[SOLVED] atheros pcmcia wifi card can't create ath0 interface

mohican · 2008-07-06 16:13:29

Hi i solved it myself, but propably someone else can have the same problem.

I was unable to set my wireless network because no ath0 interface was created when

ifconfig wlan0 up

command executed. Just wmaster0 created and any try to connect via wpa_supplicant destroyed the wmaster0 interface.

Solution is very simple
from your rc.conf file add ! to ath5k module. Here is my:

MODULES=(.... !ath5k ath_hal ath_pci wlan ......)

or remove it at all. Probably some bug, because ath5k are still in heavy development.
Reboot.

then type commands:

iwconfig

to see what interface you have, probably wifi0 or wlan0. It is the last one.

ifconfig wlan0 up
wpa_supplicant -Dmadwifi -iath0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf &
dhcpcd

1. interface up, ath0 will appear
2. connect via wpa protocol. You must first edit wpa_supplicant.conf file to your network
3. obtain ip and enjoy

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