I can't get the WLAN (NETGEAR DG834G) running with eeePC running 10.04 LTS. The WLAN works without a problem with my MacBook Pro running MacOS X 10.6.4. I found this big command sequence an I run it on the Linux-box: sudo aptitude update; sudo aptitude install hwinfo grep; sudo lshw -C network; rfkill list; sudo iwlist scanning; cat /etc/network/interfaces; cat /etc/lsb-release; lspci -nn; lsusb; sudo lshw -short; uname -a; dmesg | egrep 'ound|irmware|eth|ath|wl|ipw|b43|witch|ndiswrapper'; iwconfig; grep b43 /etc/modprobe.d/*; grep wl /etc/modprobe.d/*; sudo hwinfo --netcard ; sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart The result from this are following: Writing extended state information... 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Done Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: hwinfo libhd16{a} The following packages will be REMOVED: akonadi-server{u} kdebase-workspace-bin{u} kdebase-workspace-data{u} kdebase-workspace-kgreet-plugins{u} kdepim-runtime{u} knm-runtime{u} ksysguardd{u} libkephal4{u} libkfontinst4{u} libkscreensaver5{u} libksgrd4{u} libkworkspace4{u} libplasma-applet-system-monitor4{u} libplasma-geolocation-interface4{u} libplasmaclock4{u} libplasmagenericshell4{u} libprocesscore4{u} libprocessui4{u} libqimageblitz4{u} libsolidcontrol4{u} libsolidcontrolifaces4{u} libtaskmanager4{u} libweather-ion4{u} linux-headers-2.6.32-22{u} linux-headers-2.6.32-22-generic{u} plasma-dataengines-workspace{u} plasma-widgets-workspace{u} 0 packages upgraded, 2 newly installed, 27 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 744kB of archives. After unpacking 128MB will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y Writing extended state information... Done Get:1 http://mirror.optus.net/ubuntu/ lucid/universe libhd16 16.0-2 [698kB] Get:2 http://mirror.optus.net/ubuntu/ lucid/universe hwinfo 16.0-2 [46.1kB] Fetched 744kB in 1s (379kB/s) (Reading database ... 217677 files and directories currently installed.) Removing kdebase-workspace-bin ... Removing plasma-widgets-workspace ... Removing kdepim-runtime ... Removing akonadi-server ... * Reloading AppArmor profiles Skipping profile in /etc/apparmor.d/disable: usr.bin.firefox [ OK ] Removing kdebase-workspace-data ... Removing kdebase-workspace-kgreet-plugins ... Removing knm-runtime ... Removing ksysguardd ... Removing plasma-dataengines-workspace ... Removing libtaskmanager4 ... Removing libkephal4 ... Removing libkfontinst4 ... Removing libkscreensaver5 ... Removing libksgrd4 ... Removing libplasmagenericshell4 ... Removing libkworkspace4 ... 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Unknown media type in type 'all/all' Unknown media type in type 'all/allfiles' Unknown media type in type 'uri/mms' Unknown media type in type 'uri/mmst' Unknown media type in type 'uri/mmsu' Unknown media type in type 'uri/pnm' Unknown media type in type 'uri/rtspt' Unknown media type in type 'uri/rtspu' Unknown media type in type 'fonts/package' Unknown media type in type 'interface/x-winamp-skin' Processing triggers for python-support ... Selecting previously deselected package libhd16. (Reading database ... 198244 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking libhd16 (from .../libhd16_16.0-2_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package hwinfo. Unpacking hwinfo (from .../hwinfo_16.0-2_i386.deb) ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Setting up libhd16 (16.0-2) ... Setting up hwinfo (16.0-2) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin ... ldconfig deferred processing now taking place Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... 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Done *-network DISABLED description: Wireless interface product: RT3090 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe vendor: RaLink physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0 logical name: wlan0 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rt3090 latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=RT2860 Wireless resources: irq:17 memory:fbff0000-fbffffff *-network description: Ethernet interface product: Atheros AR8132 / L1c Gigabit Ethernet Adapter vendor: Atheros Communications physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0 logical name: eth0 version: c0 serial: e0:cb:4e:4f:26:7b size: 100MB/s capacity: 100MB/s width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=atl1c driverversion=1.0.0.1-NAPI duplex=full firmware=N/A ip=192.168.0.200 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s resources: irq:28 memory:f7fc0000-f7ffffff ioport:ec00(size=128) 0: hci0: Bluetooth Soft blocked: yes Hard blocked: no lo Interface doesn't support scanning. eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning. wlan0 No scan results pan0 Interface doesn't support scanning. auto lo iface lo inet loopback DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=lucid DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS" 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Memory Controller Hub [8086:27ac] (rev 03) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27ae] (rev 03) 00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27a6] (rev 03) 00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller [8086:27d8] (rev 02) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1 [8086:27d0] (rev 02) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 