iwconfig gives ath0: no such device

Jerry Feldman gaf at blu.org
Tue Aug 15 09:58:12 EDT 2006


It may also show up as WLAN0. That is why I suggested using the iwconfig 
with no arguments.
On Tuesday 15 August 2006 9:34 am, Sarah McGlinchey wrote:
> ath0 is usually used for atheros cards with the mad-wifi driver.  Most
> likely the Netgear shows up as an additional ethX device.  Running
> iwconfig without arguments as suggested should show what the wireless
> device is named.
>
> On 8/15/06, Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org> wrote:
> > On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 05:09:37 -0400 (EDT)
> >
> > "Ken Gosier" <ken at kg293.net> wrote:
> > > Hi, is there anything I can do if iwconfig gives back 'ath0: no such
> > > device'? I've configured my wireless card (Netgear WG511T) through
> > > YaST.
> >
> > what happens if you simply type 'iwconfig' with no parameters.
> >
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