User Documentation

Here you'll find links to all of the documentation we have for 'normal' users, including recipes, FAQs and distribution specific notes.

First readings

• UserDocs/BuildProblems -- Troubleshooting problems when building MadWifi
• UserDocs/Troubleshooting -- Troubleshooting MadWifi.
• UserDocs/autocreate -- How to manipulate autocreation of VAPs
• UserDocs/RSSI -- Why madwifi uses RSSI.
• UserDocs/ChangingMode -- How to change an interface's operating mode.

Creating Interfaces in madwifi-ng

• UserDocs/StationInterface -- How to create an interface to use as a station.
• UserDocs/AccessPointInterface -- How to create an interface to use as a AP.
• UserDocs/AdHocInterface -- How to create an Ad-Hoc interface.
• UserDocs/AhdemoInterface -- How to create an Ahdemo (ersatz pseudo-IBSS) interface.
• UserDocs/MonitorModeInterface -- How to create a monitor mode interface.
• UserDocs/MultipleInterfaces -- How to create multiple interfaces.
• UserDocs/ChangingMode -- How to change an interface's operating mode.
• UserDocs/WDSBridge -- How to create a WDS bridge.
• UserDocs/TransparentBridge -- How to create a transparent wireless bridge.

Application Man Pages in HTML

• UserDocs/80211debug.8 --
• UserDocs/80211stats.8 --
• UserDocs/athchans.8 --
• UserDocs/athctrl.8 --
• UserDocs/athdebug.8 --
• UserDocs/athkey.8 --
• UserDocs/athstats.8 --
• UserDocs/wlanconfig.8 -- This command is used to configure and monitor the interfaces

Users Guide

• UserDocs/UsersGuide - The Original Atheros Usage Documentation describing the driver and associated programs.
• UserDocs/UsersGuideExamples - Examples from the Original Atheros Usage Documentation.

Usage / HOWTOs

• UserDocs/FirstTimeHowTo -- Newbie HOWTO. Very little experience assumed.
• UserDocs/AdHoc -- Using Ad-Hoc Mode
• UserDocs/SimpleWEPClient -- Setting a Client to Use WEP
• UserDocs/AuthorizationFailed -- How do I get my card to use WEP? I get ath0: authorization failed (reason 13)
• UserDocs/802.11i -- Setting up a Client Using WPA-PSK
• UserDocs/WPA_PSK_on_Both_Ends -- Setting Up WPA-PSK on Both the AP server and the Station
• madwifi - wpa supplicant RSN Howto -- RSN/WPA-PSK CCMP -> ioctl[unknown???]: Invalid argument, Association request to the driver failed
• UserDocs/MonitorMode -- How do I get the card to use monitor mode?
• UserDocs/MacFiltering -- MAC Address Filtering in AP Mode
• UserDocs/SimpleAccessPoint -- How can I use my card as an simple Access Point?
• UserDocs/BeaconInterval -- Set and get beacon interval
• UserDocs/DTIMPeriod -- Set and get DTIM period
• UserDocs/HostAP -- Advanced Access Points setups with HostAPD
• UserDocs/ListConnectedPeers -- How do I see who's connected to my AP?
• UserDocs/TurboMode -- How do I get my card to use turbo mode?
• UserDocs/CountryCode -- Regdomain and Country Code explained
• UserDocs/EnableLEDs -- My computer has extra LEDs for wireless information, how can I make them work?
• UserDocs/ChangeMacAddress -- How can I change the MAC address of my card?
• UserDocs/FixCiscoVpnClient -- How do I get the Cisco VPN client to work with MadWifi?
• UserDocs/RateControl -- Bit-rate Selection Algorithms
• UserDocs/802.11a_channels -- Note about 11a channels turbo/non-turbo
• UserDocs/LongDistance -- How to set-up long distance with MadWifi
• UserDocs/AntennaDiversity -- How to control antenna selection with MadWifi
• UserDocs/kismet -- Using kismet with MadWifi
• UserDocs/Snort -- Using Snort with MadWifi-ng
• UserDocs/PerformanceTuning -- Performance Tuning
• UserDocs/iwpriv -- iwpriv extensions
• UserDocs/AthInfo -- getting detailled hardware information

Building

• UserDocs/Makefile -- Makefile Parameters
• UserDocs/PowerPC -- Compiling MadWifi for PowerPC Running Linux
• UserDocs/BuildProblems -- Troubleshooting problems when building MadWifi

Distribution Specific

• UserDocs/Distro/Debian -- Debian
• UserDocs/Distro/Gentoo -- Gentoo
• UserDocs/Distro/Mandrake -- Mandriva/Mandrake
• UserDocs/Distro/RedHat -- RedHat (including Fedora Core)
• UserDocs/Distro/Slackware -- Slackware
• UserDocs/Distro/SuSE -- SuSE
• UserDocs/Distro/ThinStation -- ThinStation (Using Debian)
• UserDocs/Distro/Ubuntu -- Ubuntu (Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Nubuntu, ...)

Hardware Specific

• UserDocs/EPIA -- Using Atheros Cards with EPIA Motherboards
• UserDocs/VIA_CPU -- Using Atheros Cards with VIA CPUs
• UserDocs/MiniPCI -- Possible workaround for problems with mini-pci format cards. Laptops that load the drivers, but cannot scan: see rfkill.
• UserDocs/Ubiquiti -- Experience using Ubiquity 400mW SR-2 mini-pci cards
• UserDocs/WRAP -- Solution for cold boot problem with 400mw atheros cards

General

• About/HAL -- About the MadWifi HAL
• http://www.atheros.com/pt/tech_papers.htm -- Atheros Whitepapers.

Chipsets

• Chipsets -- Information about Atheros chipsets which are supported by MadWifi
• ChipsetFeatures -- Description of features provided by the different Atheros chipsets

IRC Logs

• http://madwifi.org/logs/ -- Old logs of the #madwifi IRC channel on Freenode
• http://madwifi.org/irclogs/ -- New logs of the #madwifi IRC channel on Freenode

Tools / Floobydust

• UserDocs/Tools/GraphingIwconfig -- ASCII graphing of data from iwconfig
• UserDocs/Tools/rrdtooSnmpget -- RRdtool + graphics for graphing BW with snmpget and rrdtool
• UserDocs/Tools/rrdtoolIwconfig -- RRdtool + graphics for graphing data from iwconfig
• UserDocs/Tools/ath+802_debug-wrapper -- dialog(1) wrapper for {ath,80211}debug

Live CDs To Test Hardware

• LiveCDs -- A List of Known Bootable CDs that may prove that your hardware works (or doesn't).