Setup WiFi on Atheros AR5006X Wireless Network Adapter

I have Compaq Presario C772TU Notebook PC which has Atheros AR5006X Wireless Network Adapter.

Last Saturday I installed Fedora 8 on my Laptop but WiFi was not working. After searching on the Internet I came to know that Atheros AR5006x has some issues with Linux.

I tried installing NDISwrapper and MadWifi but no Luck. I then mailed Fedora Testing Group and I got some responses from other member and my problem was solved.

Here are the steps.

1. Download this version of MadWifi.

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

2. Untar the downloaded Package.

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

3. Enter the extracted directory

cd madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007

4. Install MadWifi

make
make install
/sbin/modprobe ath_pci
/sbin/modprobe wlan_scan_sta

5. Restart of PC or Network

You should now see available networks in your network manager.

Wifi