2 [8086:27d2] (rev 02) 00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 4 [8086:27d6] (rev 02) 00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:27c8] (rev 02) 00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:27c9] (rev 02) 00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:27ca] (rev 02) 00:1d.3 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:27cb] (rev 02) 00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:27cc] (rev 02) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev e2) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:27b9] (rev 02) 00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA AHCI Controller [8086:27c5] (rev 02) 01:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Atheros AR8132 / L1c Gigabit Ethernet Adapter [1969:1062] (rev c0) 02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: RaLink RT3090 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe [1814:3090] Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 004 Device 006: ID 050d:016a Belkin Components Bluetooth Mini Dongle Bus 004 Device 005: ID 0a5c:4503 Broadcom Corp. Bus 004 Device 004: ID 0a5c:4502 Broadcom Corp. Bus 004 Device 003: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub (part of BCM2046 Bluetooth) Bus 004 Device 002: ID 05ac:0302 Apple, Inc. Optical Mouse [Fujitsu] 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 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 001 Device 002: ID 13d3:5108 IMC Networks Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub H/W path Device Class Description ========================================================= system 1001HA /0 bus 1005HA /0/0 memory 64KiB BIOS /0/4 processor Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N270 @ 1.6 /0/4/5 memory 24KiB L1 cache /0/4/6 memory 512KiB L2 cache /0/4/0.1 processor Logical CPU /0/4/0.2 processor Logical CPU /0/18 memory 1GiB System Memory /0/18/0 memory 1GiB DIMM SDRAM Synchronous /0/100 bridge Mobile 945GME Express Memory Contr /0/100/2 display Mobile 945GME Express Integrated G /0/100/2.1 display Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML E /0/100/1b multimedia N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition A /0/100/1c bridge N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port /0/100/1c.1 bridge N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port /0/100/1c.1/0 wlan0 network RT3090 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe /0/100/1c.3 bridge N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port /0/100/1c.3/0 eth0 network Atheros AR8132 / L1c Gigabit Ether /0/100/1d bus N10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controlle /0/100/1d.1 bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controll /0/100/1d.2 bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controll /0/100/1d.3 bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controll /0/100/1d.7 bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Control /0/100/1e bridge 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge /0/100/1f bridge 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Br /0/100/1f.2 scsi0 storage 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA AH /0/100/1f.2/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 160GB ST9160301AS /0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 146GiB EXT4 volume /0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 2910MiB Extended partition /0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/2/5 /dev/sda5 volume 2910MiB Linux swap / Solaris parti Linux Yvil1 2.6.32-25-generic #44-Ubuntu SMP Fri Sep 17 20:26:08 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux [ 0.000000] AMI BIOS detected: BIOS may corrupt low RAM, working around it. [ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [c00ff780] ff780 [ 0.197374] ACPI Error (dswload-0659): [USB0] Namespace lookup failure, AE_NOT_FOUND [ 0.197407] ACPI Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/execution failed [\] (Node c08d1804), AE_NOT_FOUND [ 0.241602] ACPI: No dock devices found. [ 0.288116] Switching to clocksource tsc [ 0.299343] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 13 devices [ 0.372850] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input0 [ 0.377778] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID] [ 0.386413] Switching to clocksource hpet [ 0.418861] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: using broken periodic workaround [ 0.456854] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found [ 0.457755] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found [ 0.458416] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found [ 0.459081] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found [ 0.459740] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found [ 0.580085] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.1.0 loaded [ 0.580095] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded [ 0.601717] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found [ 0.782212] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found [ 1.984254] hub 4-2:1.0: USB hub found [ 12.216538] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device USB 2.0 Camera (13d3:5108) [ 12.551058] lp: driver loaded but no devices found [ 14.663329] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x37 [ 21.064244] atl1c 0000:01:00.0: atl1c: eth0 