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Hi,
I see that Debian is using the 2.6.26 kernel. While it isn't extremely old, the wireless drivers in it may have improved dramatically since it's release.
I suggest that ...
- 09-19-2010 #11Linux Guru
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Hi,
I see that Debian is using the 2.6.26 kernel. While it isn't extremely old, the wireless drivers in it may have improved dramatically since it's release.
I suggest that you install the latest version of the wireless drivers. Read this page on how-to:
Download - Linux Wireless
You also need to install the kernel source and kernel headers before you can compile the new driver package. For controlling wireless connections, install WICD.
wicd - download
Whenever you update the kernel, you will need to re-install the wireless driver package.Paul
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- 09-20-2010 #12Just Joined!
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Thank you very much for all your effort.
I didn't get around to trying out the last two e-mails. I booted it up today and the dang wireless was WORKING!!!
- 09-20-2010 #13Trusted Penguin
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Out of curiosity... Is it using ath5k or ath_pci when running lsmod?
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Interesting question! I got this...
ath5k 87648 0
mac80211 139808 1 ath5k
cfg80211 21608 2 ath5k,mac80211
ath_pci 201368 0
ath_hal 350560 3 ath_rate_sample,ath_pci
Doesn't this say that neither ath5k nor ath_pci is being used?
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