Atheros on Fedora Core 8 i686

[masonblite]

First, I'm not sure if I have a compatible OS for my platform, I'll be honest.

I wanted a live CD, and the i686 was the only option, as the other architectures are for DVD media.

Pentium D 915.
I did install it, and everything runs, but when I try the guides for installing madwifi, I get an error that there's no ath_pci module when I run the command:

modprobe ath_pci

I've downloaded:

kmod-madwifi-2.6.23.1-42.fc8-0.9.3.3-9.lvn8.i686
madwifi-0.9.3.3-1.lvn8.i386

and used 'yum localinstall' to install them. I do get a warning about no key...but they seem to install. Except for that ath_pci part...

I can install from the DVD I have, but as soon as I update (a 1&1/2 hour process involving over 900MBs), something breaks, and I have two wlan options in networking. And I can't seem to re-configure to get back the I-net.

I would think the madwifi rpm would have the ath_pci.ko file, but I've searched my HD, and it's no where to be found.

I have searched the I-net and these forums, but can't seem to resolve this.

[leigh123linux]

Originally Posted by masonblite

First, I'm not sure if I have a compatible OS for my platform, I'll be honest.

I wanted a live CD, and the i686 was the only option, as the other architectures are for DVD media.

Pentium D 915.
I did install it, and everything runs, but when I try the guides for installing madwifi, I get an error that there's no ath_pci module when I run the command:

modprobe ath_pci

I've downloaded:

kmod-madwifi-2.6.23.1-42.fc8-0.9.3.3-9.lvn8.i686
madwifi-0.9.3.3-1.lvn8.i386

and used 'yum localinstall' to install them. I do get a warning about no key...but they seem to install. Except for that ath_pci part...

I can install from the DVD I have, but as soon as I update (a 1&1/2 hour process involving over 900MBs), something breaks, and I have two wlan options in networking. And I can't seem to re-configure to get back the I-net.

I would think the madwifi rpm would have the ath_pci.ko file, but I've searched my HD, and it's no where to be found.

I have searched the I-net and these forums, but can't seem to resolve this.

The madwifi packages didn't install due to the failed gpgcheck and a missing package ( kmod-madwifi-0.9.3.3-9.lvn8.i686.rpm )

http://livna-dl.reloumirrors.net/fed....lvn8.i686.rpm


Try downloading the third package and installing all 3 packages with this command instead

su
yum --nogpgcheck localinstall  kmod-madwifi-2.6.23.1-42.fc8-0.9.3.3-9.lvn8.i686.rpm madwifi-0.9.3.3-1.lvn8.i386.rpm kmod-madwifi-0.9.3.3-9.lvn8.i686.rpm

[masonblite]

Thanks, leigh123. The -nogpgcheck did it.

As soon as I ran that command, I got the 'Completed' msg for the rpm's I was trying to install. Then modprobe ath_pci was successful. Right after I ran that command, I got an alert from NetworkManager wanting a keyring pswd.

Now, I'm connected. Hope that the security updates go well, as I got a dependency error on the kmod-madwifi, but after re-initiating twice I think it took. We'll see...

Thanks again.

[masonblite]

You wouldn't happen to know how to take care of a pest would you?

http://network-tools.com/default.asp...199.248.239.12
199.248.239.12

seems to be ever-present when I try to install/upgrade the security fixes.
But, at least I have connection...Maybe I'll get him in trouble.

I'll ping and port scan till his network admin gets tired of him being trouble??!.

[leigh123linux]

Try this but I am not that good with iptables

su -
iptables -A INPUT -s 199.248.239.12 -j DROP
iptables -A OUTPUT -d 199.248.239.12 -j DROP

You would be better of starting a fresh thread in security

[masonblite]

Thanks. Forgot about that. I've never taken the time to learn the code for iptables, and tend to use GUI's for my firewall.
I've had good success with Guarddog which is a little more complex that Firestarter, which I usually use.
But, I don't want to load KDE for the Guarddog.

Think I really need to take the time to learn iptables, and construct my own rules.