Re: Dlink DWA-556 under rhel 5.5 not getting IP address

On Mon, 2010-04-05 at 16:44 -0700, Eric Levinson wrote:
> Sorry, I'm a little new to Madwifi and ath9k.  I'm experienced in Linux, but
> new to rhel.
> 
> I downloaded the latest rhel 5.5 which just released.  I heard it would have
> native Atheros support.  After installing it, I saw the wlan0 but it would
> never get an IP address.

As explained already, if the WEP key is wrong, that's what you would
see.  Or it could be some other problem with ath9k or with your AP.

> I didn't see a phy0 in my network config control
> panel.

I don't think it should be there.  It's not a network device.

> I configured it with the GUI network configurator

I assume it's some frontend for NetworkManager.

> When I realized this wasn't working, I downloaded the latest MadWifi to see
> if it would work, and didn't see any new adaptors pop up in the network
> control panel.

I assume the latest means the current trunk snapshot.  If you didn't
unload ath9k, MadWifi won't be able to find corresponding device.

> Sorry I don't have the kernel version currently, I can get it for you.  It
> is the GA kernel that ships with RHEL 5.5 which just released.

The kernel version is shown by "uname -a"

> While we are on this topic, if this driver should work via ath9k issue and I
> need to disable Madwifi, how would I do this?

Create a file under /etc/modprobe.d, e.g. local.conf.  Put following
line into that file:

blacklist ath_pci

Likewise, if you want to disable ath9k, use this line:

blacklist ath9k

-- 
Regards,
Pavel Roskin

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