10.3 and lower NOTE: Requires nongpl kernel package.

Atheros 5007eg support requires madwifi with HAL 0.10.5.6 or later - madwifi 0.9.4 will not work. Packages are available for openSUSE 10.3, otherwise you will need to build madwifi yourself from this source snapshot.

This device is typically misidentified in lspci as a 5006eg. Look for pci device ID 001c. Some laptops are marked as having an AR5BXB53 which is the same device.

Blacklist ath5k as described on the madwifi page and reboot. Then install madwifi and madwifi-kmp-<your kernel flavor> manually through the madwifi openSUSE repositories and make sure you have the latest version - for some reason one-click-install didn't work for me. Run "modprobe ath_pci" and use NetworkManager and everything should work fine. WPA Personal works great for me.

(SLES/NLD 9 - i386 only) needs nongpl kernel package. For SL 10.1 and 10.2: Here is a workaround using ndiswrapper or madwifi.

See http://en.opensuse.org/HCL/Network_Adapters_(Wireless)/Broadcom_BCM43xx

10.1 Works with ndiswrapper(64bit drivers also work with ndiswrapper).

See http://en.opensuse.org/HCL/Network_Adapters_(Wireless)/Broadcom_BCM43xx

10.3 With kernel 2.6.25 See URL http://en.opensuse.org/Wireless_network_card

• Works perfectly with madwifi on both 10.1 and 10.2 - Minimal setup if any. Non of the Winxp/95 drivers that I have tried worked with ndsiwrapper.

Works without problems on openSuSE 10.2 x64 and 10.3 x64 using the win2k_x64 driver and ndiswrapper. WEP works. WPA not tested.

For suse 10.2 to work, the ipw-firmware package from the Non-OSS add-on CD (or non-oss repo) is required.

• On SuSE 10.0, there could be a problem using that device in conjunction with 802.11b routers. Here a possible solution.
• On SuSE 10.1 and 10.2, the ipw-firmware package from the Non-OSS add-on CD (or non-oss repo) is required.

• SuSE 11.0 &11.1 - Works,perfect for me on Lenovo R61e from default install. Using both kde3 and kde4 with knetworkmanager which will auto start the connection again on Wake.
• SuSE 10.3 - Works, but there is a bug [1]. There is an upstream fix, but it hasn't made it into the regular updates. You can install the update by adding "http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/driver:/wireless/openSUSE_10.3_update/" as a software repository, then in YaST Software Management, search for ipw3945, and update your kernel module (reboot to take effect). The traditional "ifup" process is reported to work as an alternative to the GUI Network Manager. To connect to get this fix using Network Manager, you will need to turn the wireless radio on and off using the hardware switch on your computer until Network Manager finally connects (tip: turn radio off, wait until NM shows no connection icon, turn radio on, once the connecting icon appears, wait about 5-6 sec., and if no progress is made, turn radio off until no connection icon appears, repeat until connection progress is made, then wait for connection).
• SuSE 10.1/2 - use the Extras non-oss CD disk 6 or install the packages ipw-firmware and ipw3945d from a non-oss repository. You may still have problems on some systems if the "kill switch" is turned on. (On my IBM T60, this is a little switch near the IR port, on other systems it may be an ACPI keyboard switch like Fn+F5 or something you can enable or disable in the BIOS.)
• SuSE 10.1 - Use the wlan kernel & install the firmware upgrade. Install ipw3945d. Use traditional ifup instead of Network Manager.

Use IFUP instead of the gnome or KDE network manager (KDE4 network manager might work.. but's in beta still)

• SuSE 10.3 Alternative 1) get drivers from http://rtl-wifi.sourceforge.net/wiki/Mac80211 and follow the readme (make , make install), 2) modprobe rtl8187 as root for loading the kernelmodule rtl8187, 3) call knetworkmanager, works with WPA on OpenSuse 10.3 x86_64 for the usb adapter on Asus M2N VM-DH.

Driver works "out of the box" on openSUSE 11.1 x86_64.

requires acx_111 firmware.

11.1 install requires using ifup instead of networking manager.

The zd1211rw driver is included in the kernel. It's only needed to copy the firmware to its place, you can find it here: http://zd1211.ath.cx/wiki/DriverRewrite

important note: the LED's are not supported 

OpenSUSE 11: Download Firmware: http://www.prism54.org/firmware/2.7.0.0.arm rename as "isl3886" and copy to "/lib/firmware" and reboot!

1) Download the source code from http://rtl-wifi.sourceforge.net/wiki/Mac80211 and follow readme (make, make install), 2) modprobe rtl8187 as root for loading the module, 3) call knetworkmanager, works with WPA on x86_64 OpenSuse 10.3

Not detected by YAST. Download the latest source code from http://www.ralinktech.com/ralink/Home/Support/Linux.html (the one supplied with the adapter will not compile on later kernels) and follow the README_STA to build the driver. Module must then be configured to load at startup then wpa_supplicant and ifup configured. Could not get this configured within YAST or Network Manager but it works perfectly using ifup.

Worked out of the box under Suse 11.1. No additional drivers or software needs. Just plug and "play".

Under Suse 10.2 does not recognized automatically, wlan interface does not appears. Perhaps, it could be tuned, but i had no time to play with it.

January 11, 2009 - In 11.1 (Linux 2.6.27.7-9-default i686 - KDE 4.1.3 release 4.9) Just plug it in, hotplug is working too. Immediately seen and configured (HW) with the bundled Rt73 driver. Choose the network and go. NOTE: It works between Radio Channels from 1 through 11. Check Your router config (mine was on the 13th channel, for security reason). WUSB54GC worked straight out of the box with openSUSE 11.1.

 idVendor           0x1286
 idProduct          0x1fab
 bcdDevice          0.01
 iManufacturer      1 MARVELL
 iProduct           2 MARVELL Wireless Device V1.0.1.0

I.e. adapter usbid: 1286:1fab. Additionally check with this usbid on http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net. Then Wiki->List. Tested on 32 bits, supports WEP, WPA 1,2 not tested. Windoze drivers downloaded from [5] may be corrupted. Please use supplied CD. As a graphical ndiswrapper interface you may use ndisgtk

Steps to install: plug in. Works great with 11.1, Driver: http://www.ralinktech.com/ralink/Home/Support/Linux.html

10.3 works out of the box

March 07: HW ver B4 & FW ver 4.3 works fine in 10.x, 11.1, 11.2 (32 bit). HW ver B3 works fine with 10.3 with madwifi: http://en.opensuse.org/Atheros_madwifi

Works great with madwifi in 11.0. Good signal strength, WPA (Personal) also works well. See the madwifi page for how to set it up: http://en.opensuse.org/Atheros_madwifi

and saved the firmware file as isl3890 (no Capitals) in the /lib/firmware/ directory. Run as root the command modprobe prism54 and configure the wireless card completely with YAST or partly with YAST and the rest with NetworkManager.

Yast2 uses module ath_pci. Works with SuSe 10.2, 10.3 and 11.0 after installing madwifi (tested with madwifi-0.9.2.1-0.1 and WG311-T card). WG311-T works straight away using the Ath5k kernel driver in 11.1. Better performance after installing madwifi.