iamlew
September 6th, 2009, 11:30 PM
Running an acer aspire 5730z
Anyways, I've always had wifi problems on my linux installs. I just realized my wifi ALWAYS works when I first install ubuntu(this time is 9.04). I do the update immediately and my wifi stops working.
I ran sudo lshw -C network
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: wmaster0
version: 01
serial: 00:23:4e:12:f9:45
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list logical ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath9k latency=0 module=ath9k multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
*-network DISABLED
description: Ethernet interface
physical id: 2
logical name: pan0
serial: c2:e5:89:f1:69:2b
capabilities: ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=N/A link=yes multicast=yes
I tried going through the trouble shooting guide but it kind of sucks because my card is recognized so I go to step 2 and it tells me to check whether it is enabled, disabled, etc then it says for disabled cards go to step one, which is make sure it is turned on.
I even tried booting into windows to make sure the card is enabled (even though my light says it is enabled) and it is.
Any ideas? it uses the atheros drivers I believe (Foxxconn card)
Thanks for any help. If you need more info just let me know what you need. I'm not an expert with linux but I can use terminal and such.
Anyways, I've always had wifi problems on my linux installs. I just realized my wifi ALWAYS works when I first install ubuntu(this time is 9.04). I do the update immediately and my wifi stops working.
I ran sudo lshw -C network
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: wmaster0
version: 01
serial: 00:23:4e:12:f9:45
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list logical ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath9k latency=0 module=ath9k multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
*-network DISABLED
description: Ethernet interface
physical id: 2
logical name: pan0
serial: c2:e5:89:f1:69:2b
capabilities: ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=N/A link=yes multicast=yes
I tried going through the trouble shooting guide but it kind of sucks because my card is recognized so I go to step 2 and it tells me to check whether it is enabled, disabled, etc then it says for disabled cards go to step one, which is make sure it is turned on.
I even tried booting into windows to make sure the card is enabled (even though my light says it is enabled) and it is.
Any ideas? it uses the atheros drivers I believe (Foxxconn card)
Thanks for any help. If you need more info just let me know what you need. I'm not an expert with linux but I can use terminal and such.