Ganzalles

I have the same problem.
I did go to that site and putin the command:
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but I get in return:
What am I doing wrong?

Freston

That seems more like a connection problem.

Site down? Firewall? Port blocked?.

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Ganzalles

Dies anyone know of a current connection? I am new in Linux and the command line but it seems to me that that connection send the installation package to the root folder.
Just downloading the file from sourceforge puts the file in my home folder.
Yes I have an Atheros AR5212 dard and it says disabled in the lspci command.
I just upgraded to Fedora 8. I get the internet when directly connected.

waterhead

You shouldn't have to install the madwifi driver for this card. It uses the new ath5k driver.

I am using Fedora 8 with the 2.6.23.14-115.fc8 kernel. The ath5k module is compiled into that kernel. It may already be loaded by default, so look for it in the output of this command:
If it isn't there, try loading it with this command (as root):
Read through this site on the ath5k driver:
ath5k - Linux Wireless

It says to test it with these commands:

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Ganzalles

I did try as root and it responded my kernel is 2.6.21.
I see this module is included in madwifi. when downloading in the GUI it sends it to my home directory. Can I work with it from there?

MikeTbob

ath5k is probably not enabled by default in the Linux kernel. So either you can recompile your kernel to include it or you can compile it from source. But it would be way easier to install madwifi using yum:
You must have Internet connectivity for this to work and be logged in as root.

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waterhead

It is in my Fedora 2.6.23 kernel. This is not the original kernel, but one from an update. It can be installed just as easily with YUM.

It is always recommended to do an upgrade to a newly installed system. This will take care of any security problems and bugs found after the distro's official release. I don't usually upgrade my system after that. You can update the entire system with this command, it may take a long time to do it, so be patient.
If this is an older system that has been used and modified, then an upgrade is not recommended. Just install the madwifi drivers with YUM.

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MikeTbob

Good to know, thanks. I just recompiled a Gentoo kernel and I had to manually enable it, that's why I thought maybe it wasn't enabled by default.

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waterhead

Ya, I checked the kernel source and saw that it is compiled into it as a module. So even though I don't have that type of wireless, I modprobed ath5k and didn't get any errors. When I checked with lsmod, it was loaded.

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