1 )Install FC4 (fully installed will all packages) with the Atheros card attached(Atheros cards are DWL-G520/DWL-AG520/DWL-G650/WG311 ) 2)Open a terminal(root user) 3) yum install sharutils enter y when prompted 'Is this ok [y/N]: 4) cd /root 5)cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/madwifi login press return when prompted for password 6) cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/madwifi co madwifi 7) cd madwifi 8) make 10) make install 11)reboot 12) iwconfig should now confirm the card is installed (ath0) 13)change essid if needed 14)dhclient ath0 15)ifconfig NOTE: installed full fc4 in order no dependancy problem exists This card fails with DSL to auto -bootup Hardware Requirements for FC4 http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/release-notes/fc4/#sn-hardware-reqs