NIC Link is Up<100 Mbps Full Duplex> [ 31.328052] eth0: no IPv6 routers present [ 8838.373644] usb-storage: device found at 5 [18999.594226] atl1c 0000:01:00.0: atl1c: eth0 NIC Link is Down [19356.430702] atl1c 0000:01:00.0: atl1c: eth0 NIC Link is Up<100 Mbps Full Duplex> [19888.650290] atl1c 0000:01:00.0: atl1c: eth0 NIC Link is Up<100 Mbps Full Duplex> [19894.885088] atl1c 0000:01:00.0: atl1c: eth0 NIC Link is Up<100 Mbps Full Duplex> [19895.010994] atl1c 0000:01:00.0: atl1c: eth0 NIC Link is Up<100 Mbps Full Duplex> [19905.940071] eth0: no IPv6 routers present [19921.261286] atl1c 0000:01:00.0: atl1c: eth0 NIC Link is Up<100 Mbps Full Duplex> [19927.534133] atl1c 0000:01:00.0: atl1c: eth0 NIC Link is Up<100 Mbps Full Duplex> [19927.831253] atl1c 0000:01:00.0: atl1c: eth0 NIC Link is Up<100 Mbps Full Duplex> [19938.712083] eth0: no IPv6 routers present [19975.289769] atl1c 0000:01:00.0: atl1c: eth0 NIC Link is Up<100 Mbps Full Duplex> [19980.196250] atl1c 0000:01:00.0: atl1c: eth0 NIC Link is Up<100 Mbps Full Duplex> [19980.490946] atl1c 0000:01:00.0: atl1c: eth0 NIC Link is Up<100 Mbps Full Duplex> [19985.355614] atl1c 0000:01:00.0: atl1c: eth0 NIC Link is Down [19986.494524] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready [19986.957112] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready [20062.376752] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready [20062.636794] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready [20173.783780] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready [20174.065419] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready [20251.423674] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready [20416.105056] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready [20416.325979] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready [20419.179353] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready [20529.615938] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready [20529.842253] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready [20532.624054] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready [20693.142086] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready [20693.381090] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready [20696.168426] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready [20707.839634] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready [20970.971965] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready [22855.155918] atl1c 0000:01:00.0: atl1c: eth0 NIC Link is Up<100 Mbps Full Duplex> [22855.157066] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready [22865.468076] eth0: no IPv6 routers present lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. wlan0 RT2860 Wireless ESSID:"" Nickname:"RT2860STA" Mode:Auto Frequency=2.412 GHz Access Point: A6:32:FA:B3:74:BE Bit Rate=1 Mb/s RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Link Quality=70/100 Signal level:0 dBm Noise level:-87 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 pan0 no wireless extensions. /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf:# replaced by b43 and ssb. /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-watchdog.conf:blacklist twl4030_wdt 23: PCI 200.0: 0282 WLAN controller [Created at pci.318] UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1814_3090 Unique ID: y9sn.GXYart8ypvC Parent ID: qTvu.bQ30eTbcr+3 SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:02:00.0 SysFS BusID: 0000:02:00.0 Hardware Class: network Model: "RaLink WLAN controller" Vendor: pci 0x1814 "RaLink" Device: pci 0x3090 SubVendor: pci 0x1a3b SubDevice: pci 0x1087 Driver: "rt3090" Driver Modules: "rt3090sta" Device File: wlan0 Features: WLAN Memory Range: 0xfbff0000-0xfbffffff (rw,non-prefetchable) IRQ: 17 (no events) WLAN encryption modes: WEP40 WEP104 TKIP CCMP WLAN authentication modes: open sharedkey wpa-psk wpa-eap Module Alias: "pci:v00001814d00003090sv00001A3Bsd00001087bc02sc80i00" Driver Info #0: Driver Status: rt3090sta is active Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe rt3090sta" Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown Attached to: #13 (PCI bridge) 24: PCI 100.0: 0200 Ethernet controller [Created at pci.318] UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1969_1062 Unique ID: rBUF.Qk9ZRmN_Ab8 Parent ID: Z7uZ.f4r+Yl3RyX5 SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.3/0000:01:00.0 SysFS BusID: 0000:01:00.0 Hardware Class: network Model: "Attansic Ethernet controller" Vendor: pci 0x1969 "Attansic Technology Corp." Device: pci 0x1062 SubVendor: pci 0x1043 "ASUSTeK Computer Inc." SubDevice: pci 0x838a Revision: 0xc0 Driver: "atl1c" Driver Modules: "atl1c" Device File: eth0 Memory Range: 0xf7fc0000-0xf7ffffff (rw,non-prefetchable) I/O Ports: 0xec00-0xec7f (rw) IRQ: 28 (6890 events) HW Address: e0:cb:4e:4f:26:7b Link detected: yes Module Alias: "pci:v00001969d00001062sv00001043sd0000838Abc02sc00i00" Driver Info #0: Driver Status: atl1c is active Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe atl1c" Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown Attached to: #14 (PCI bridge) * Reconfiguring network interfaces... Ignoring unknown interface eth0=eth0. Thanks for any help Cheers

When	Who	Action	New State
2010-09-30	Mark Rijckenberg	Answer	Answered
2010-10-01	MacSeal	Confirm	Solved

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