Atheros 5007EG with madwifi on i386 platform

For those, who have an Atheros 5007EG chipset and can’t get it working with ndiswrapper, I have this guide from polish ubuntuforum. This is the only solution that worked on my computer (Toshiba SAT-A210-128), and my brothers computer.

 

This guide only works on i386 platforms, so if you’re running an x64 linux, then you’ve to try again with ndiswrapper or wait for a new solution from atheros and madwifi.

 

1. Open you terminal

 

2. Get this version of madwifi:

 

• wget -c http://snapshots.madwifi.org/special/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007.tar.gz

3. Untar the downloaded package:

 

• tar xvf madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007.tar.gz

4. Get inside the unpacked directory:

 

• cd madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007

5. If you haven’t compiled anything from source before on your linux then you propably need the build essential package:

 

• sudo apt-get update && sudo aptitude install build-essential

6. Now you can build your madwifi and install the modules:
make

 

• sudo make install
• sudo modprobe ath_pci
• sudo modprobe wlan_scan_sta

The last 2 commands can cause some complications on some systems. If they do check your System >> Administration >> Restricted Drivers Manager and disable atheros here. Then try again.

 

7. Now restart your computer and you should be able to see any aviable networks in your Network Manager.

 

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