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How To: Atheros Wireless AR5007EG for 64bit

PostPosted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 3:41 pm
by Tib
PWNED!!!!!!! 1.8 x64 on my laptop with an Atheros AR5007EG Wireless card, WORKING!! (i rebooted 4 times just to make sure :-P).

Note: I followed these instructions on a fresh, updated install of 1.8 x64, including the latest .18 kernel, I did not have ndiswrapper installed, and some people posted having problems with the wireless, after having been using ndiswrapper.

Note: I'm not sure if removing the files/folders used for installing, has any effect or not (a Mod or Admin might know?), but I would strongly suggest leaving the files/folders used for this, as it makes getting your Atheros card back up and running in no time, should you upgrade to a newer Kernel, which forces you to reinstall the drivers.

Note: Make sure you have your build-essentials before attempting to do the installation!
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sudo apt-get update

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sudo apt-get install build-essential

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Here are the updated installation instructions for ubuntu hardy (amd64).

1. First remove ndiswrapper completely (if not sure skip to step 2)

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sudo ndiswrapper -e net5211

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sudo modprobe -r ndiswrapper

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sudo apt-get remove --purge ndiswrapper-common ndiswrapper-utils ndisgtk


2. Build, install and load madwifi with the new HAL

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svn co http://svn.madwifi.org/madwifi/trunk madwifi

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wget http://people.freebsd.org/~sam/ath_hal-20080528.tgz

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cd madwifi

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mv hal hal.old

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tar xvf ../ath_hal-20080528.tgz

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mv ath_hal-20080528 hal

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sudo make install BINDIR=/usr/bin MANDIR=/usr/share/man

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sudo depmod -ae

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sudo modprobe ath_pci


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echo ath_hal | sudo tee -a /etc/modules

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echo ath_pci | sudo tee -a /etc/modules


From System -Administration -Hardware Drivers enable Atheros drivers, and reboot the system.

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I fixed the typo in the command, and replaced the x's in the URL's so they're correct....should be able to copy-paste the code right into the terminal and be up and running with Atheros wireless under 64-bit Hardy.


Hope this helps!!! :mrgreen:

Tib

P.S. This is not my work, nor did I write the command list, I merely found it, and wish to share it...I cannot link to it, as the original post has been removed from MadWifi's site. The person who did the fix is someone named "Sam", all credit to him! Hope this helps!



Part 2 - Reinstalling After Kernel Update

Alright, I just upgraded to the .19 kernel, which upon rebooting, causes the drivers for the wireless to stop working, so I took a moment to get my Atheros working again on my 64-bit 1.8 laptop, if you followed the above instructions, and have since upgraded to a new Kernel, this part should fix you right up :-).

1. Open up the terminal, it should open up right into your home directory, then input:
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cd madwifi/scripts


2. Unload the current modules:
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sudo ./madwifi-unload


3. Remove the current modules:
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sudo ./find-madwifi-modules.sh $(uname -r)


4. Return to the main MadWifi directory:
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cd ..


5. Compile the new modules:
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sudo make


6. Install the new modules:
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sudo make install


7. Load the new modules:
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sudo modprobe ath_pci


8. I am not Positive this step is needed, but I did it just in case, to make sure the ath_pci would be loaded upon each boot
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echo ath_pci | sudo tee -a /etc/modules



Hope this helps!

Tib


P.S. I got the info from the MadWifi site, had to change one of the commands, as the info on their site was a little out-dated (or at least, didn't work with these files).

Re: How To: Atheros Wireless AR5007EG for 64bit

PostPosted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 1:36 am
by BSnapZ

Re: How To: Atheros Wireless AR5007EG for 64bit

PostPosted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 10:45 pm
by ixnod
Here is the updated version.


The above URL seems to have been changed, so try the following instead.
sudo svn checkout http://svn.madwifi.org/madwifi/trunk madwifi-ng

Re: How To: Atheros Wireless AR5007EG for 64bit

PostPosted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 10:49 pm
by pch.shot
You gotta get these links while they are hot.

Re: How To: Atheros Wireless AR5007EG for 64bit

PostPosted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 11:47 pm
by red_team316
This is good news. It's completely opposite of the old way to get it working. It's good to see this hardware finally get a working driver.