Please help on my wireless problem on Ubuntu 11.04

[kheong]

First of all I'm using HP Pavilion dv4 2115 tx

lpcsi


00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor PCI Express x16 Root Port (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller (rev 06)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 05)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 05)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev 05)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev 05)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev 05)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev a5)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 4 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem (rev 05)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M93 [Mobility Radeon HD 4500 Series]
01:00.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc RV710/730
03:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 03)
7f:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers (rev 02)
7f:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder (rev 02)
7f:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 (rev 02)
7f:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Physical 0 (rev 02)
7f:02.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)
7f:02.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)

Bus 002 Device 004: ID 090c:137b Feiya Technology Corp.
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 04b4:1220 Cypress Semiconductor Corp.
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 138a:0005 DigitalPersona, Inc
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:0138 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

iconfig

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 70:5a:b6:89:c2:7b
inet addr:192.168.1.9 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::725a:b6ff:fe89:c27b/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:7630 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:7087 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:8984685 (8.9 MB) TX bytes:997313 (997.3 KB)
Interrupt:41 Base address:0x8000

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:16 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:16 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:960 (960.0 B) TX bytes:960 (960.0 B)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 0c:60:76:81:fd:06
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)

iwconfig

lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSIDff/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=17 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thrff Fragment thrff
Power Managementff

lsmod

Module Size Used by
binfmt_misc 13213 1
parport_pc 32111 0
ppdev 12849 0
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 27479 1
snd_hda_codec_idt 60537 1
snd_hda_intel 24140 2
snd_hda_codec 90901 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 13274 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 80244 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
arc4 12473 2
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
snd_rawmidi 25269 1 snd_seq_midi
ath9k 103669 0
uvcvideo 66851 0
i915 450979 7
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
videodev 75143 1 uvcvideo
joydev 17322 0
hp_wmi 13418 0
sparse_keymap 13666 1 hp_wmi
ir_lirc_codec 12770 0
lirc_dev 18720 1 ir_lirc_codec
snd_seq 51291 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
ir_sony_decoder 12493 0
mac80211 257001 1 ath9k
snd_timer 28659 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14110 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
drm_kms_helper 40745 1 i915
ath9k_common 13611 1 ath9k
drm 184133 3 i915,drm_kms_helper
psmouse 59039 0
ath9k_hw 300328 2 ath9k,ath9k_common
hp_accel 21632 0
rc_rc6_mce 12454 0
ir_jvc_decoder 12490 0
snd 55295 14 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel ,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_s eq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
ir_rc6_decoder 12490 0
ath 19141 2 ath9k,ath9k_hw
fglrx 2434640 0
i2c_algo_bit 13184 1 i915
intel_ips 17769 0
cfg80211 156212 3 ath9k,mac80211,ath
serio_raw 12990 0
lis3lv02d 19285 1 hp_accel
ir_rc5_decoder 12490 0
ir_nec_decoder 12490 0
ene_ir 22309 0
soundcore 12600 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 14073 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
input_polldev 13735 1 lis3lv02d
rc_core 25760 9 ir_lirc_codec,ir_sony_decoder,rc_rc6_mce,ir_jvc_de coder,ir_rc6_decoder,ir_rc5_decoder,ir_nec_decoder ,ene_ir
video 18951 1 i915
lp 13349 0
parport 36746 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
usbhid 41704 0
usb_storage 43946 0
hid 77084 1 usbhid
uas 17676 0
ahci 21591 2
libahci 25548 1 ahci
r8169 46630 0

sudo lshw -C network

*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 01
serial: 0c:60:76:81:fd:06
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath9k driverversion=2.6.38-8-generic-pae firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
resources: irq:17 memory:e6400000-e640ffff
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 03
serial: 70:5a:b6:89:c2:7b
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 1Gbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full ip=192.168.1.9 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s
resources: irq:41 ioport:3000(size=256) memory:e2404000-e2404fff memory:e2400000-e2403fff memory:e2420000-e243ffff

Description: Ubuntu 11.04
2.6.38-8-generic-pae i686
sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

[bkratz]

What problems are you experiencing? It all looks pretty healthy. Can you not see available networks or not connect to one?

[kheong]

the first problem will be my wireless card is not able to detect any wireless connection, please help!

[josephmills]

could we see a

rfkill list all

thanks

[kheong]

0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
1: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
2: hp-bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: yes


thanks

[josephmills]

0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
1: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
2: hp-bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: yes


thanks

hit your wireless switch the do a

rfkill unblock all

anything if not please make sure the wifi switch is turned on if it is a dell try fn+f2 then paste

rfkill list all

again thanks

[kheong]

0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
2: hp-bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
4: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no


the wireless in on but still not able to find any network. please adviseeee

[josephmills]

could we see a

sudo iwlist scan

yuo can take out mac address and ip also thanks

[kheong]

lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:1F:A4:BC:58:19
Channel:1
Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
Quality=66/70 Signal level=-44 dBm
Encryption keyn
ESSID:"yapwifi"
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
Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=0000004e0388818f
Extra: Last beacon: 820ms ago
IE: Unknown: 000779617077696669
IE: Unknown: 010882848B962430486C
IE: Unknown: 030101
IE: Unknown: 050400010118
IE: Unknown: 2A0100
IE: Unknown: 2F0100
IE: Unknown: 32040C121860
IE: Unknown: DD09001018020200000000

[josephmills]

I take it then when you try to connect and enter password it just sits there and spins ?then asks again ?