Atheros a/b/g MiniPCI won't start automatically

[MadPriest]

Hi all.
I've clean installed 6.06 on my IBM t40 a week ago.
Started from 5.04, distr-upgraded to 5.10.
Meanwhile upgraded my Intel b/g 2200 MiniPCI card to Atheros a/b/g MiniPCI.
I have one little but annoing problem.
The ath0 won't start automatically.
Untill i sudo ifconfig ath0 up and then sudo dhclient ath0, i have no network.
My lspci shows it's ok.
My lsmod shows it's ok also.
My /etc/network/interfaces looks like:

# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
address 127.0.0.1
netmask 255.0.0.0
auto ath0
iface ath0 inet dhcp
wireless-essid any
wireless-mode managed
iface eth0 inet

.
I've tried to link the dhclient to /etc/rc3.d/, tried to add iface ath0 up after the auto ath0 in my /etc/network/interfaces.
But nothing helped.
The problem started at 5.10, when i switched the Intel to Atheros card.
Can anyone please help?

[warbuckle]

Re: Atheros a/b/g MiniPCI won't start automatically

Hello,

no help from me but I do have a question for you if you care to reply. Are you using the builtin madwifi or ndiswrapper for your wifi.

I have an Acer Aspire 3502 with Atheros 5001X chipset and am not able yet to get the bloody thing up, at least not with the builtin modules........


Regards
Will