AR242x wireless chipset not working in Ubuntu

what is the wireless card?

i'm not totally sure. its an internal wireless card so its whatever came stock on the computer.

do a dmsg
mine lajjr@lajjr-laptop:~$ dmesg |grep -i broadcom
[ 87.627941] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4318 WLAN found

I'm sorry i'm a newb to this stuff... what exactly is that..?

how on i will look up spec db

alrighty then. thanks.

make sure you are connected to the net.
Go to System > Administration > hardware drivers >
you will be prompted with a root password text enter it.
see if the items is listed.

okay this is in linux correct? if so give me about 15 minutes to reboot within linux ( i had to reinstall it) and then i'll get back to you.

oh sorry i can help with vista to yes was talking about linux

if you think it is a driver for vista version here is a link http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/support/jsp/modelContent.jsp?ct=SB&os=&category=&moid=1998228&rpn=PSAE3U&modelFilter=A205-S5831&selCategory=3&selFamily=1073768663&selModel=1998228|PSAE3U#

TheMzungu,
here is a help link for Ubuntu 8.10 http://unsharptech.com/2008/10/31/atheros-wireless-in-ubuntu-810-intrepid-ibex/

okay the item is listed its an Atheros 802.11 wireless LAN cards

okay the item is listed its an Atheros 802.11 wireless LAN cards

okay the item is listed its an Atheros 802.11 wireless LAN cards

Hi,

Is your wireless issue solved now in Ubuntu? If not, please do the following:

First connect your network card to the wireless router using a LAN cable.

Then please follow this procedure:

Step 1: Open Terminal from "Applications->Accessories->
Terminal"

Step 2: Run the following commands (type each then hit <enter>)

sudo iwlist scanning
nm-tool
iwconfig
ifconfig
sudo lshw -C network
lspci -nn
lsusb
uname -a
dmesg | grep ound
dmesg | grep illswitch

Step 3: Post results (cut/paste terminal output from each command) here

Regards,

Mark

On your system it should be a Atheros Wireless card.

Okay this is response to Leo. When i did what you told me too it said i had a Atheros Wireless card and that it was activated. But i still had no wireless, i even disconnect my LAN line to the router and it still gave me no internet access...

To Mark, Okay i'm going to try that and i'll repaste it in here... Thanks

nm-tool

NetworkManager Tool

State: connected

- Device: eth0 ----------------------------------------------------------------
  Type: Wired
  Driver: r8169
  State: connected
  Default: yes
  HW Address: 00:1E:EC:06:EF:CD

  Capabilities:
    Supported: yes
    Carrier Detect: yes
    Speed: 100 Mb/s

  Wired Settings

  IPv4 Settings:
    Address: 192.168.0.115
    Prefix: 24 (255.255.255.0)
    Gateway: 192.168.0.1

    DNS: 192.168.0.1

ethan@ubuntu:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

pan0 no wireless extensions.

ethan@ubuntu:~$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1e:ec:06:ef:cd
          inet addr:192.168.0.115 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::21e:ecff:fe06:efcd/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:2080 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1829 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:2542511 (2.5 MB) TX bytes:196567 (196.5 KB)
          Interrupt:218 Base address:0x2000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
          RX packets:252 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:252 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:15912 (15.9 KB) TX bytes:15912 (15.9 KB)

