[Madwifi-users] Re: DLink G650 rev b --> SUCCESS + quick recipe

[sebastien c. <seb...@la...>]

Thanks a lot to you richard,

I was missing the ifconfig ath0 up :-)))

Now everything works like a charm, I did 100 megabytes transfer
it looks ok.

my G650 rev B works with Linux and that is the most important !
Thanks for your work

Myplatform:
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 mandrake linux 9.1 (+updates as of 1st September 2003)
 gcc version 3.2.2
 glibc 2.3.1-10mdk
 kernel 2.4.21-0.13mdk
 PIII 850  256 Meg Asus laptop 
 
DLink G650 rev B
DI 624 AP from Dlink


So to summarise, 

What I did to make my DLG650 rev B work:

(1)Remove the DLG650 from your system
(2)Boot your favorite 2.4 kernel
(3)Install its sources such as /usr/src/linux points to them 
(4)Download and untar the madwifi.tgz somewhere
(5)cd madwifi
(6)As root: make && make install
(7)Edit /etc/pcmcia/config and add:

In the device section 

device "ath_pci"
class "network" module "wlan", "ath_hal", "ath_pci" 

in the card section

card "Atheros 802.11g 54 Mbps Wireless Adapter"
manfid 0x0271, 0x0012
bind "ath_pci"

(8) Now pray, give something to eat to your dog and put the DLG650 into your 
system
(8bis) ifconfig ath0 up
(9) iwconfig ath0 ssid "tralala" (if your ssid is tralala)
(10) ifconfig ath0 192.168.0.100 
(11) ping my access point !!!!!!


Note: I have simplified a lot my AP configuration while doing this, no 
encryption, no dhcp server everything static.... Now that it works I start
playing with all the nice features.....