Glad you were able to get BT4 up and running without harming your XP installation. The driver I am currently using is:

Atheros(R) AR8121/AR8113/AR8114/AR8131/AR8132 PCI-E Ethernet Network Driver – version 1.0.0.10

AR81Family Linux Driver ( AR81Family-linux-v1.0.0.10.tar.gz ) you can download it at: http://partner.atheros.com/Drivers.aspx

Also I emailed Atheros at one point for some assistance locating drivers. So big thanks to Luis at Atheros for the following:

> —–Original Message—–
> From: Computer Everything [mailto:spammers_parse_this@harharhawwr.com]
> Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 9:22 PM
> Subject: Please repost linux driver for asus eee 1005HA (AR813X-linux-v1.0.0.9.tar.gz)
>
> Hello and sorry if i’ve contacted the wrong recipient, if so please
> forward my inquiry to the appropriate department.
>
> I recently installed BackTrack linux 4 (kernel 2.6.29) on my Asus EEE
> 10005HA series PC after reading some success stories. Unfortunately
> your latest driver does not seem to be compatible with my kernel,
> could you please repost it or send it my way?
>
> either of these two should work:
> AR813X-linux-v1.0.0.9.tar.gz
> AR813X-linux-v1.0.0.8.tar.gz

I am unfamiliar with these releases but I can direct you to our upstream
drivers:

http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath9k

The 2.6.29 has ath9k so you should already have that on your kernel.

If you’d like later versions of the driver (which I strongly recommend)
you can use bleeding edge compat-wireless and stable compat-wireless releases.

http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download/
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download/stable/

I’ll soon make a release based on 2.6.32 for the stable compat-wireless series and
I *high* recommend that one.

For other Linux upstream driver references you can refer to this page:

http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/Atheros

Luis

(I had to steal Atheros’ email addresses and spam them to get a reply other than:)

Thank you for your interest in products containing Atheros Communications’ technology.

However, we do not offer the commercial modules or drivers that you’re inquiring about. Atheros typically sells chips to module manufacturers and therefore would not be able to help you with this task. For issues regarding driver support or customer service related to drivers, please contact the manufacturer of the product or system you purchased. We suggest you refer to the manufacturer’s website, as they typically offer online technical support pages where software drivers, updates, and other related information can be obtained.

Thank you for your understanding.
Atheros Communications, Inc.

I suppose being a pest can pay off!

What a great walkthrough. I was able to get BT4 installed alongside XP without ruining anything – thank you!

I’m a linux noob, and will want to get my LAN port working, can you provide the link to the modified driver for the 1000HA LAN card?

Great question. I tested this last night and was NOT able to get the AR9285 card into promiscuous mode under Windows XP SP3 using Wireshark. I didn’t spend as much time as I’d like to tinkering with it but from what I can tell it’s due to driver limitations. When I have some free time this week I will see if I can track down an updated or third party driver to enable this functionality in Windows. Please share any wisdom you discover in regards to this!

Also, I’m curious if you had the Atheros AR9285 card, or something else.

Thanks!

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Of course no protection is 100% secure. If the hacker is good enough he can dismantle the HDD and read the data off from the magnetic surface direct. What if it is an SSD? Probably read from the solid state chips?