nm-applet lists ath_pci as wired but NetworkAdministration Tool lists it as wireless

[Lars Oliver Hansen <lolh ymail com>]

Hello,

 

with kernel 2.6.27-rc5 nm-applet 0.6.6 from Ubuntu 8.04 lists my Atheros wireless chip as a wired network when the MadWifi ath_pci driver is loaded. Connecting with it is unsuccesfull. Network Administration Tool from Ubuntu 8.04 from Carlos Garnacho Parro who has a gnome e-mail adress lists it as wireless though and shows the available access points and their signal strengths. What does Network Administration Tool do different from nm-applet?

With Ubuntu 8.04s generic kernel 2.6.24-19 nm-applet lists the Atheros wireless chip as wireless with the same driver.

So this seems to be a kernel 2.6.27-rc5 and NetworkManager issue.

Can you help here to get NetworkManager working or can you suggest how to disable it and take the same route Network Administration Tool seems to take to be able to access the Atheros chip as a wireless device with the rc5 kernel?

 

Thanks!

 

Lars