Thinkpad z60t wwireless w/centos

[Eric Shubert]

Patrick Jacques wrote:
> Purchase new hardware??  That's horrible advice for a RHCE in training, 
> especially when the chipset has been supported for years (madwifi).   
> It's always easy to work around the problem instead of solving it, but 
> the knowledge gained from the experience of tackling the problem head on 
> is a gift that keeps giving.
> 
> That being said, have you tried:
> 
> http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Laptops/Wireless#head-0f9ce16affec7ef03a42924029b768a416f8b825
> 
> 
> After you do a 'modprobe ath5k'  what is the tail end of the output of 
> the 'dmesg' command?  This will tell you if the kernel is loading the 
> module and if it's recognizing your wireless card.  You can also use the 
> 'iwconfig' command to see if the wireless extensions are loading, what 
> their settings are(AP, channel, etc), as well as manually change these 
> settings.  You'll probably want to configure the card using 
> NetworkManager though:
> 
> http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Laptops/NetworkManager
> 
> To load the ath5k module at boot, follow:
> 
> http://www.linuxtopia.org/online_books/centos_linux_guides/centos_enterprise_linux_sysadmin_guide/s1-kernel-modules-persistant.html
> 
> You've already ruled out hardware failure cause it works under ubuntu 
> (which is running a more recent kernel).  If the above doesn't help, 
> what kernel (uname -r) and version of centos (cat /etc/issue) are you 
> running? It mentions a bug in the ath5k driver for the 2.6.18-128 
> kernel, 2.6.18-141 seems to fix it.
> 
> 
> Patrick
> 

Nice post, Patrick. I'm guessing that the last bit about the kernel 
version is right on target. The latest kernel for COS5 appears to be 
2.6.18-128 though. Building a kernel from source seems to me to be a 
good excercise for a RHCE in training though. ;)

-- 
-Eric 'shubes'