Wifi not working in Lucid

Asked by spiderterp

I first installed Hardy on this Compaq Presario C700 with an Atheros wifi card. I have NEVER been able to get the wifi card working. I hope someone can help me! I typed in the command listed on the steps to wifi troubleshooting and here is the output:

snd_timer 19098 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 5700 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
i915 285586 3
snd 54148 16 snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
drm_kms_helper 29297 1 i915
soundcore 6620 1 snd
drm 162409 4 i915,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit 5028 1 i915
joydev 8708 0
video 17375 1 i915
intel_agp 24119 2 i915
snd_page_alloc 7076 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
psmouse 63245 0
output 1871 1 video
agpgart 31724 2 drm,intel_agp
serio_raw 3978 0
lp 7028 0
parport 32635 2 ppdev,lp
ndiswrapper 184677 0
usb_storage 39425 0
8139too 18545 0
8139cp 16186 0
mii 4381 2 8139too,8139cp
ahci 32200 2
 * Reconfiguring network interfaces... [ OK ]
dawn@deanna-laptop:~$

If I type the command lshw -C network I get this output:

  description: Ethernet controller
       product: AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter
       vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       version: 01
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: bus_master cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
       resources: memory:91300000-9130ffff
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 1
       bus info: pci@0000:02:01.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 10
       serial: 00:1e:ec:86:1c:23
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=8139too driverversion=0.9.28 ip=192.168.2.4 latency=64 maxlatency=64 mingnt=32 multicast=yes
       resources: irq:16 ioport:1000(size=256) memory:91200000-912000ff
dawn@deanna-laptop:~$

I noticed there is no logical name for the wifi card. Could this be the problem? Can anyone please help me? Thank you!

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Martin Kaufmann (martin.kaufmann) said :
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maybe this Forum-Thread can help solving your Problem:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=814879

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spiderterp (spiderterp) said :
#2

I am now running Lucid Lynx, is this fix still valid?

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spiderterp (spiderterp) said :
#3

Hmm the driver links are broken in this fix for Hardy also.

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spiderterp (spiderterp) said :
#4

Hmm the driver links are broken in this fix for Hardy also.

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Martin Kaufmann (martin.kaufmann) said :
#5

I have an Intel-Wireless Chipset so i cant test it. Have you tried to install an Driver over System → Administration → Hardware drivers?

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spiderterp (spiderterp) said :
#6

I have looked there and it says I have no proprietary drivers in use on this system.

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Best Martin Kaufmann (martin.kaufmann) said :
#7

mmh, it seems that atheros-drivers buggys like years ago ;-)

Found a HowTo for Lucid, try this one:

http://blog.troyastle.com/2010/05/atheros-ar5212-in-ubuntu-1004-lucid.html

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spiderterp (spiderterp) said :
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Thank you for the research, these instructions are for a different wifi card but I am wondering if I can still apply it? Here is my card info:

  description: Ethernet controller
       product: AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter
       vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       version: 01
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: bus_master cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
       resources: memory:91300000-9130ffff

So, should I search Madwifi for a driver for the AR5001 and use all the same commands in the blog?

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spiderterp (spiderterp) said :
#9

THANK YOU! My Wifi is working perfectly thanks to this link you provided.

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spiderterp (spiderterp) said :
#10

Thanks Martin Kaufmann, that solved my question.