sudo modprobe ath_pci at boot

[nothingspecial]

Got my wireless working today - hooray! But I`m struggling to get it to work when I turn the laptop on. I have to type sudo modprobe ath_pci.
How do I make it work straight away?
Thankyou.

[Michael.Godawski]

Can you please post the output of these terminal commands:

sudo lshw -C network
iwconfig

[nothingspecial]

Thanks for helping.

:
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter
vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
logical name: wifi0
version: 01
serial: 00:1f:3a:20:e0:fb
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list logical ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath_pci ip=192.168.1.69 latency=0 module=ath_pci multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11g
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:02:01.0
logical name: eth0
version: 10
serial: 00:1b:38:f0:0f:7c
size: 10MB/s
capacity: 100MB/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=8139too driverversion=0.9.28 duplex=half latency=64 link=no maxlatency=64
mingnt=32 module=8139too multicast=yes port=MII speed=10MB/s





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*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter
vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
logical name: wifi0
version: 01
serial: 00:1f:3a:20:e0:fb
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list logical ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath_pci ip=192.168.1.69 latency=0 module=ath_pci multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11g
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:02:01.0
logical name: eth0
version: 10
serial: 00:1b:38:f0:0f:7c
size: 10MB/s
capacity: 100MB/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=8139too driverversion=0.9.28 duplex=half latency=64 link=no maxlatency=64 mingnt=32 module=8139too multicast=yes port=MII speed=10MB/s
rob@rob-compaq-laptop:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wifi0 no wireless extensions.

ath0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"BTHomeHub-EF98" Nickname:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: 00:14:7F:7F:27:85
Bit Rate:24 Mb/s Tx-Power:16 dBm Sensitivity=1/1
Retryff RTS thrff Fragment thrff
Power Managementff
Link Quality=53/70 Signal level=-42 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:4631 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

[Michael.Godawski]

Try this:

Add to /etc/modules the line ath_pci

gksudo gedit /etc/modules

after that, edit /etc/modprobe.d/options

gksudo edit /etc/modprobe.d/options

and add the line

options ath_pci rfkill=0

[nothingspecial]

You sir are a genius. That`s cracked it. Thanks!

I`m not being rude and I`m really grateful for your help but for anyone trying to follow this thread at a later date -

gksudo edit /etc/modprobe.d/options

should be

gksudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/options

I`m not trying to be clever and I`m really grateful for your help, it`s just that I`ve been doing this for a few weeks now and if I`d just installed that would have completely thrown me.

Once again thanks

[Michael.Godawski]

oops bad typo.

of course it is gedit. And good to hear you solved this.

[gusanto]

Try this:

Add to /etc/modules the line ath_pci

gksudo gedit /etc/modules

after that, edit /etc/modprobe.d/options

gksudo edit /etc/modprobe.d/options

and add the line

options ath_pci rfkill=0

Hi there,
I have the same problem on my Sony Vaio VGN-NR120E. I tried your suggestion and had no effect.

sudo lshw -C network

*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: 88E8039 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller
vendor: Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 14
serial: 00:1a:80:1f:8b:1a
capacity: 100MB/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=sky2 driverversion=1.20 firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no module=sky2 multicast=yes port=twisted pair
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter
vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:06:00.0
logical name: wifi0
version: 01
serial: 00:1d:d9:dd:a7:81
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list logical ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath_pci ip=192.168.1.101 latency=0 module=ath_pci multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11g

iwconfig

lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wifi0 no wireless extensions.

ath0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"DFI2000" Nickname:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: 00:16:B6:47:AC:EB
Bit Rate:6 Mb/s Tx-Power:15 dBm Sensitivity=1/1
Retryff RTS thrff Fragment thrff
Power Managementff
Link Quality=48/70 Signal level=-44 dBm Noise level=-92 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:784 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

Is there any specific solution for this problem?
Many thanks.

[zxmon21]

I just want to say that this thread helped me figure out how to permanently fix some settings for my TV-card.

I just had to put an option in /etc/modprobe.d/options and that worked like a spell

Thanks to all people who post advice here!

[codyhendrix2]

just wanted to say thanks to Michael.Godawski for the info. thanks!