Problems With Atheros Based Wireless Cards & Ubuntu 6.06 experience

[Jeffrey D. Yuille]

On Thu, 2006-03-30 at 13:02 -0600, Gerry Tool wrote:
> Gerry Tool wrote:
> > 
> I have discovered that creating suitable scripts is very easy.  I have 
> one (in my ~/bin directory) called wup:
> #!/bin/bash
> /sbin/ifconfig ath0 up
> /sbin/ifconfig ath0 key xxxxxxxx
> /sbin/dhclient ath0
> exit
> 
> and one called wdn:
> #!/bin/bash
> /sbin/ifconfig ath0 down
> exit
> 
> These work for me executing the first after login as sudo wup and before 
> logout as sudo wdn.  I found if I didn't run wdn, my machine would hang 
> during shutdown.
> 
> Also, being curious, I decided to compare this FC5 wireless experience 
> with what one should expect from the next ubuntu 6.06.  I downloaded the 
> daily DVD, burned it with K3b, booted to it and got my Netgear WG511T 
> wireless card working immediately by using System > Administration > 
> Networking to configure the already-recognized ath0 device and clicking 
> on the NetworkManager icon that was on the panel, and selecting my 
> network.  NM asked me for the encryption key and for a password to place 
> the key on a keyring.  With that little effort, I had an IP address and 
> was ready to use the network.
> 
> If Fedora Core doesn't make wireless that easy, it will not be used by 
> many laptop owners.
> 
> Gerry

     Amen to that!
>