madwifi 0.10.x

[sheds]

Hello folks.

Does anybody know where to get the madwifi source 0.10.x? I've been looking for it cause somebody told that it's the only way to get my atheros card to work. I checked source-forge and the madwifi project site and i didn't find it!

Thanks a lot!!!

[sdimhoff]

I think this is what you are looking for:

snapshots.madwifi.org

I'm not sure if you use ubuntu, but this had some extra information about people's trials and tribulations.

HOWTO: compile & install madwifi-old/ng without breaking linux-restricted-modules - Ubuntu Forums

Good luck!

[waterhead]

You can also get the latest cutting edge version using Subversion.

UserDocs/GettingMadwifi - madwifi-project.org - Trac

[mzainal]

I use ndiswrapper for my ubuntu..So far no problem..

[sheds]

I got the 0.10.x version. And installed it. So, according to the manual, i should be getting a couple of cards now: madwifi0 and ath0. I got wmaster0 and ath0. Here's how i configured my /etc/network/interfaces file:

#auto ath0
#iface ath0 inet static
# address 192.168.10.30
# gateway 192.168.10.1
# dns-nameservers 196.40.31.205
# netmask 255.255.255.0
# wpa-driver wext
# wpa-ssid Sheds
# wpa-ap-scan 2
# wpa-proto RSN
# wpa-pairwise CCMP
# wpa-group CCMP
# wpa-key-mgmt WPA-PSK
# wpa-psk e8988ede31608816b3460abcc2c5443e892ee5610a46af8efb 2bdddda6d59f50

I got the router configure with wpa2, static ip addresses, no mac address filters, no SSID broadcast and the key was generated with the wpa-passphrase command.

What am i missing?

[waterhead]

If you are not using the NetworkManager app for connecting (why not?), you need to install and configure wpa_supplicant.

[sheds]

Hello there guys.

I changed my interfaces file to look like this (enabled ssid broadcast, dhcp instead of static and WPA instead of WPA2):

auto ath0
iface ath0 inet dhcp
wpa-driver wext
wpa-ssid XXXXX
wpa-ap-scan 1
wpa-proto WPA
wpa-pairwise TKIP
wpa-group TKIP
wpa-key-mgmt WPA-PSK
wpa-psk XXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Apparently, the madwifi driver does not support some options, i'm guessing WPA2. I read somewhere that this driver does not support WPA2. They were right it seems.

Either way, i'll just wait for an upgrade to get WPA2 before switching to it.