{"id":494,"date":"2009-12-09T22:38:04","date_gmt":"2009-12-09T20:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.netexpertise.eu\/en\/?p=494"},"modified":"2021-10-12T22:33:32","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T20:33:32","slug":"atheros-wireless-interface-on-linux-ubuntu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.netexpertise.eu\/en\/systems\/linux\/atheros-wireless-interface-on-linux-ubuntu.html","title":{"rendered":"Atheros Wireless Interface on Linux Ubuntu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 15px; margin-top: 0px;\"><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- 200x200, Netexpertise --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 200px; height: 200px;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6495750100906580\" data-ad-slot=\"1946825373\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script><br \/>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<br \/>\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p>I was surprised ifconfig wouldn&#8217;t return an interface for my Atheros chipset based Netgear wireless card. Unlike <a href=\"\/en\/linux\/atheros-wireless-interface-on-linux-redhat.html\">Redhat<\/a>, Madwifi does not seem to compile on Ubuntu, no matter what version is used. Kernel headers installed, I keep getting the same error:<\/p>\n<pre>\/root\/madwifi-0.9.4\/net80211\/ieee80211_power.c:\nIn function 'ieee80211_pwrsave':\n\/root\/madwifi-0.9.4\/net80211\/ieee80211_power.c:240:\nerror: implicit declaration of function '__skb_append'\nmake[3]: *** [\/root\/madwifi-0.9.4\/net80211\/ieee80211_power.o]\nError 1\nmake[2]: *** [\/root\/madwifi-0.9.4\/net80211] Error 2\nmake[1]: *** [_module_\/root\/madwifi-0.9.4] Error 2\nmake[1]: Leaving directory `\/usr\/src\/linux-headers-2.6.27-7-generic'\nmake: *** [modules] Error 2\n<\/pre>\n<p>Seems to be some changes in the newest kernels. A solution is to install madwifi-ng.<\/p>\n<p>Start installing svn<\/p>\n<pre>root@ubuntu:~# aptitude install subversion<\/pre>\n<p>And follow instructions on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aircrack-ng.org\/doku.php?id=madwifi-ng\">madwifi-ng<\/a> website. It&#8217;s pretty straightforward.<\/p>\n<p>I also noticed wpa_supplicant was provided on Ubuntu but does not support the madwifi driver. Hence, it&#8217;ll need to be compiled as well.<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t forget to install openssl and its libs:<\/p>\n<pre>root@ubuntu:~# aptitude install openssl libssl-dev<\/pre>\n<p>You can then follow instructions on my <a href=\"\/en\/linux\/configure-wpa-on-linux-howto.html\">WPA howto<\/a> to connect to your wireless network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was surprised ifconfig wouldn&#8217;t return an interface for my Atheros chipset based Netgear wireless card. Unlike Redhat, Madwifi does not seem to compile on Ubuntu, no matter what version is used. Kernel headers installed, I keep getting the same error: \/root\/madwifi-0.9.4\/net80211\/ieee80211_power.c: In function &#8216;ieee80211_pwrsave&#8217;: \/root\/madwifi-0.9.4\/net80211\/ieee80211_power.c:240: error: implicit declaration of function &#8216;__skb_append&#8217; make[3]: *** [\/root\/madwifi-0.9.4\/net80211\/ieee80211_power.o] [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[11],"tags":[386,99,170,97],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Netexpertise - Atheros Wireless Interface on Linux Ubuntu<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.netexpertise.eu\/en\/systems\/linux\/atheros-wireless-interface-on-linux-ubuntu.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Netexpertise - Atheros Wireless Interface on Linux Ubuntu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I was surprised ifconfig wouldn&#8217;t return an interface for my Atheros chipset based Netgear wireless card. 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