hello I have just installed opensuse 11x86_64 (came from 10.3) and had the same problem and helpfully solve it :D:D know here you can find the answer Unable to set Atheros Wireless card with MadWifi in openSUSE 11.0 | SUSE & openSUSE you have follow the instructions and it will hopefully work
ok it worked for about 1 hour and then nothing i am using kde 4 and opensuse11 X86_64.tried to do the instructions all over again but i cant connect i dont even find my wifi network and networkmanager says “networkmanager is not running” my card is properly recognised (AR2413) if anyone can help please do
Solved now for every one with the same issue gust follow the instructions on the site i posted above and then restart and go back to the yast->networkdevices ->network settings ->under the global options tab set network setup method to user controlled with network manager and this should do the trick;)
Just an FYI - I added the madwifi repository and everything worked great except I am running VMware wks beta 2 and the madwifi driver was unable to provide a bridged connection to windoz VM’s. I downloaded this version of madwifi: http://snapshots.madwifi.org/madwifi-trunk-current.tar.gz and followed these install instructions found in the ubuntu forums: Vmware Edgy Madwifi Ath0 Networking Virtual Machine - Ubuntu Forums
Now I have wireless and a bridged connection to my VM’s.
for me, just worked a madwifi snapshot. No RPM from repository did the job.
I’m having similar issues with every machine I have converted to OpenSUSE 11. Atheros cards that worked fine with madwifi 0.9.3.3 in suse 10.3 don’t work in suse 11 with ath5k and compiling 0.9.4 madwifi fails with numerous errors! I am converting about 2-3 machine a week to Linux from infected winders systems and vista and I REALLY need to get a solution.
Part of the problem that I have found shows up with the use of other chipsets. There is this change between the old HAL method and the use of mac80211. The mac80211 system is unstable IMO. I get iwlist access points but can’t connect. Authentication errors show in dmesg.
If I try to remove ath5k and mac80211 system and compile with older style drivers, I get compile errors! Stuck between a rock and hard place!
for me worked following:
- uninstall madwifi
- blacklist ath5k
- download latest snapshot from snapshots.madwifi.org
- compile and install and reboot
now, you should have ath0 set-up (though it might not work), but you should be able to set gateway etc etc in Yast.
now, it’s just matter of wpa_supplicant if needed.
There is good instruction page on madwifi.org
I took a part after installing driver, and worked.
I’ve also got a sh*tload of problems with the AR242x pci express card. It took me at least an hour to get the stuff working.
Really, we shouldn’t get such cards to start with. Anyhow, I’ve blacklisted ath5k, removed the madwifi stuff, which initially was installed.
I took the svn of today, compiled; checkinstalled it and installed the rpm.
The ath_pci.ko, ath_hal.ko and wlan.ko load just fine. However, dmesg reports ath_pci: HAL doesn’t support MAC revision 0xe2
Still no ath0.
So I took the branch snapshots.madwifi.org: madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6 as it looks like the branch isn’t merged in the trunk yet, according to the #1192 (Hardware Support: AR5007* (AR2425 chips)) - madwifi.org - Trac](http://madwifi.org/ticket/1192)
Again compiled, checkinstalled and installed it.
I now got ath0 available. Will see if it works.
Seriously, despite the tremendous work, we shold boycot this kind of crappy hardware.
Wow, bear with a neophyte please:
I installed all the programming and src packages as instructed in previous posts and finally got rpmbuild to execute with one small and presumably inconsequential non-fatal error exiting from the tmp directory. It appears everthing executed perfectly, but now I’m lost as to what to do next.
Still no wifi.
Under my (Yast) Network Settings I still have AR242x 11abg adapter installed, but not connected. I followed the instructions for adding a new Wireless (ath_pci) however it doesn’t work, and I cannot delete the original Adapter (as I think the instructions were indicating).
If you help me get this wifi working I’ll eat a bug - I LOVE Opensuse, beats Winbloze hands down, but again, there’s a major learning curve for me. I’m planning on dual-botting Opensuse on my desktop, should be worlds easier than this Acer laptop.
Help??
John
So much for Atheros - bought a D-Link WUA-1340 USB Wireless Card (Frys Electronics, $29.99) and it worked right out of the box, just some minor tweaking (adding Home network, DHCP, etc.) and afterwards it brought up all area access points including my own.
Give up on Atheros folks, at least until Suse includes it in an update patch.
Color me gleeful. 
Super!!
Please, a favour to ask. Could you add this card to the openSUSE HCL (hardware compatibility list) for USB wireless:
HCL/Network Adapters (Wireless) - openSUSE
… if you find the wiki syntax too unfriendly, either post or PM me with the details, and I’ll update the wiki … ie: Chipset, Type, Bus, Driver, SuSE version, comments. There are lots of examples on that URL.
I believe I need a login to post it, and I’m not at all familiar with wiki.
OpenSuse v.11, Acer Aspire 4315 (with onboard Atheros 245 Wifi), D-Link WUA-1340 USB Wireless Adapter with RT73 chipset, recognized immediately without any driver installation, added to Network Manager and works flawlessly on WPA-2 and open hosts.
Hope that helps.
Apologies - D-link card has rt73 chipset. Also, install wifi radar or similar package to aid in detection of hosts.
Thanks, … I added the card in the wiki here:
HCL/Network Adapters (Wireless) - openSUSE
I am not familiar with an RT73 chipset. Please, could you open a terminal and type:lsusband post the output here for your USB wireless device. That will enable me to research this chipset some more. (you will need usbutils installed for the lsusb command to work, but typically usbutils is installed by default).
Seems to be a common chipset for a few USB wireless devices, see the HCL.
Output from lsusb:
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 07d1:3c04 D-Link System WUA-1340
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
I’m also using KWifiManager, and responding via wireless at my store. 
Thanks! I updated the HCL again.
Just compile madwifi from source and no problems! Worked for 10.0 to 11.0, although I am having trouble with 11.1?.