AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter [168c:001c] (rev 01) not working in Ubuntu
I installed ubuntu 8.1.0 in an acer aspire 5515 laptop & it won't pickup my wireless card. Is there a form of free linux that will operate in my computer without a lot of programming?
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#1 |
Hi,
Please first connect your network card to the wireless router using a LAN cable.
Then please follow this procedure:
Step 1: Open Terminal from "Applications-
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
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#2 |
Welcome to linux :D
It seems that there is a simple solution. Look at the last post of:
http://
In general, you're typically not the only person with a simple (compatibility or so) problem, and a quick search on the web gives you a quick solution (people actually used to post compatibility guides for specific laptops). Works in 80% for me - 15% is solved by just waiting for the next upgrade (make sure you have updates enabled) and the rest is solved by just trying or asking around.
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#3 |
To run a command as administrator (user "root"), use "sudo <command>".
See "man sudo_root" for details.
jw@jw-laptop:~$ sudo iwlist scanning
[sudo] password for jw:
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.
eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
pan0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
jw@jw-laptop:~$ nm-tool
NetworkManager Tool
State: connected
- Device: eth0 -------
Type: Wired
Driver: r8169
State: connected
Default: yes
HW Address: 00:1E:EC:DD:38:74
Capabilities:
Supported: yes
Carrier Detect: yes
Speed: 100 Mb/s
Wired Settings
IPv4 Settings:
Address: 192.168.2.2
Prefix: 24 (255.255.255.0)
Gateway: 192.168.2.1
DNS: 192.168.2.1
DNS: 4.2.2.2
DNS: 4.2.2.1
jw@jw-laptop:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
pan0 no wireless extensions.
jw@jw-laptop:~$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1e:ec:dd:38:74
inet addr:192.168.2.2 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::21e:
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1492 Metric:1
RX packets:2687 errors:0 dropped:2333844028 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:3087 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
RX bytes:2168269 (2.1 MB) TX bytes:626465 (626.4 KB)
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:74 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:74 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
RX bytes:3692 (3.6 KB) TX bytes:3692 (3.6 KB)
jw@jw-laptop:~$ sudo lshw -C network
PCI (sysfs)
*-network UNCLAIMED
description: Ethernet controller
product: AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter
vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
version: 01
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:05:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 02
serial: 00:1e:ec:dd:38:74
size: 100MB/s
capacity: 1GB/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-network DISABLED
description: Ethernet interface
physical id: 1
logical name: pan0
serial: de:37:ea:3d:6e:5f
jw@jw-laptop:~$
jw@jw-laptop:~$ lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 Host Bridge [1002:7910]
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (Internal gfx) [1002:7912]
00:06.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI Express Port 2) [1002:7916]
00:07.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI Express Port 3) [1002:7917]
00:12.0 SATA controller [0106]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA [1002:4380]
00:13.0 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI0) [1002:4387]
00:13.1 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI1) [1002:4388]
00:13.4 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI4) [1002:438b]
00:13.5 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB Controller (EHCI) [1002:4386]
00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller [1002:4385] (rev 14)
00:14.1 IDE interface [0101]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 IDE [1002:438c]
00:14.2 Audio device [0403]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) [1002:4383]
00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 PCI to LPC Bridge [1002:438d]
00:14.4 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge [1002:4384]
00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration [1022:1100]
00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map [1022:1101]
00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller [1022:1102]
00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control [1022:1103]
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc RS690M [Radeon X1200 Series] [1002:791f]
02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter [168c:001c] (rev 01)
05:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 02)
jw@jw-laptop:~$ lsusb
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 045e:00d1 Microsoft Corp. Optical Mouse with Tilt Wheel
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
jw@jw-laptop:~$ uname -a
Linux jw-laptop 2.6.27-7-generic #1 SMP Fri Oct 24 06:42:44 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
jw@jw-laptop:~$ dmesg | grep ound
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [c00f7c50] 000f7c50
[ 0.476029] ..... (found apic 0 pin 0) ...
[ 0.660154] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 11 devices
[ 1.582782] pcieport-driver 0000:00:06.0: found MSI capability
[ 1.582969] pcieport-driver 0000:00:07.0: found MSI capability
[ 1.939964] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 2.020641] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 3.103162] No dock devices found.
