wireless problems in hardy

[li0id]

I'm tring to get my atheros communications inc. ar242x 802.11 abg wireless pci express adapter [168c:001c] card to work. i followed a thread that told me how to do it, but it still doesn't work. when i run ifconfig this is what i get:


root@laptop:~# ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:23:8b:39:a6:b7
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:23 errors:0 dropped:1114619899 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:37 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:5233 (5.1 KB) TX bytes:5013 (4.8 KB)
Interrupt:219 Base address:0xe000

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:1604 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1604 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:80200 (78.3 KB) TX bytes:80200 (78.3 KB)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:23:4e:79:42:31
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Interrupt:18 Memory:55200000-55210000


can someone please tell me what is wrong? thanks in advanced.`

[li0id]

btw i just restarted my computer and when i ran ifconfig, it states no wlan0.

michael@laptop:~$ ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:23:8b:39:a6:b7
inet addr:172.16.16.115 Bcast:172.16.16.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::223:8bff:fe39:a6b7/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:2023 errors:0 dropped:1116706534 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1135 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:2543859 (2.4 MB) TX bytes:206947 (202.0 KB)
Interrupt:220 Base address:0xe000

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:1418 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1418 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:70900 (69.2 KB) TX bytes:70900 (69.2 KB)


does anyone know why that has happen now. also when i go into the ndisgtk is use to state that my hardware was detected, but now it says its not.

thanks in advanced for anyone that can help.

[li0id]

bump

[sowelie]

What kind of wireless card do you have? Have you checked System -> Administration -> Hardware Drivers to make sure there isn't a closed source driver available for your wireless adapter?