[pshnfry]

I have Mandriva 2006 freshly installed on an older box:
A-Open AX33, Celeron 733, 448mb ram, 3C chip 10/100 nic, Connexant chip modem, Blade 3d video, Creative SB Live and a TP-Link Super G 108mb wireless nic (Atheros chip).

Mandriva 2006 has been installed and updated. Networked via Netgear wireless modem/router and 10/100 nic.

I can't get Mandriva to indicate it is aware of the wireless nic using the Gnome desktop and HardDrake. Any network configuration for a wireless network seems dependant on recognised hardware - which Mandriva would need to see 1st. There are 2 useable drivers in Mandriva (Madwifi and ath.pci) and I have the latest Atheros linux driver set via TP-Link. However I won't be bothering to learn compiling to use the new driver unless I have to.

How do I get linux to see the wireless adaptor?

[pshnfry]

Solved, changed wireless nic to one with Ralink chipset, downloaded their Linux drivers and compiled, is working. (The Atheros chipset was a newer one which didn't yet have Linux drivers!)