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lemming:
I have a board with an Atheros AR2413 wireless card in it.
I am told by the supplier that it uses the ath9k driver.
I am using MicroCore 2.11.6.

How do I install and configure this driver for this card.
All the how-tos refer to TinyCore and talk about installing GUI modules to set up and configure the card. (MicroCore does not have a GUI).

I am running from the CD at present with no flash or HDD storage and have installed wireless-2.6.29.1-tinycore.tcz.

lsmod shows ath5k has loaded but ifconfig only shows loopback and wired networks. I really need ath9k loaded and configured.

Has anyone out there done this or know how to using the command line?

Juanito:
Is the wireless_tools extension loaded (and see info file for command line instructions)?

What do the last few lines of dmesg show?

lemming:
I did not install wireless_tools because I thought that it was GUI.

dmesg should be under /var/log/ ? I only have "wlogin" and "wtmp" in /var/log/

 

Juanito:
No, wireless_tools is command line, but most probably used by some gui as well.

dmesg is also command line, for example:
--- Code: ---$ dmesg | tail -20
$ dmesg | grep something
--- End code ---

lemming:
last lines of dmesg:
wlan0 (ath5k): not using net_device_ops yet
ath5k phy0:Atheros 2413 chip found (MAC: 0x78,  PHY: 0x45)

Is that enough or should I be looking for some other lines?

(Looks like the ath2413 uses ath5k driver)

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