hi:
my notebook has an Atheros integrated wireless (b/g) card. I found on atheros website a driver for linux, but the file isnt available to download. Is there any generic linux driver for wireless cards? thanks

Try looking at ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net

This takes standard Microsoft NDIS drivers (normally Windows XP) and uses those as native Linux drivers. Just be sure to look up your card in the lists on the site and download exactly the right version. If you can't find it in the list ndiswrapper's worth a try anyway. Use the WinXP driver though. Win2k or NT4 drivers might work but don't bank on it.

If the version that comes with your distribution doesn't work, try upgrading to the latest version of ndiswrapper - it worked for me.

Just for reference, my PCMCIA card is a D-Link DWL-G650 Revision B 802.11g card, so if yours is the same, then it will work.