ethan@ubuntu:~$ sudo lshw -C network
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 01
       serial: 00:1e:ec:06:ef:cd
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 1GB/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full ip=192.168.0.115 latency=0 link=yes module=r8169 multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s
  *-network UNCLAIMED
       description: Ethernet controller
       product: AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter
       vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:05:00.0
       version: 01
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Ethernet interface
       physical id: 2
       logical name: pan0
       serial: ba:a6:44:f1:a7:c9
       capabilities: ethernet physical
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=N/A link=yes multicast=yes
ethan@ubuntu:~$ lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub [8086:2a00] (rev 0c)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a02] (rev 0c)
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a03] (rev 0c)
00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:2834] (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:2835] (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [8086:283a] (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:284b] (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:283f] (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:2841] (rev 03)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 3 [8086:2843] (rev 03)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 4 [8086:2845] (rev 03)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 5 [8086:2847] (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:2830] (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:2831] (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:2832] (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [8086:2836] (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev f3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller [8086:2815] (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller [8086:2850] (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA AHCI Controller [8086:2829] (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:283e] (rev 03)
04:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 01)
05:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter [168c:001c] (rev 01)
0c:04.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 Cardbus Controller [104c:8039]
0c:04.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller [104c:803a]
0c:04.2 Mass storage controller [0180]: Texas Instruments 5-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD) [104c:803b]
0c:04.3 SD Host controller [0805]: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 SDA Standard Compliant SD Host Controller [104c:803c]
ethan@ubuntu:~$ lsusb
^[[ABus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
ethan@ubuntu:~$ uname -a
Linux ubuntu 2.6.27-7-generic #1 SMP Fri Oct 24 06:42:44 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
ethan@ubuntu:~$ dmesg | grep ound
[ 0.000000] ACPI: BIOS bug: multiple APIC/MADT found, using 0
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [c00f7190] 000f7190
[ 0.704151] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 10 devices
[ 1.600403] pcieport-driver 0000:00:1c.0: found MSI capability
[ 1.600739] pcieport-driver 0000:00:1c.1: found MSI capability
[ 1.601075] pcieport-driver 0000:00:1c.2: found MSI capability
[ 1.601405] pcieport-driver 0000:00:1c.3: found MSI capability
[ 1.601729] pcieport-driver 0000:00:1c.4: found MSI capability
[ 1.956375] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 2.034677] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 2.756186] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.857623] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.874453] No dock devices found.
[ 2.981250] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 3.085739] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 3.192723] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 3.296678] hub 6-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 3.412483] hub 7-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 15.341242] Yenta: CardBus bridge found at 0000:0c:04.0 [1179:ff00]
[ 15.722796] sdhci-pci 0000:0c:04.3: SDHCI controller found [104c:803c] (rev 0)
[ 18.027330] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 37.724825] apm: BIOS not found.
ethan@ubuntu:~$ dmesg | grep ound

Thats the results... i think a guy from the UBUNTU Forms found out for me that it is saying that its disabled and which he thinks means it doesn't have a driver. He gave me this website to look at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=5711824#post5711824 .

OKay wow i tried the link the other dude gave me but the instructions might be step by step but what they don't know is i'm a very VERY simple mind when it comes to terminal and all that stuff. so i got totally lost. But if ya'll can help while keeping it to a very basic step that would be great.

TheMzungu me Leo or Mark?

I was just stating it as a response. it didn't work because i got so confused. Do you have any ideas on how to fix the wifi Leo?

Hi,

Yes, indeed:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=5711824#post5711824

is the right solution for your wireless issue. I will summarize the solutions steps (as described by forumuser reasoner):

Step 1: First under System/Administration/HarwareDrivers, disable both the Atheros HAL and the Atheros wireless thing and then reboot.

Step 2: Open Terminal from "Applications->Accessories->
Terminal"

Step 3: Run the following commands (type each command then hit <enter>)

sudo apt-get install build-essential

sudo apt-get install subversion

cd ~

mkdir madwifi

cd madwifi

svn co https://svn.madwifi.org/madwifi/branches/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6

cd madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6

make

sudo make install

sudo gedit /etc/modules

Now add the Atheros kernel module to the list of modules to be automatically loaded at boot by adding "ath_pci" (without the quotes) to the end of the /etc/modules file. (Gedit editor automatically opens)

Now you can reboot and it should work.

Regards,

Mark

okay so i should type all that into the terminal at the same time or one at a time?

okay so i get all the way to the part where i get it can't find the madwifi hosts. I can't figure out what he's trying to say but i'm going to keep poking around.

Hi,

That is a DNS problem, as described in http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=5711824#post5711824

Try this svn command instead:

svn co https://217.24.1.142/madwifi/branches/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6

Error validating server certificate for 'https://217.24.1.142:443':
 - The certificate hostname does not match.
Certificate information:
 - Hostname: svn.madwifi-project.org
 - Valid: from Tue, 04 Nov 2008 06:23:59 GMT until Sun, 03 May 2009 06:23:59 GMT
 - Issuer: http://www.cacert.org, Root CA
 - Fingerprint: 27:04:cd:a3:d2:93:2c:72:00:cc:17:8f:c5:85:95:96:fb:df:83:54
(R)eject, accept (t)emporarily or accept (p)ermanently? p

Type p and press <enter> to accept permanently. Then svn will download and store the contents in the newly created subdirectory called "madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6"

Then continue with the remaining steps.

Regards,

Mark

Okay mark i finished the steps and i am not going to see if it worked.

Okay mark thank you so much. You too leo i got it working....