Open the 'terminal' by navigating through Applications-->Accessories--> Terminal
Now type the following commands in terminal. Copy and paste the text in red in the terminal
1.Code:
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list
From there make sure you uncomment anything that starts with "deb" in there. So change it from "#deb" to "deb" Something along thoes lines. To exit and save hit "CTRL+X" the answer "YES" to save, then finally hit "ENTER"
2.Code:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
3.Code:
sudo apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev4..Code:
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r`5. Code:
sudo apt-get install subversion6.Code:
sudo -i
7.Code:
sudo svn checkout http://svn.madwifi-project.org/madwifi/trunk/ madwifi-ng8.Code:
cd madwifi-ng
9.Code:
echo "" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist10.Code:
echo "#Remove To Install MadWIFI Drivers" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
11.Code:
echo "blacklist ath9k" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
12.Code:
echo "blacklist ath5k" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
13.Code:
make && make install
14.Code:
echo ath_pci >> /etc/modulesRestart your machine.It should work
Kernal updates of your system will kill your driver. Well no need to worry about that.Just recompile your driver.
For that you open a terminal and type the command
Code:
sudo -i
and just repeat the steps from No 8. Your madwifi will cone back to life again.
Best of Luck
Dr Kurian
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Just though I'd let you know that I have followed this blog to the letter but it did not work for me. was I supposed to have the UBUNTU 10.10 disk in the CD-ROM at the same time. Infact my system failed to reboot and had to do a forced shutdown as on startup it stuck on a blank screen and blinking cursor.
ReplyDeleteMy system now reports the following
iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=off
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
david@david-Compaq-Presario-CQ70-Notebook-PC:~$ sudo lshw -C network
[sudo] password for david:
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 02
serial: 00:1f:16:59:1f:a7
size: 100MB/s
capacity: 100MB/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full ip=192.168.1.234 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
resources: irq:42 ioport:3000(size=256) memory:d0410000-d0410fff memory:d0400000-d040ffff memory:d0420000-d043ffff
*-network DISABLED
description: Wireless interface
product: AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 01
serial: 00:23:4e:16:54:97
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath5k driverversion=2.6.35-22-generic-pae firmware=N/A latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
resources: irq:17 memory:d2600000-d260ffff
I've now tried it with the OS disk inserted and it seemed that the commands were now doing something. However on reboot I have no wireless capabilities now.
ReplyDeleteI should point out that he 13. Code:
'make && make install'
still gives me the following message (below), is this normal?
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
Dr Kurian please help, i´m trying to get wifi in my acer aspire 5040 with an atheros card and ubuntu 11.04, which before following your steps didn´t even recognize the surrounding networks. Now it does recognize them (Hurray!!) but at the moment of trying to connect to any of them and give the appropriate password stays loading for a while until it gives up and says¨Wireless network: disconnected¨
ReplyDeletethanks in advance....
Mate, I would make a golden frame to your post, as after a week my wifi is working again. Tried on xubuntu 12.04 LTS, it was magic how my wifi had connected.
ReplyDeleteYour installation guide is excellent, if I had the chance I would shake hands with you and buy you a couple of rounds of beer. :) Thank you very very much! (I hope my wifi is going to keep on working well. :D)
Thank you! It worked on xubuntu... Beside your description I only had to Activate the drivers from Settings > Additional Drivers and reboot. I owe you a beer! :-)
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