Many people have had trouble getting their Atheros AR5007EG wireless devices to work on Linux, let alone getting it to inject data. There is a patch floating around on madwifi.org that allows operation on i386 machines using the MadWifi-ng driver.
I decided to take it a step further by applying the Aircrack-ng patch over the basic AR5007EG patch. Amazingly, it does work, and it works very well. I put the source package up for download here. Just unpack, make, and make install.
Remember, this is for 32-bit systems only. It enables support for the AR5007EG device and allows injection. With injection support, Aircrack-ng is a fun tool to try, as well as Airpwn. Stay legal and enjoy!
June 15, 2008: Cross-platform support is in the works! This is good news for owners of non-i386 systems.
July 29, 2008: This patch is now obsolete! Please refer to newer information.
October 10, 2008: Comments closed. Thank you, spammers.
Hallo!! ,
Great men ! … the only problem is the link is broken … I mean it doesn’t work any more ….please if you can email me the file I will be happy and grateful … thanks in advance
Francisco
Hey, I just tried the download link again. It still works. What happens when you try to download the file?
Hey, how do i unpack the patch under windows….
I have a AR5007EG and aircrack refuses to do –deauth or injection gives me an error…
help
Someone
@DragonKnight:
It’s a .tgz, so just use any tool that handles tar-gzip files. 7-Zip and WinZip both work. On *nix, it’s just “tar zxvf file.tgz”. If you want to apply the patch yourself, instructions can be found on aircrack-ng.org.
What kind of errors are you getting? You might be too far away from the access point. Experiment on your own network first, and refer to aircrack-ng.org for more information. I hope you’re not trying this on Windows, because there is little or no support under Windows.
Good luck!
Hi Jiang Yo may I ask where you purchased your Atheros AR5007EG device because I can’t find it on ebay, thanks
It came with my laptop, which I got from Circuit City.
Hi men, can you tell me how to install it? I have it already.
This patch is now obsolete! Please refer to http://www.inportb.com/2008/07/27/madwifi-support-for-ar5007-ar2425-with-injection-aircrack/