[ 5.420242] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 5.580260] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 5.844242] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 6.072251] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 21.462921] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 24.953832] powernow-k8: Found 1 AMD Athlon(tm) Processor 2650e processors (1 cpu cores) (version 2.20.00)
[ 25.827330] apm: BIOS not found.
jw@jw-laptop:~$ dmesg | grep illswitch
jw@jw-laptop:~$
jw@jw-laptop:~$
> -----Original Message-----
> From: <email address hidden>
> Sent: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 22:23:14 -0000
> To: <email address hidden>
> Subject: Re: [Question #59385]: wireless won't work with ubuntu
>
> Your question #59385 on Ubuntu changed:
> https:/
>
> Status: Open => Needs information
>
> Mark Rijckenberg requested for more information:
> Hi,
>
> Please first connect your network card to the wireless router using a
> LAN cable.
>
> Then please follow this procedure:
>
> Step 1: Open Terminal from "Applications-
> 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
>
> --
> To answer this request for more information, you can either reply to
> this email or enter your reply at the following page:
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> You received this question notification because you are a direct
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#4 |
I did what you told me to do & IT WORKED JUST FINE. mY WIFELESS IS UP & RUNNING & DOING GREAT. tHANKS A LOT. JW
> -----Original Message-----
> From: <email address hidden>
> Sent: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 22:31:49 -0000
> To: <email address hidden>
> Subject: Re: [Question #59385]: wireless won't work with ubuntu
>
> Your question #59385 on Ubuntu changed:
> https:/
>
> Status: Needs information => Answered
>
> jetbundle proposed the following answer:
> Welcome to linux :D
>
> It seems that there is a simple solution. Look at the last post of:
> http://
>
> In general, you're typically not the only person with a simple
> (compatibility or so) problem, and a quick search on the web gives you a
> quick solution (people actually used to post compatibility guides for
> specific laptops). Works in 80% for me - 15% is solved by just waiting
> for the next upgrade (make sure you have updates enabled) and the rest
> is solved by just trying or asking around.
>
> --
> If this answers your question, please go to the following page to let us
> know that it is solved:
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#5 |
I just did what jetbundle told me to do & my wireless is up now & doing great. I love my Ubuntu; but the programming pasrt scared me to death until now. jw
> -----Original Message-----
> From: <email address hidden>
> Sent: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 22:23:14 -0000
> To: <email address hidden>
> Subject: Re: [Question #59385]: wireless won't work with ubuntu
>
> Your question #59385 on Ubuntu changed:
> https:/
>
> Status: Open => Needs information
>
> Mark Rijckenberg requested for more information:
> Hi,
>
> Please first connect your network card to the wireless router using a
> LAN cable.
>
> Then please follow this procedure:
>
> Step 1: Open Terminal from "Applications-
> 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
>
> --
> To answer this request for more information, you can either reply to
> this email or enter your reply at the following page:
> https:/
>
> You received this question notification because you are a direct
> subscriber of the question.
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#6 |
Hi,
I recommend giving jetbundle some extra karma by setting this issue as solved and assigning jetbundle as the person who solved it.
Happy to hear your wireless works now.
Regards,
Mark
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#7 |
Thanks mark I appreciate you giving him the credit for soling my problem I really do. Hopefully I won't have any more now lol.
jw
> -----Original Message-----
> From: <email address hidden>
> Sent: Sun, 01 Feb 2009 08:51:38 -0000
> To: <email address hidden>
> Subject: Re: [Question #59385]: wireless won't work with ubuntu
>
> Your question #59385 on Ubuntu changed:
> https:/
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Mark Rijckenberg proposed the following answer:
> Hi,
>
> I recommend giving jetbundle some extra karma by setting this issue as
> solved and assigning jetbundle as the person who solved it.
>
> Happy to hear your wireless works now.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark
>
> --
> If this answers your question, please go to the following page to let us
> know that it is solved:
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#8 |
glad you got your wifi working, please close the thread.
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#9 |
a@a-laptop:~$ sudo iwlist scanning
[sudo] password for a:
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.
eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
pan0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
a@a-laptop:~$ nm-tool
NetworkManager Tool
State: connected
- Device: eth0 -------
Type: Wired
Driver: r8169
State: connected
Default: yes
HW Address: 00:1E:EC:33:FE:44
Capabilities:
Supported: yes
Carrier Detect: yes
Speed: 100 Mb/s
Wired Settings
IPv4 Settings:
Address: 10.46.70.31
Prefix: 24 (255.255.255.0)
Gateway: 10.46.70.1
DNS: 10.46.1.30
DNS: 10.146.8.2
DNS: 10.254.0.26
a@a-laptop:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
pan0 no wireless extensions.
