iwconfig does not recognize pci wlan card (artheros chipset)

CB2206

hi,

got an level one wnc-0300 pci lan card (802.11g, arthoros chipset). i activated wireless lan in the kernel config, emerged the madwifi drivers, created net.ath0 as described at the end of the emerge process, set the parameters in /etc/conf.d/net and loaded ath_pci.o. the modules are loaded, and i can start ath0, but when i try to use iwconfig i get

TheCoop · Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2003 9:38 am Post subject:

what does dmesg say about the wlan card? does the module load ok?

btw, my wlan card is on eth2, not ath2. What does ifconfig -a say about it?
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CB2206 · Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2003 3:57 pm Post subject:

dmesg:

CB2206 · Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2003 3:58 pm Post subject:

dmesg:

creese · n00b Joined: 13 Aug 2003 Posts: 58 Location: Folsom, CA

Sounds line the wireless extensions are not enabled in the kernel. Even though you aren't using any of the drivers under the wireless network devices you must enable the option. This controls support for the wireless extensions that allow iwconfig to work. After fixing this you might have to recompile madwifi also.