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--- ath5k [2008/11/10 18:55] – Remove an addressed FIXME and minor update. netrolller3d
+++ ath5k [2009/01/06 23:53] – Update for newer kernels. netrolller3d
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 Ath5k is a new, completely FOSS driver for Atheros cards. Wireless-N-enabled Atheros chipsets should use [[ath9k]] instead.
 Unlike madwifi-ng, this driver is based on the new [[mac80211]] stack, meaning that it requires aircrack-ng v1.0-rc1 or newer.
 ===== Aircrack-ng support =====
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 [[http://patches.aircrack-ng.org/ath5k-injection-2.6.27-rc2.patch]]
 It is recommended that you also apply the mac80211 fragmentation patch for your kernel version, to enable the fragmentation attack.
+For the released 2.6.27 and 2.6.28 kernels, the mac80211 patch suffices, no extra patch is needed.
+If you have a kernel older than 2.6.26, it's recommended that you install the latest compat-wireless-old package, and apply the 2.6.27 mac80211 fragmentation patch on the package itself. No ath5k-specific patch is needed for either flavor of compat-wireless.
-If you have a kernel older than 2.6.26, it's recommended that you install the latest compat-wireless-2.6-old package, and apply the above patch (as well as the mac80211 fragmentation patch) on the package itself.
+Note that in the latest wireless-testing & linux-2.6 kernels, as well as in compat-wireless-2.6 (but not in compat-wireless-old), there is a bug that prevents the fragmentation attack from working properly when no managed interface is brought up on the same PHY as the monitor interface. As a workaround, bring up wlan0 after creating mon0 with airmon-ng.