Atheros AR93xx

[Victor_Beaumont]

Hey!

I am very new to Ubuntu so naturally I have many questions. I am trying to install a AR93xx Wireless Network Adaptor from Qualcomm Atheros onto my computer. I have placed the hardware in the proper place and it shows up when I use the command "lspci". Now I have to install a driver to get it working but I am stuck. What driver should I use and how do I install it once I have found one? Thanks in advance!

Victor

[Vladlenin5000]

Hi, welcome.

Do you have an Ethernet (wired) connection available? If so you can try that. There's a good chance Ubuntu will get what's needed to work with your hardware automatically. If not, while connected, try System Settings > Software & Updates > Additional drivers; wait a few moments and check if there's something regarding your wireless device in which case you should select and confirm and let it download and install. Reboot and you should be good to go.

[Victor_Beaumont]

I do have an Ethernet connection, but Ubuntu neither automatically installed the software nor did it find any additional drivers in the System Settings. I have been looking for additional drivers on the internet but I am having difficulty installing them properly. I believe that ath9k should be an appropriate driver for the wireless card, but how do I install it?

[ajgreeny]

I am pretty certain that ath9k driver should be already installed in the kernels these days; it is the driver that my netbook uses and I have not installed any additional drivers for that.

[stalkingwolf]

try herehttp://sourceforge.net/projects/ath9k-htc/

[Victor_Beaumont]

ajgreeny, I did not find ath9k on my computer, I have a Ubuntu 12.04 LTS machine if that helps.

stalkingwolf, I tried the link that you suggested and I was able to install and run the program but after restarting my computer nothing happened. Was there something I needed to do afterwards?

[Hadaka]

Hi Victor_Beaumont and welcome to the forum.
there is a very simple way to determine what driver you
need for a given wireless card. First open a terminal...ctrl/alt/t
and then COPY and paste or enter these commands.

lspci -n | grep 0280

then do..

modinfo ath9k

please do both commands,one at a time then
copy and paste the results here
thanks.

[Victor_Beaumont]

Thanks for the help Hadaka!

Here is my code after entering the suggested commands:

loria@Picard:~$ lspci -n | grep 0280
03:00.0 0280: 168c:0030 (rev 01)
loria@Picard:~$ modinfo ath9k
filename:       /lib/modules/3.2.0-55-generic-pae/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.ko
license:        Dual BSD/GPL
description:    Support for Atheros 802.11n wireless LAN cards.
author:         Atheros Communications
srcversion:     426E3BAA91A2633D95E6FD2
alias:          platform:ar934x_wmac
alias:          platform:ar933x_wmac
alias:          platform:ath9k
alias:          pci:v0000168Cd00000037sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v0000168Cd00000034sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v0000168Cd00000033sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v0000168Cd00000032sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v0000168Cd00000030sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v0000168Cd0000002Esv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v0000168Cd0000002Dsv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v0000168Cd0000002Csv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v0000168Cd0000002Bsv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v0000168Cd0000002Asv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v0000168Cd00000029sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v0000168Cd00000027sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v0000168Cd00000024sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v0000168Cd00000023sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
depends:        ath9k_hw,ath9k_common,mac80211,cfg80211,ath
intree:         Y
vermagic:       3.2.0-55-generic-pae SMP mod_unload modversions 686 
parm:           debug:Debugging mask (uint)
parm:           nohwcrypt:Disable hardware encryption (int)
parm:           blink:Enable LED blink on activity (int)
parm:           btcoex_enable:Enable wifi-BT coexistence (int)

[Victor_Beaumont]

I have inserted a wireless card into my Ubuntu 12.04 but I can't seem to get it to work. The computer seems to recognize the hardware but it keeps coming up as UNCLAIMED. Here is some more information:

~$ lshw
           *-network UNCLAIMED
                description: Network controller
                product: AR93xx Wireless Network Adapter
                vendor: Qualcomm Atheros
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
                version: 01
                width: 64 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: bus_master cap_list
                configuration: latency=0
                resources: memory:fdec0000-fdedffff memory:fdd00000-fdd0ffff

~$ lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express DRAM Controller [8086:29c0] (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express PCI Express Root Port [8086:29c1] (rev 02)
00:1a.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:2937] (rev 02)
00:1a.1 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:2938] (rev 02)
00:1a.2 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 [8086:2939] (rev 02)
00:1a.7 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [8086:293c] (rev 02)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:293e] (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:2940] (rev 02)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 3 [8086:2944] (rev 02)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 6 [8086:294a] (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:2934] (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:2935] (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:2936] (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [8086:293a] (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge [8086:244e] (rev 92)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801IR (ICH9R) LPC Interface Controller [8086:2916] (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801IR/IO/IH (ICH9R/DO/DH) 4 port SATA Controller [IDE mode] [8086:2920] (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:2930] (rev 02)
00:1f.5 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) 2 port SATA Controller [IDE mode] [8086:2926] (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV620 LE [Radeon HD 3450] [1002:95c5]
01:00.1 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV620 HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 3400 Series] [1002:aa28]
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Qualcomm Atheros AR93xx Wireless Network Adapter [168c:0030] (rev 01)
04:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [10ec:8168] (rev 02)

I believe that a ath9k driver should work but I do not know why it will not work or how to get it to work. Any suggestions?

[wildmanne39]

Please open the terminal Ctrl+Alt+T and copy and paste for accuracy:

sudo modprobe ath9k

Thanks