wifi conection fails to conect in mandriva 2009

[ghost13]

i have installed all the drivers and packages needed for my cards
it detects my wireless network and attempts to conect
but fails after 30seconds and gives an error message
it tells me that the conection failed
i run the config tool in the hardware manager and it does the same thing
in windows it is wep128 protected
and conects fine but will not conect in mandriva

[ghost13]

[ghost@localhost ~]$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (Internal gfx)
00:04.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Device 7914
00:05.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI Express Port 1)
00:06.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI Express Port 2)
00:12.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI0)
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI1)
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI2)
00:13.3 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI3)
00:13.4 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI4)
00:13.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB Controller (EHCI)
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 14)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 IDE
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 PCI to LPC Bridge
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS690M [Radeon X1200 Series]
08:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 01)
0e:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)
14:06.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 05)
14:06.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22)
14:06.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev 12)
14:06.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 12)
14:06.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev ff)
[ghost@localhost ~]$


thats all my info

[ghost13]

problem fixed

download madwifi-0.9.4.zip

create src folder in home directory
copy madwifi-0.9.4.zip to src directory
unzip using unzip madwifi-0.9.4.zip command
switch to directory of madwifi-0.9.4
compile all files using more <filename> command
repeat the previous procedure for all files and folders in madwifi-0.9.4 directory
run INSTALL file
recompile all source codes
rerun INSTALL file
close terminal
install wifi-radar
run
configure wifi setings based upon your network
and it should conect if done right

[waterhead]

This device should also work with the ath5k driver. That driver is included in most kernels, but I don't know about Mandriva. Eventually, the Madwifi driver will be discontinued, because it relies on the proprietary HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer). The ath5k/ath9k drivers are completely open source will eventually be the main Atheros drivers for Linux.

My EeePC reports to having the exact same wireless, and it works with the stock ath5k driver that comes in the Fedora 10 kernel.