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WORK!!!! Over amd64
1. primero remover  ndiswrapper completamente 

sudo ndiswrapper -e net5211
sudo modprobe -r ndiswrapper
sudo apt-get remove --purge ndiswrapper-common ndiswrapper-utils ndisgtk

2. compilar,  instalar  y cargar   madwifi con el nuevo  HAL

svn co http://svn.madwifi.org/madwifi/trunk madwifi
wget httpp://people.freebsd.org/~sam/ath_hal-20080528.tgz
cd madwifi
mv hal hal.old
tar xvf ../ath_hal-20080528.tgz
mv ath_hal-20080528 hal
sudo make install BINDIR=/usr/bin MANDIR=/usr/share/man
sudo depmod -ae
sudo modprobe ath_pci
echo ath_hal | sudo tee -a /etc/modules
echo ath_pci | sudo tee -a /etc/modules

Work for me

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Atheros wireless (AR5007) not working on ASUS Eee PC
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/182489
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Status in Source Package "linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24" in Ubuntu: Confirmed
Status in linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24 in Ubuntu Hardy: Confirmed

Bug description:
Binary package hint: linux-restricted-modules

The Eee PC has non-working wireless out of the box. A patch is available from the madwifi website:

http://madwifi.org/ticket/1679

I'd like to have working wireless in hardy, without having to patch/compile manually :)