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• October 27, 2011
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  MadWIFI Atheros - ath0: No scan results?

  Posted: October 27th, 2011, 11:03am PDT by g0bl1n

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  I have an Acer Aspire ZG5 Netbook (AOA 110-1588), Its network adapter is an Atheros AR5BXB6. LSPCI detects it as: Atheros AR242x / AR542x - PCIe
  
  The MadWIFI Driver was installed using this method:
  
  Quote: 1.
  Code:
  
  sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list
  
  From there make sure you uncomment anything that starts with "deb" in there. So changer it from "#deb" to "deb" Something along thoes lines. To exit and save hit "CTRL+X" the answer "YES" to do you want to save, then finally hit "ENTER"
  
  2.
  Code:
  
  sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
  
  3.
  Code:
  
  sudo apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev
  
  4.
  Code:
  
  sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r`
  
  5.
  Code:
  
  sudo apt-get install subversion
  
  6.
  Code:
  
  sudo -i
  
  7.
  Code:
  
  sudo svn checkout http://svn.madwifi-project.org/madwifi/trunk/ madwifi-ng
  
  8.
  Code:
  
  cd madwifi-ng
  
  9.
  Code:
  
  echo "" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
  
  10.
  Code:
  
  echo "#Remove To Install MadWIFI Drivers" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
  
  11.
  Code:
  
  echo "blacklist ath9k" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
  
  12.
  Code:
  
  echo "blacklist ath5k" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
  
  13.
  Code:
  
  make && make install
  
  14.
  Code:
  
  echo ath_pci >> /etc/modules
  
  
  finaly restart ur computer and go to start>internet>wicd (i dont remember well) > preferences> and change wlan0 to ath0.... Upon reboot and using the command: ifconfig - I see the interfaces: ath0 and wifi0 are now listed as they should be.
  
  But, when I: iwlist ath0 scan, I get "no scan
  results."
  
  Even in Wicd no results, even after setting ath0 in the preferences for the interface.
  
  My Netbook has a Killswitch button for the Network. But no matter if I press it and wait 10+seconds it makes no difference. I also tried pressing it right after the computer turns turns on, when the BIOS splash screen starts. Nothing.
  
  I'm definitely in range to my access points. I also tried to manually connect to my ESSID.
  
  It's driving me crazy guys!! LOL. I think my hair is starting to fall out... Please, any insight?