Configuring Cisco Aironet 802.11a/b/g CardBus Wireless Card on Debian Sarge

[rameyd]

I have Googled up a storm on this one and can't find a definitive answer.

As background, I am installing Sarge on my Omnibook 6000 and have installed the base Debian system (network install/No network). I now need to get the wireless network functioning to continue the setup.

What is the best method of configuring this card. I have found sketchy comments about ipw2000, a cicso linux client (which I can't find) and ndiswrapper.

My plan is to boot into Win2k, download anything needed to a shared FAT partition and then boot into sarge to do the work.

Any direction by those with experience is appreciated.

Dave

[ph34r]

Is it the cisco/aironet 340/350 series?

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/wireless/ps458/products_qanda_item09186a008019bd57.shtml

[rameyd]

No from what I can tell.

I have attached the link to the Windows driver that I used. When you drill down to the Wireless Lan Adapters you see this card listed seperately. That doesn't mean that it is dramatically different, just that I can't tell whether the 340/350 driver will work.

http://tools.cisco.com/support/downloads/pub/MDFTree.x?butype=wireless

I posted in the hopes of finding someone with the same card that had travelled this path previouly.

[rameyd]

lspci listed the device as an Atheros Communications AR5212 802.11abg NIC.

This was more helpful in identifying a driver. Looks like I might have to try to get a loaner card that I can use to apt the kernal sources and the mad-wifi source to build the driver.

Thanks

Dave