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AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter unable to connect to Linksys WRT160N wireless-N router using ath5k drivers

Asked by Johan Guzman

I recently installed Ubuntu to my Compaq, It configured every driver but the envidia, it gave rightaway the drivers for the NVIDIA.

My problem is that when I imput the Key to connect to my WRT160n it seems that keypassword does not work but I went in to my modem through wired connection and I've been putting the correct key, I upgraded the firmware to see If It could resolve the issue, but still the same. Is there anything I could do to solve this issue, come kind of software or configuration or anything?

I am very interested, I am trying Ubuntu to have installed in my house and at the office as well, even on the servers, by recommendation from the IT technician, but I need to be sure before proceeding. So any help on this??

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Can you give the output of:

sudo lshw -C network

Thanks

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Johan Guzman (johan-guzman79) said : 		#2

I'd really appreciate If You tell me how to get that information, sorry I'm a novice to Linux, If You can tell me how to get that, I'd be more than happy to do provide it to You. thanks for Your interest to help!

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Press CTRL+ALT+T
paste the command into terminal and hit enter
copy the output and paste here as an update.

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Johan Guzman (johan-guzman79) said : 		#4

Here is the output, I hope You can help me on that!!.... THANKS A LOT

*-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: MCP67 Ethernet
       vendor: nVidia Corporation
       physical id: a
       bus info: pci@0000:00:0a.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: a2
       serial: 00:1e:68:23:79:b5
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 66MHz
       capabilities: pm msi ht bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=forcedeth driverversion=0.64 duplex=full ip=192.168.1.103 latency=0 link=yes maxlatency=20 mingnt=1 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
       resources: irq:27 memory:f6488000-f6488fff ioport:30f8(size=8) memory:f6489c00-f6489cff memory:f6489800-f648980f
  *-network
       description: Wireless interface
       product: AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter
       vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
       logical name: wlan0
       version: 01
       serial: 00:1f:3a:4b:40:b9
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath5k latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
       resources: irq:19 memory:f6000000-f600ffff

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

Worked here:
http://dimitar.me/madwifi-drivers-for-ubuntu-9-10-karmic-koala-or-linux-kernels-2-6-29-and-above/

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Johan Guzman (johan-guzman79) said : 		#6

Actionparsnip!!!..... I do not know how to thank You Your answer was so helpful. Would be great to find some manual or some PDF file where I could learn the commands, I would like to know about linux as much as I know about Windows or maybe more, It is a program where I see every single app working flawlessly. If You have any PDF file let me know, THANKS AGAIN!!!

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#7

no worries dude, just websearch stuff when you get stuck :)

The community is always here to help

You WILL need to recompile the surce if you get a new driver do keep the source handy.

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Johan Guzman (johan-guzman79) said : 		#8

What Do You mean with Recompile??... like, haviing the file at hand to reinstall it?