Re: No wireless since kernel upgrade

From: Kerry Sanders (dirgon_at_NOSPAMyahoo.com)
Date: 06/22/04 

Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 20:35:27 -0500

Graham wrote:

> Since updating the kernel to 2.6.5 through YaST, wireless has stopped
> working. I wasn't surprised by this, as it always occurs following a
> kernel update. However, wiping Ndiswrapper 0.8 and reinstalling it

Same problem here. I have the DLink DWL-G650. It is an 802.11g card based
on the Atheros chipset. It worked fantastic with the 2.4 kernel that was
originally installed with SuSE 9.0, but since upgrading to the 2.6.5-7
kernel, I cannot get it to grab an address from the router via dhcp.

Linux recognizes the card and iwconfig as well as ifconfig shows the
interface come up as ath0, but I can never get it to actually setup the
card and access the router.

I am still playing with it. Hopefully if anyone finds anything with the
wireless issues, they will post them here.

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