[root@Kuba-Laptop ]# lspci | grep net
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5787M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02)
0c:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
I compiled the madwifi drivers and tries to use them. Why? Because the "ath5k" have only 40% coverage where the normal inside Windows have 80%.
but ...
[root@Kuba-Laptop ]# ifconfig wlan0 down
[root@Kuba-Laptop ]# ifconfig eth0 down
[root@Kuba-Laptop ]# rmmod ath5k
[root@Kuba-Laptop ]# rmmod ath_pci
ERROR: Module ath_pci does not exist in /proc/modules
[root@Kuba-Laptop ]# modprobe ath_pci
[root@Kuba-Laptop ]# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1B:38:6A:FD:A8
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:17
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:720 (720.0 b) TX bytes:720 (720.0 b)
[root@Kuba-Laptop ]# ifconfig ath0 up
[root@Kuba-Laptop ]# ifconfig
ath0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:15:AF:E7:F8:82
inet6 addr: fe80::215:afff:fee7:f882/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1B:38:6A:FD:A8
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:17
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1328 (1.2 Kb) TX bytes:1328 (1.2 Kb)
wifi0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-15-AF-E7-F8-82-80-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:15 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:280
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:690 (690.0 b)
Interrupt:17
[root@Kuba-Laptop ]# iwlist scan
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.
eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
wifi0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
ath0 No scan results
Switching a button on the laptop chassis - nothing changes.
