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The Atheros range of chipsets are made by [Atheros Communications|http://www.atheros.com/]. There is good support for them in linux through the MADWiFi project. |
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!!Linux support |
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Some distros will support this out-of-the-box -- for example, in |
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[Ubuntu] 5.04 and later, the packaged kernel and the <tt>linux-restricted-modules</tt> package provides support. |
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If your distro does not distribute non-[Free] drivers, you will need to install the driver from source. |
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You will need to download and compile an external module (not part of the vanilla linux kernel) from http://madwifi.sourceforge.net. But you should still have a kernel with CONFIG_NET_RADIO support (as described on the WirelessChipsets page). When this module is loaded, <tt>ifconfig -a</tt> should show a device called "ath0". Note that this driver also has a binary-only component which will taint your kernel. |
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* [MADWifi homepage|http://madwifi.sourceforge.net/] |
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Sites with lists of Atheros based cards: |
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* http://atheros.rapla.net/ |
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