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Thread: [SOLVED] wireless not connecting to network

  1. #21
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    Re: wireless not connecting to network

    Yes, I'm using madwifi.

    Quote Originally Posted by pytheas22 View Post
    serian,

    Please run these commands; they should fix your connection (you will need to be connected to the Internet somehow to run these commands; if that's impossible, let me know):

    Code:
    sudo apt-get install build-essential
    wget http://burnthesorbonne.com/files/com...0080916.tar.gz
    tar -xzvf compat-wireless-ath9k-20080916.tar.gz
    chmod +x compat-wireless-ath9k-20080916.sh
    ./compat-wireless-ath9k-20080916.sh
    sudo dpkg --install compat*deb
    echo 'ath_pci' | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
    Then restart and your wireless connection should work. If not, please post the output of:
    Code:
    lshw -C Network
    dmeg | grep -e ath -e wlan
    sudo iwlist scan
    lsmod | grep ath
    Ok, I will try again. Thanks, for answer.

  2. #22
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    Re: wireless not connecting to network

    Quote Originally Posted by pytheas22 View Post
    serian,

    Please run these commands; they should fix your connection (you will need to be connected to the Internet somehow to run these commands; if that's impossible, let me know):

    Code:
    sudo apt-get install build-essential
    wget http://burnthesorbonne.com/files/com...0080916.tar.gz
    tar -xzvf compat-wireless-ath9k-20080916.tar.gz
    chmod +x compat-wireless-ath9k-20080916.sh
    ./compat-wireless-ath9k-20080916.sh
    sudo dpkg --install compat*deb
    echo 'ath_pci' | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
    Then restart and your wireless connection should work. If not, please post the output of:
    Code:
    lshw -C Network
    dmeg | grep -e ath -e wlan
    sudo iwlist scan
    lsmod | grep ath
    I gave this a shot but when I try to untar gz the file I get the following error.

    Code:
    gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
    tar: Child returned status 1
    tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors

  3. #23
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    Re: [SOLVED] wireless not connecting to network

    I gave this a shot but when I try to untar gz the file I get the following error.
    I just tried it and it works alright on my end. Your download may have gotten corrupted, which prevented the file from being extracted properly. I'd try removing the compat-wireless-ath9k-20080916.tar.gz and then run the commands again. If it fails on a second try, please post the exact commands you're typing in, along with all of the output.

    Also keep in mind that this thread is more than a couple years old and I'm not sure whether the instructions here will still work on more recent Ubuntu releases. But they shouldn't hurt either.

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