tried again and again cant get madwifi to work

[diablo1]

have opensuse 10.3 and netgear wg511t cardbus, pciid:168c:0013 Atheros.. the kernel is 2.6.22.17.0-default on opensuse 10.3
i cant get my madwifi drivers installed correctly, tried several times. right now, i have my internet connected using my xp drivers installed correctly with ndiswrapper.

i have these downloaded
madwifi-0.9.3.99-36.i586.rpm
madwifi-kmp-default-0.9.3.3_2.6.22.16_0.2-0.1.i586.rpm
madwifi-0.9.4.tar.gz

are these the correct madwifi's to install?? if not which ones do i need to download and install that go with my kernel??

and these are in my available software section of sofware management
madwifi 0.9.3.99 madwifi-devel 0.9.3.99

so out of all these versions which do i use and should i have newer versions of madwifi

the last time i tired installing madwifi drivers and software i could connect to the internet when i typed modprobe ath_pci in a terminal but everytime i rebooted i could not connect then i had only one light blinking on cardbus.. also i dont know if i uninstalled all the xp drivers correctly .. dont know why everytime i rebooted it wouldnt connect but everytime i typed modprobe ath_pci it would work til a reboot
whats the complete step by step set up to get them installed and working??

THANKS

[wildpossum]

I am not sure if your downloaded drivers are the correct ones for your wifi card. However, once your rebooted you will lose the modules loaded so you need to add them to the /etc/init.d/boot.local script

Probably easier for you to simple do the following:
as root, "vi /etc/init.d/boot.local" and insert on the last line of the file:
"/sbin/modprobe ath_pci"
save and exit the vi session (I'll leave that excerise for you to learn).

From now on boot.local will load the module for your wifi card when booting.

Enjoy.

[diablo1]

anyone know what the correct madwifi drivers for netgear wg511t cardbus, pciid:168c:0013 Atheros, if the one i have arent???

thanks

[coopstah13]

if you have it working with ndiswrapper and the xp driver why take the time to get it working with madwifi? are you missing any functionality or features with ndiswrapper? or is something not working right?

[diablo1]

i want to try it in monitor mode and not sure if using the ndiswrapper with my xp drivers let me do use monitor mode??

[diablo1]

am not sure if your downloaded drivers are the correct ones for your wifi card. However, once your rebooted you will lose the modules loaded so you need to add them to the /etc/init.d/boot.local script

Probably easier for you to simple do the following:
as root, "vi /etc/init.d/boot.local" and insert on the last line of the file:
"/sbin/modprobe ath_pci"
save and exit the vi session (I'll leave that excerise for you to learn).

From now on boot.local will load the module for your wifi card when booting.

i did this and when i reboot it still doesnt connect , only one light blinks on my pcmia card.. i lose my connection and network when i reboot...

i saved the file with chmod 777
wrote /sbin/modprobe ath_pci

like this at the end of the boot.local file

# before we're going to the first run level.
# /sbin/modprobe ath_pci

even checked the file and the /sbin/modprobe ath_pci is still in the boot.local file

what went wrong or why wont it see drivers after i reboot??
i have to type modprobe ath_pci in a terminal to get the card working at each reboot, its also set at 'boot time' in my network card general setting