wifi-radar and it wont connect either
i have no idea were the problem is
or what to do
please help

[reed9]

Are you using Mandriva 2009 One or Free? I believe Mandriva should have drivers for most Atheros chipsets already.

Please read the Wireless Setup guide and post the requested information.

The ./configure command presupposes there is a configuration script in the directory. It's not universally used, just commonly used.

[JK3mp]

+1, try ls in dir to see if you need to use configure, or try reading the README and INSTALL files in the dir . Though as stated above should come with the drivers already, check your card support as well. Or lspci and see if its being read at all.