Atheros wireless chips

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Current versions of Ark Linux include a driver for Atheros wireless chips; however, due to the fact that Atheros refuse to disclose any information on how their chip works, this driver fails on some variants of the Atheros wireless chipset.

If you happen to have one of those chips:

  • Don't autoload the normal driver -- remove all lines in /etc/modprobe.conf that mention "atheros"
  • Install the driver-atheros (no longer available) package through Mission Control->Install Software. This package contains parts of the Atheros driver for Windows XP that can be addressed through the ndiswrapper tool included in the standard Ark kernel
  • Reboot
  • Your wireless chipset should now show up as "wlan0" in the network config tool.
  • Let your hardware vendor and Atheros know that you will boycott their products in the future unless Atheros changes its policy on (not) supporting non-Microsoft operating systems.
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