AR5001X+ Wireless Network Adapter [168c:0013] (rev 01) not working on Packard Bell Easynote R1000 in Ubuntu 9.04 - both wired and wireless internet access not working

I have same problem. I found in the net followed thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=712935
Good luck

Hi,

Please first connect your network card to the wireless router using an ethernet cable (also known as a LAN cable).

In order to gather essential troubleshooting information about your wireless card, please follow this procedure:

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

Step 2: Run the following command. The command STARTS with the word sudo and ENDS with the word restart. So please copy-paste the ENTIRE command below into a Terminal, press enter, then enter password when sudo asks for password, then press enter again.

sudo lshw -C network; sudo iwlist scanning; cat /etc/network/interfaces; cat /etc/lsb-release; lspci -nn; lsusb; uname -a; dmesg | grep ound; dmesg | grep b43; iwconfig; sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

Step 3: Please post results (copy/paste terminal output) on this thread

Step 4: Please also specify the exact model and make of your PC (if known) on this thread

Regards,

Mark

Thank you very much, here are the results displayed in the terminal:

  *-network:0 UNCLAIMED
       description: Ethernet controller
       product: Atheros AR5001X+ Wireless Network Adapter
       vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
       physical id: 6
       bus info: pci@0000:00:06.0
       version: 01
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm cap_list
       configuration: latency=168 maxlatency=28 mingnt=10
  *-network:1
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: VT6102 [Rhine-II]
       vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
       physical id: 12
       bus info: pci@0000:00:12.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 74
       serial: 00:40:d0:86:b7:89
       size: 10MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=via-rhine driverversion=1.4.3 duplex=half latency=128 link=no maxlatency=8 mingnt=3 module=via_rhine multicast=yes port=MII speed=10MB/s
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Ethernet interface
       physical id: 2
       logical name: pan0
       serial: aa:ad:26:dd:02:8d
       capabilities: ethernet physical
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=N/A link=yes multicast=yes
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

pan0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=9.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=jaunty
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 9.04"
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN333/CN400/PM880 Host Bridge [1106:0259]
00:00.1 Host bridge [0600]: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN333/CN400/PM880 Host Bridge [1106:1259]
00:00.2 Host bridge [0600]: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN333/CN400/PM880 CPU Host Bridge [1106:2259]
00:00.3 Host bridge [0600]: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN333/CN400/PM880 Host Bridge [1106:3259]
00:00.4 Host bridge [0600]: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN333/CN400/PM880 Host Bridge [1106:4259]
00:00.7 Host bridge [0600]: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN333/CN400/PM880 Host Bridge [1106:7259]
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237/VX700 PCI Bridge [1106:b198]
00:06.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5001X+ Wireless Network Adapter [168c:0013] (rev 01)
00:10.0 USB Controller [0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller [1106:3038] (rev 80)
00:10.1 USB Controller [0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller [1106:3038] (rev 80)
00:10.2 USB Controller [0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller [1106:3038] (rev 80)
00:10.3 USB Controller [0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 [1106:3104] (rev 82)
00:11.0 ISA bridge [0601]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge [1106:3177]
00:11.1 IDE interface [0101]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE [1106:0571] (rev 06)
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller [1106:3059] (rev 50)
00:11.6 Communication controller [0780]: VIA Technologies, Inc. AC'97 Modem Controller [1106:3068] (rev 80)
00:12.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] [1106:3065] (rev 74)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN400/PM800/PM880/PN800/PN880 [S3 UniChrome Pro] [1106:3118] (rev 02)
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0204:6025 Chipsbank Microelectronics Co., Ltd CBM2080 Flash drive controller
Bus 001 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:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Linux myers-desktop 2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:57:59 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] Found and enabled local APIC!
[ 0.273887] PnPBIOS: Found PnP BIOS installation structure at 0xc00ff020
[ 1.142541] platform rtc_cmos: registered platform RTC device (no PNP device found)
[ 1.511122] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 1.929311] ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: found PCI INT D -> IRQ 10
[ 1.940324] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.940562] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.0: found PCI INT A -> IRQ 11
[ 1.940836] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.940952] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.1: found PCI INT B -> IRQ 7
[ 1.941202] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.941325] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.2: found PCI INT C -> IRQ 5
[ 1.941572] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.941861] PNP: No PS/2 controller found. Probing ports directly.
[ 1.960479] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 1.962944] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 2.525629] via-rhine 0000:00:12.0: found PCI INT A -> IRQ 11
[ 2.531355] eth0: MII PHY found at address 1, status 0x7849 advertising 05e1 Link 0000.
[ 15.516839] VIA 82xx Modem 0000:00:11.6: found PCI INT C -> IRQ 5
[ 16.027661] VIA 82xx Audio 0000:00:11.5: found PCI INT C -> IRQ 5
[ 16.749746] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 23.709864] pci 0000:01:00.0: found PCI INT A -> IRQ 11
[ 152.293999] usb-storage: device found at 2
[ 310.537348] usb-storage: device found at 3
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

pan0 no wireless extensions.

