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"
>

Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.18-194.el5 #1 SMP Tue Mar 16 21:52:39 EDT
2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux




>> 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
>
>

Thanks for your blacklisting help!  I'm going to try it now, disable ath9k
and see if madwifi works.





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