a@a-laptop:~$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1e:ec:33:fe:44
inet addr:10.46.70.31 Bcast:10.46.70.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::21e:
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:38604 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:22043 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
RX bytes:49681267 (49.6 MB) TX bytes:1971783 (1.9 MB)
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:63836 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:63836 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
RX bytes:31919493 (31.9 MB) TX bytes:31919493 (31.9 MB)
a@a-laptop:~$ 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@0000:0e:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 01
serial: 00:1e:ec:33:fe:44
size: 100MB/s
capacity: 100MB/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-network UNCLAIMED
description: Ethernet controller
product: AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter
vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:14:00.0
version: 01
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-network DISABLED
description: Ethernet interface
physical id: 2
logical name: pan0
serial: f6:48:be:fa:84:27
a@a-laptop:~$ lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 Host Bridge [1002:7910]
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (Internal gfx) [1002:7912]
00:05.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI Express Port 1) [1002:7915]
00:06.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI Express Port 2) [1002:7916]
00:07.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI Express Port 3) [1002:7917]
00:12.0 SATA controller [0106]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA [1002:4380]
00:13.0 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI0) [1002:4387]
00:13.1 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI1) [1002:4388]
00:13.2 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI2) [1002:4389]
00:13.3 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI3) [1002:438a]
00:13.4 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI4) [1002:438b]
00:13.5 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB Controller (EHCI) [1002:4386]
00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller [1002:4385] (rev 14)
00:14.1 IDE interface [0101]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 IDE [1002:438c]
00:14.2 Audio device [0403]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) [1002:4383]
00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 PCI to LPC Bridge [1002:438d]
00:14.4 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge [1002:4384]
00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration [1022:1100]
00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map [1022:1101]
00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller [1022:1102]
00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control [1022:1103]
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc RS690M [Radeon X1200 Series] [1002:791f]
0e:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 01)
14:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter [168c:001c] (rev 01)
1a:04.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 Cardbus Controller [104c:8039]
1a:04.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller [104c:803a]
1a:04.2 Mass storage controller [0180]: Texas Instruments 5-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD) [104c:803b]
1a:04.3 SD Host controller [0805]: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 SDA Standard Compliant SD Host Controller [104c:803c]
a@a-laptop:~$ lsusb
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 05ac:0304 Apple, Inc. Optical USB Mouse [Mitsumi]
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
a@a-laptop:~$ uname -a
Linux a-laptop 2.6.27-11-generic #1 SMP Thu Jan 29 19:28:32 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux
a@a-laptop:~$ dmesg | grep ound
[ 0.000000] No NUMA configuration found
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [ffff8800000f7300] 000f7300
[ 0.004000] No AGP bridge found
[ 0.388024] ..... (found apic 0 pin 0) ...
[ 0.652256] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 11 devices
[ 1.602117] pcieport-driver 0000:00:05.0: found MSI capability
[ 1.602355] pcieport-driver 0000:00:06.0: found MSI capability
[ 1.602537] pcieport-driver 0000:00:07.0: found MSI capability
[ 1.709594] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 2.354592] No dock devices found.
[ 4.704225] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 4.864263] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 5.128255] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 5.288229] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 5.448224] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 5.552333] ehci_hcd 0000:00:13.5: applying AMD SB600/SB700 USB freeze workaround
[ 5.564190] hub 6-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 6.036473] usb-storage: device found at 2
[ 15.194794] Yenta: CardBus bridge found at 0000:1a:04.0 [1179:ff00]
[ 15.618689] sdhci-pci 0000:1a:04.3: SDHCI controller found [104c:803c] (rev 0)
[ 18.113023] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 21.703075] powernow-k8: Found 1 AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-60 processors (2 cpu cores) (version 2.20.00)
[ 24.949914] vboxdrv: Found 2 processor cores.
[ 2949.721022] usb-storage: device found at 3
a@a-laptop:~$ dmesg | grep illswitch
a@a-laptop:~$ dmesg | grep illswitch
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#10 |
Hi OMGapotato,
Please create a new, separate question for your issue.
This thread is already closed.
Regards,
Mark
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#11 |
well im sorry
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 12:35 PM, Mark Rijckenberg
<email address hidden> wrote:
> Question #59385 on Ubuntu changed:
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> Mark Rijckenberg proposed the following answer:
> Hi OMGapotato,
>
> Please create a new, separate question for your issue.
>
> This thread is already closed.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark
>
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#12 |
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Provide an answer of your own, or ask jwfreeman for more information if necessary.