 * Reconfiguring network interfaces... [ OK ]

The laptop is a Packard Bell Easynote R1000.

Thank you very much for helping me, and I look forward to getting this problem sorted out.

Gareth

Hi,

Please connect the pc to the wireless router using an ethernet cable and then follow this procedure:

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

Step 2: Run the following commands (copy-paste each line into the Terminal, press <enter> after each line)

sudo aptitude update

sudo aptitude install build-essential subversion

cd ~

wget http://snapshots.madwifi-project.org/madwifi-trunk-current.tar.gz

tar xvf madwifi-trunk-current.tar.gz

cd madwifi-trunk-r4079-20090712

make

sudo make install

gksudo gedit /etc/modules

# Now add the Atheros kernel module ath_pci to the list of modules to be automatically loaded at boot by adding

ath_pci

# to the end of the /etc/modules file. (Gedit editor automatically opens)

gksudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

# Now add the following 3 lines at the end of the /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf file:

blacklist ath5k_pci
blacklist ATL1E
blacklist ath5k

# Now you can reboot and it should work.

Hope this helps,

Regards,

Mark

Hi Mark,
I am experiencing a similar problem with ubuntu 9.04 and wireless not working properly.
Hardware shows up as AR242x but being in reality a AR5007 Atheros adapter as identified in my Windows environment.
Internet connection via ethernet cable to my router is working perfectly.

I disconnected my cable and executed your script as per above, then the following is displayed:

mitzi@mitzi-laptop:~$ sudo lshw -C network; sudo iwlist scanning; cat /etc/network/interfaces; cat /etc/lsb-release; lspci -nn; lsusb; uname -a; dmesg | grep ound; dmesg | grep b43; iwconfig; sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: MCP65 Ethernet
       vendor: nVidia Corporation
       physical id: 6
       bus info: pci@0000:00:06.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: a3
       serial: 00:1e:68:6d:5f:43
       capacity: 1GB/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 66MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=forcedeth driverversion=0.61 latency=0 link=no maxlatency=20 mingnt=1 module=forcedeth multicast=yes port=MII
  *-network
       description: Wireless interface
       product: AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter
       vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
       logical name: wmaster0
       version: 01
       serial: 00:1f:e1:5a:df:ac
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list logical ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath5k_pci latency=0 module=ath5k multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Ethernet interface
       physical id: 1
       logical name: pan0
       serial: 02:78:69:59:8e:62
       capabilities: ethernet physical
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=N/A link=yes multicast=yes
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wmaster0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 00:19:CB:A1:50:7E
                    ESSID:"o2DSL"
                    Mode:Master
                    Channel:1
                    Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
                    Quality=60/100 Signal level:-60 dBm Noise level=-99 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    IE: Unknown: 00056F3244534C
                    IE: Unknown: 010582848B962C
                    IE: Unknown: 030101
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0104
                    IE: Unknown: 32080C1218243048606C
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 22 Mb/s
                              6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s
                              36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Extra:tsf=000000ec61126658
                    Extra: Last beacon: 1764ms ago
          Cell 02 - Address: 00:1D:19:AD:63:F3
                    ESSID:"WLAN-AD6318"
                    Mode:Master
                    Channel:2
                    Frequency:2.417 GHz (Channel 2)
                    Quality=32/100 Signal level:-79 dBm Noise level=-100 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    IE: Unknown: 000B574C414E2D414436333138
                    IE: Unknown: 010882848B0C12961824
                    IE: Unknown: 030102
                    IE: Unknown: DD8C0050F204104A00011010440001021041000100103B0001031047001000000000000000011000001D19AD63F11021000B436F72706F726174696F6E1023000956475634353038425710240008312E31392E3030301042000A4A3831323031353835381054000800060050F204000110110014576972656C65737320526F757465722857464129100800020004
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : TKIP CCMP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : TKIP CCMP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0100
                    IE: Unknown: 32043048606C
                    IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101030003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
                              11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
                              48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Extra:tsf=000000699c8e5ade
                    Extra: Last beacon: 1580ms ago
          Cell 03 - Address: 00:1D:19:6B:4A:7C
                    ESSID:"ATHOME"
                    Mode:Master
                    Channel:3
                    Frequency:2.422 GHz (Channel 3)
                    Quality=62/100 Signal level:-57 dBm Noise level=-97 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    IE: Unknown: 00064154484F4D45
                    IE: Unknown: 010882848B0C12961824
                    IE: Unknown: 030103
                    IE: Unknown: DD9A0050F204104A00011010440001021041000100103B0001031047001000000000000000011000001D196B4A7A1021001242656C6B696E20436F72706F726174696F6E1023000956475634353038425710240008312E31382E3030301042000A4A3830333035313230381054000800060050F20400011011001B42656C6B696E20576972656C65737320526F757465722857464129100800020004
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : TKIP CCMP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : TKIP CCMP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0100
                    IE: Unknown: 32043048606C
                    IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101030003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
                              11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
                              48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Extra:tsf=0000005519c72ba4
                    Extra: Last beacon: 1500ms ago
          Cell 04 - Address: 00:1A:4F:01:BF:34
                    ESSID:"Speedport W 501V"
                    Mode:Master
                    Channel:6
                    Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
                    Quality=31/100 Signal level:-79 dBm Noise level=-99 dBm
                    Encryption key:off
                    IE: Unknown: 00105370656564706F727420572035303156
                    IE: Unknown: 010482848B96
                    IE: Unknown: 030106
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0107
                    IE: Unknown: 32080C1218243048606C
                    IE: Unknown: DD0A0800280101000200FF0F
                    IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101800003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
                              9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
                              48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Extra:tsf=0000041a72533237
                    Extra: Last beacon: 1920ms ago
          Cell 05 - Address: 00:04:0E:F5:68:F3
                    ESSID:"josef"
                    Mode:Master
                    Channel:10
                    Frequency:2.457 GHz (Channel 10)
                    Quality=31/100 Signal level:-82 dBm Noise level=-102 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    IE: Unknown: 00056A6F736566
                    IE: Unknown: 010482848B96
                    IE: Unknown: 03010A
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0107
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: 32080C1218243048606C
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: DD0A0800280101000200FF0F
                    IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101800003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
                              9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
                              48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Extra:tsf=000000003acd2235
                    Extra: Last beacon: 736ms ago
          Cell 06 - Address: 00:0C:E5:48:F7:3D
                    ESSID:"MITZINET"
                    Mode:Master
                    Channel:7
                    Frequency:2.442 GHz (Channel 7)
                    Quality=93/100 Signal level:-42 dBm Noise level=-102 dBm
                    Encryption key:off
                    IE: Unknown: 00084D49545A494E4554
                    IE: Unknown: 010882848B962430486C
                    IE: Unknown: 030107
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0100
                    IE: Unknown: 2F0100
                    IE: Unknown: 32040C121860
                    IE: Unknown: DD050010180100
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                              24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
                              12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
                    Extra:tsf=00000001bfdb918d
                    Extra: Last beacon: 1084ms ago
          Cell 07 - Address: 00:15:0C:2D:61:07
                    ESSID:"FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN 7050"
                    Mode:Master
                    Channel:6
                    Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
                    Quality=12/100 Signal level:-91 dBm Noise level=-99 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    IE: Unknown: 0017465249545A21426F7820466F6E20574C414E2037303530
                    IE: Unknown: 010582848B962C
                    IE: Unknown: 030106
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0106
                    IE: Unknown: 32080C1218243048606C
                    IE: Unknown: DD0A0800280101000200FF0F
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 22 Mb/s
                              6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s
                              36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Extra:tsf=000000008b8ee3e4
                    Extra: Last beacon: 1328ms ago

