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09-14-2009	#1 (permalink)
Lazydog Linux Engineer Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: The Key Stone State Posts: 1,184	IBM T42 and Wireless Hello everyone, I have just installed Scientific Linux v5.3, which is built off of Redhat, on an IBM T42 Laptop. Thus far everything is working except wireless. This is my first time dealing with wireless and I'm looking for some pointers from anyone who can help. Presently I have the following; Code: # cat /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant ctrl_interface_group=wheel network={ ssid="any" key_mgmt=NONE } Code: # cat /etc/modprobe.conf alias eth0 e1000 alias scsi_hostadapter ata_piix alias wlan0 ath5k alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0 options snd-card-0 index=0 options snd-intel8x0 index=0 remove snd-intel8x0 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store 0 >/dev/null 2>&1 \|\| : ; }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-intel8x0 Code: # lspci 02:01.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82540EP Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Mobile) (rev 03) 02:02.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC (rev 01) My home wireless network is running with WPA encryption. How can I get this laptop setup to connect to my wireless network at home? I would be most thankful for any and all help. __________________ Regards Robert Linux The adventure of a life time. Linux User #296285 Get Counted

09-15-2009	#2 (permalink)
waterhead Trusted Penguin Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Franklin, Wisconsin Posts: 3,954	You have an Atheros based wireless. If this were a more modern distro I would say to install the compat-wireless driver package. But that requires a kernel of 2.6.22 or newer. You should be able to get this working with the Madwifi drivers. madwifi-project.org - Trac If the standard madwifi driver doesn't work either, you may need to try one of their snapshot versions: snapshots.madwifi.org I had to use a madwifi-hal version for the wireless in my Eee PC. __________________ Paul Please do not PM me with requests for help. I will not reply.

09-16-2009	#3 (permalink)
Lazydog Linux Engineer Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: The Key Stone State Posts: 1,184	Thnx for the reply, I'll look into this. __________________ Regards Robert Linux The adventure of a life time. Linux User #296285 Get Counted

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