How to load HAL and Support for Atheros wireless at boot.

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hank863

How to load HAL and Support for Atheros wireless at boot.

Post by hank863 »

I did something and now "Atheros Hardware Access Layer (HAL)" and "Support for Atheros 802.11 wireless LAN cards" won't load at boot. I managed to get my Atheros AR5007 wireless working with ndiswrapper, but it only works if theses are enabled. When I boot into Mint and go to "Hardware Drivers", the checkboxes for the two options are checked as "Enabled", but "Not in Use". If I disable and re enable them, my wifi starts up and everything works fine. How can I prevent my needing to intervene?
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Katzedecimal

Re: How to load HAL and Support for Atheros wireless at boot.

Post by Katzedecimal »

Some people have reported problems with using Ndiswrapper with the Atheros AR5007. I used the MadWifi driver to get my husband's Atheros AR5007EG card running; it's been very stable.

I followed these directions successfully:

http://madberry.org/2008/08/how-to-get- ... to-work-2/

Hope this helps :)
hank863

Re: How to load HAL and Support for Atheros wireless at boot.

Post by hank863 »

Thank You! I prefer Madwifi but couldn't get it working. Everything works great.
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