Acer 5520-5334 Atheros AR5007EG Wireless

[campbecf]

Been trying to get my wireless working with no luck so far.

I've been using the following as reference:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=554531
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=512828

I am using the 64bit AMD version.

I can see the network, I just can't connect to it with or without protection.

I've used ndiswrapper to load the Atheros driver (multiple versions).

output of dmesg | grep "ndis"

[   35.617196] ndiswrapper version 1.45 loaded (smp=yes)
[   36.091292] ndiswrapper (link_pe_images:577): fixing KI_USER_SHARED_DATA address in the driver
[   36.093062] ndiswrapper: driver net5211 (,07/26/2007,5.3.0.67) loaded
[   36.093805] ndiswrapper (ZwClose:2247): closing handle 0x0 not implemented
[   36.508341] ndiswrapper: using IRQ 19
[   36.713287] usbcore: registered new interface driver ndiswrapper

I have added the following lines to my blacklist file:

blacklist ath_pci
blacklist ath_hal

ndiswrapper -l gives me:

net5211 : driver installed
        device (168C:001C) present (alternate driver: ath_pci)

What other information can I give that will be useful?

[campbecf]

Is this a lost cause? Without the wireless I can't use Ubuntu

[AJB2K3]

Are you usin nm_applet or wifi radar to connect to wireless connection?

[campbecf]

network-manager-applet I believe.

[campbecf]

Managed to get it working briefly.. no longer though.

It was connecting, everything was great - put the laptop into standby. Ever since I can't get it to connect properly.

Works great in Windows XP, connects flawlessly so its not the card.

I think it might be network-manager, I can make the application segfault without even trying. All I have to do is click "connect to other wireless network".

Anyone have tips? I'm absolutely fed up with this.

[chandler]

see what lspci gives ya when it's gone... if it doesn't even show up it may be some power saving thing that turns it off when power goes down? Not sure, but it's a suggestion.

[campbecf]

lspci:

00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0547 (rev a2)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0548 (rev a2)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0542 (rev a2)
00:01.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0541 (rev a2)
00:01.3 Co-processor: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0543 (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 055e (rev a2)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 055f (rev a2)
00:04.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 055e (rev a2)
00:04.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 055f (rev a2)
00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0560 (rev a1)
00:07.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP67 High Definition Audio (rev a1)
00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0561 (rev a2)
00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0550 (rev a2)
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 054c (rev a2)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0563 (rev a2)
00:0d.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0563 (rev a2)
00:12.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0533 (rev a2)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:04.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 05)
01:04.1 Generic system peripheral [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22)
01:04.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev 12)
01:04.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 12)
01:04.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 12)
05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5006EG 802.11 b/g Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)

By the way - its a AR5007EG, not 6.

As soon as I login to Ubuntu I get the swirly stuff in the network-manager that says "trying to join wireless network "blah"." but it never happens.

[rustybronco]

http://madwifi.org/wiki/Compatibility/Atheros

"Atheros AR5007EG ¶
Chipset: AR2425 / AR5007EG
URL: http://atheros.com/pt/AR5007EG.htm
Supports: 802.11b 802.11g
Interface: PCI-Express x1
Device Information: Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. Unknown device 001c (rev 01),Subsystem: AMBIT Microsystem Corp. Unknown device 3065
Notes: not supported by HAL as of 2007.04.28 - resturns Hal status 13
Notes: Suported by ndiswrapper with windows driver, but some user reports crash problems
Notes: Instructions about how to use the windows driver + ndiswrapper

***Notes: works fine with ndiswrapper, using old drivers, search ubuntu forums****

***Notes: Sometimes erroneously reported as an AR5006EG by lspci"***

[campbecf]

I'm already using ndiswrapper as I stated in my original post, its not working. I simply cannot get connected even though I can see the network.

[erfahren]

what works well for me is this: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=202834
which basically just sets up everything manually in the /etc/network/interfaces file, there's a script there to restart it at boot.

I started using that with Feisty when there wasn't great WPA support.

I don't use ndiswrapper, and just have the Atheros Hardware Access Layer enabled in the Restricted Drivers. Using the madwifi driver.