ath card problem

[kalin mintchev]

> On Thursday 05 August 2004 11:22 am, kalin mintchev wrote:
>> ok. for the last almost 3 weeks i've been trying to get the ath0 driver
>> to
>> work properly with the dlink dwl-ag650 card i got for my t20 thinkpad
>> with
>> 5.2.1.
>> it kinda works sometimes. that sometimes is driving me nuts. i
>> understand
>> that there is the possibility that i'm really retarded and not being
>> able
>> to make a simple piece of hardware work properly on this laptop. usually
>> that's not the case but for some reason this piece of hardware has been
>> very stubborn. i have to say that unfortunately it works with no problem
>> on a windows laptop with the windows driver.
>>
>> all that being said can somebody explain the outputs below.
>> ifconfig says it's associated but appears that it's not really. that
>> happens a lot. i tried 2 different access points. did reset the routers
>> about a dozen times. i'm back at the point where i'm about the rip this
>> card off the machine and trow it against the wall and then burn it until
>> it converts to a fluid...
>
> The dwl-ag650 card has a chip in it that requires a more up to date hal to
> operate well.
is there a link where i can get that and try it out?

> Otherwise you should not get errors reseting the part but
> since the FreeBSD code is so ancient (probably a year behind the current
> state of Atheros support) it's likely that one of a zillion changes have
> dealt with the issue.

would it help if i use current?

>
> I have asked for help in updating the Atheros code but gotten few
> responses
> (none of which have produced something committable).

i'd gladly apply if i had the knowledge. unfortunately i'm still getting
there..

> I am in the process
> of
> releasing yet another new hal and may have a few days to try and update
> the
> FreeBSD code to include it.
please let me know when you did so.

> Otherwise you can always use the ndis support
> to
> run the windows driver.
i'll look into that but i rather use a native driver..

>
> 	Sam
>
 thanks a lot....