pan0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=9.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=jaunty
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 9.04"
00:00.0 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation MCP65 Memory Controller [10de:0444] (rev a3)
00:01.0 ISA bridge [0601]: nVidia Corporation MCP65 LPC Bridge [10de:0442] (rev a3)
00:01.1 SMBus [0c05]: nVidia Corporation MCP65 SMBus [10de:0446] (rev a1)
00:01.3 Co-processor [0b40]: nVidia Corporation MCP65 SMU [10de:0447] (rev a1)
00:02.0 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP65 USB Controller [10de:0454] (rev a3)
00:02.1 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP65 USB Controller [10de:0455] (rev a3)
00:06.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: nVidia Corporation MCP65 Ethernet [10de:0450] (rev a3)
00:07.0 Audio device [0403]: nVidia Corporation MCP65 High Definition Audio [10de:044a] (rev a1)
00:08.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP65 PCI bridge [10de:0449] (rev a1)
00:09.0 IDE interface [0101]: nVidia Corporation MCP65 IDE [10de:0448] (rev a1)
00:0a.0 IDE interface [0101]: nVidia Corporation MCP65 SATA Controller [10de:045d] (rev a3)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation Device [10de:045b] (rev a1)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP65 PCI Express bridge [10de:045a] (rev a1)
00:0d.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP65 PCI Express bridge [10de:0458] (rev a1)
00:0e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP65 PCI Express bridge [10de:0459] (rev a1)
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]
03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter [168c:001c] (rev 01)
05:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation GeForce 8400M GS [10de:0427] (rev a1)
07:05.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller [1180:0832] (rev 05)
07:05.1 SD Host controller [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter [1180:0822] (rev 22)
07:05.2 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller [1180:0843] (rev 12)
07:05.3 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter [1180:0592] (rev 12)
07:05.4 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller [1180:0852] (rev ff)
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0c45:62c0 Microdia Pavilion Webcam
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 13ee:0003
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Linux mitzi-laptop 2.6.28-13-generic #45-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jun 30 19:49:51 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [c00f8640] 000f8640
[ 0.445186] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.498252] pnp 00:03: can't evaluate _CRS: 12298<6>pnp: PnP ACPI: found 12 devices
[ 1.145765] pcieport-driver 0000:00:0b.0: found MSI capability
[ 1.145863] pcieport-driver 0000:00:0c.0: found MSI capability
[ 1.145953] pcieport-driver 0000:00:0d.0: found MSI capability
[ 1.146046] pcieport-driver 0000:00:0e.0: found MSI capability
[ 2.043920] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 4.872129] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 4.930088] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 4.981507] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 4.983274] powernow-k8: Found 1 AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-60 processors (2 cpu cores) (version 2.20.00)
[ 4.983745] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 12.566500] ricoh-mmc: Ricoh MMC controller found at 0000:07:05.2 [1180:0843] (rev 12)
[ 12.906525] sdhci-pci 0000:07:05.1: SDHCI controller found [1180:0822] (rev 22)
[ 13.235883] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device HP Webcam (0c45:62c0)
[ 13.794808] ath5k phy0: Atheros AR2425 chip found (MAC: 0xe2, PHY: 0x70)
[ 14.361430] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 3480.057683] usb-storage: device found at 4
[ 4016.223286] usb-storage: device found at 5
[ 5036.645395] usb-storage: device found at 6
[ 6624.922577] usb-storage: device found at 7
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"Speedport W 501V"
          Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
          Tx-Power=20 dBm
          Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
          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.

 * Reconfiguring network interfaces... [ OK ]
mitzi@mitzi-laptop:~$

I'd appreciate very much if you could give me advice on further steps to be taken.
Thank you in advance

I am also having a problem with this step. I cannot get ethernet wired LAN working on my laptop, so I used another computer to download that .gz file, put it on a flash drive, which I put into the laptop then copied to the desktop. I then substituted the the address of the online .gz file with its location on my desktop (and I out C:/ at the beginning, I don't think the wrong address is the problem), yet this did not work.

Thank you again for any help, I really appreciate this,

Gareth

I'm sorry, but you need a working internet connection using an ethernet cable to be able to execute my solution procedure. If both wired and wireless are not working, I suggest trying other Live CD's from other distro's. You should first get your wired internet connection working before trying to fix the wireless connection, not the other way around.

Hi Mark,

Having tried on all of the scripts you have suggested. I included also the madwifi as per your other instructions above, but I did not succeed being hooked up wireless with my built-in adapter.
A suggestion from another blog: "install Linux-backports-modules-jaunty" did not work out either. However somebody succeded with "install Linux-backports-modules-intrepid" in the former distribution.
Thank you very much though for all your endeavours in helping to find any appropriate driver solution working with the Atheros adapter. I think I'm going shopping for an USB stick as for now that will work so far as I've learned.

best regards Guenter

Yes, I agree, thank you very much. It was an old laptop anyway, like 5 years old, I need an excuse to buy another.

Thanks very much for your help, I do appreciate it,

Gareth

Hi Mark,
I've finally succeeded to hook up with my wireless network with my built-in adapter. Me dude did not properly understand how to activate it.
It works..... wonderful, thank you.