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Hey all, I just switched from Windows to Ubuntu 7.04, and this is my first time using any Linux distro. I understand Atheros cards need MadWifi, and I followed all ...
  1. 06-07-2007 #1
    jeffo84
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    Atheros wireless problem in Ubuntu 7.04



    Hey all,
    I just switched from Windows to Ubuntu 7.04, and this is my first time using any Linux distro. I understand Atheros cards need MadWifi, and I followed all the step by step instructions, including Universe and Multiverse activation, but I still can't recognize any wireless networks. I'm on an Acer Aspire 5570Z with an Atheros 5002 series internal wireless pci.

    ifconfig
    ath0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:19:7D:51:A3:4B
    inet6 addr: fe80::219:7dff:fe51:a34b/64 Scope:Link
    UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
    RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
    TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
    collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
    RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

    ath0:avah Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:19:7D:51:A3:4B
    inet addr:169.254.6.10 Bcast:169.254.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0
    UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1

    eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:367:1E:8B
    inet addr:76.189.126.216 Bcast:255.255.255.255 Mask:255.255.224.0
    inet6 addr: fe80::216:36ff:fed7:1e8b/64 Scope:Link
    UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
    RX packets:403398 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
    TX packets:42979 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
    collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
    RX bytes:92271583 (87.9 MiB) TX bytes:4741148 (4.5 MiB)
    Interrupt:16

    lo Link encap:Local Loopback
    inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
    inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
    UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
    RX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
    TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
    collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
    RX bytes:200 (200.0 b) TX bytes:200 (200.0 b)

    wifi0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-19-7D-51-A3-4B-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
    UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
    RX packets:91925 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:172139
    TX packets:2520 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
    collisions:0 txqueuelen:199
    RX bytes:6616700 (6.3 MiB) TX bytes:115920 (113.2 KiB)
    Interrupt:18



    also, ethernet works, just not wireless
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  2. 06-08-2007 #2
    Nueguns
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    If you are using the Ubuntu Wifi-Gui (how can this thing be stable? its just not working...) try the following:
    Code:
    sudo sh
ifconfig ath0 up
iwlist ath0 scan
iwconfig ath0 essid "Mynetwork" key "horsthorsthorst"
dhclient ath0
    of course this works not with wpa secured networks
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