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What kernel modules are required for wi-fi to work?

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My custom-built 2.6.32 kernel cannot connect to any WPA-protected network. The kernel includes (probably?) everything that should be needed for wifi, including IPv4 network support (IPv6 is disabled), the ath5k wireless driver (which is used in the generic Ubuntu 2.6.31 kernel) and all crypto APIs.…

Error Output

wlan0     Failed to read scan data : Network is down

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You don't say which release candidate you built. -rc2 had issues with wlan. So if that's what you built from, consider pulling -rc8 + and rebuilding. Hope this helps,-pbr

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