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    wireless card turned off? after updates

    I've got a Compaq Presario C793VU Laptop. When I purchased it the OS was Vista. Obviously I HAD to get rid of that. It was replaced with Hardy.

    I knew that some people had to do a bit of hacking to get the wireless card (Atheros AR242x) working in the past so I was prepared to do that and I got it all up and running using madwifi.
    Then I ran the necessary updates and lost the wifi connection. Madwifi didn't work so I resorted to ndiswrapper. I now have the network icon showing a network available but I can't access it. (Cable network is working fine.)
    The wireless light is orange which apparently means that the card is turned off but I honestly think it has been orange all along.
    • The card shows up with both lshw and iwconfig.
    • Pinging the router comes back with NETWORK UNREACHABLE.
    • ARP shows the router's IP address but has 'Incomplete' in the name section
    • Scan shows nothing even though the router is broadcasting about a metre and a half away.
    • Security on the router is down to MAC filtering at the moment.

    There is a PC using a more sensible Linksys Wireless Card that isn't having any trouble so I relly think the problem is with the laptop.
    I gather that this card may work better in 8.10 but I would like to stick with Hardy if I can as the machine is used for our business and I like the LTS option. If I can't, oh well.

    If anyone has any ideas of how I might work around this I'd appreciate some guidance.

    Ok, it is the next morning and wireless is working. I guess it needed one more reboot. (By the way, the wireless light is still orange.)
    Last edited by greymoose58; November 15th, 2008 at 08:12 PM. Reason: Solved - It fixed itself!

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