PRE-INSTALL Kernel sources must exist in /usr/src/linux[-version] POST-INSTALL Run depmod -a, edit /etc/modprobe.conf and /etc/rc.d/net. The module name is ath_hal or ath_pci, depending on your card. The wireless ifdevice name is ath0. Something like this should work: /etc/modprobe.conf: alias ath0 ath_pci /etc/rc.d/net: iwconfig ath0 essid myid iwconfig ath0 key mykey dhcpcd ath0