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    Wireless problem with Asus eee pc1005HAB - Ubuntu 11.04

    Hi! I have recently installed ubuntu 11.04 on my asus eeepc1005hab. And I've had problems with the wifi. I can connect via ethernet, but the wireless won't connect. I can see the connection, but my wifi never connects. I've tried many things but it still won't work. Can any one help? Thanks!

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    Re: Wireless problem with Asus eee pc1005HAB - Ubuntu 11.04

    Did you check if WLAN is enabled in the Bios menu?
    (Reboot > F2 > Advanced > Onboard Devices Configuration)

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    Re: Wireless problem with Asus eee pc1005HAB - Ubuntu 11.04

    First, let's see what kind of wireless card you have; then we'll troubleshoot it. Please open a terminal and run and post:
    Code:
    rfkill list all
    lspci -nn | grep 0280
    The pipe symbol | is on the right side of my US keyboard on the same key with \. Thanks.
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    Re: Wireless problem with Asus eee pc1005HAB - Ubuntu 11.04

    I checked and it is enabled.

    _________________

    rfkill list all
    0: eeepc-wlan: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no
    lspci -nn | grep 0280
    02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [168c:002b] (rev 01)

    (the 0280 is red)
    Thanks!

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    Re: Wireless problem with Asus eee pc1005HAB - Ubuntu 11.04

    Your card uses the driver module ath9k which is usually pretty reliable. Is your network set to WPA and WPA2 mixed mode? That is often troublesome. If you can, try WPA2 only. You might also try:
    Code:
    sudo rmmod -f ath9k
    sudo modprobe ath9k nohwcrypt=1
    Any improvement?
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    Re: Wireless problem with Asus eee pc1005HAB - Ubuntu 11.04

    I'm a noob, so how would I change the wpa and wpa2 mixed mode? and I"ve tried the code but this happens:

    Code:
    ana@aphrodite:~$ sudo rmmod -f ath9k
    [sudo] password for ana: 
    ERROR: Removing 'ath9k': No such file or directory
    ana@aphrodite:~$ sudo modprobe ath9k nohwcrpt=1
    FATAL: Error inserting ath9k (/lib/modules/2.6.38-11-generic-pae/updates/cw-2.6.39/ath9k.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)

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    Re: Wireless problem with Asus eee pc1005HAB - Ubuntu 11.04

    /lib/modules/2.6.38-11-generic-pae/updates/cw-2.6.39/ath9k.ko
    Did you fail to tell old Chili about installing the compat-wireless package?? Which version of the package did you install? It's in the name of the folder that was created when you extracted the tar.bz2. For example, compat-wireless-2011-07-15.
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    Re: Wireless problem with Asus eee pc1005HAB - Ubuntu 11.04

    Oh! It seems I did...sorry.

    I installed compat-wireless-3.0-2.tar.bz2 (that's the title of the .tar.bz2. file)

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    Re: Wireless problem with Asus eee pc1005HAB - Ubuntu 11.04

    I suggest you uninstall it and then see if it connects. If not, try this: http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Do...ng_the_tarball

    I think the version you installed is for kernel version 3.0 and you have 2.6.38.
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    Re: Wireless problem with Asus eee pc1005HAB - Ubuntu 11.04

    THANK YOU!!! It worked! I reinstalled ubuntu and did the
    Code:
     
    sudo rmmod -f ath9k
    sudo modprobe ath9k nohwcrypt=1
    and it worked!
    Thanks!

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