lprazdnik
November 8th, 2009, 05:35 PM
Hello,
I have decided to install ubuntu9.1 on my acer aspire 1 netbook, however I can't get wireless to work. I tried installing the backports and enabling the ath5k module, but that doesn't work either. My wiFi card is Atheros AR5007, although when I type lspci it shows that my Wifi card is Atheros AR5001. Also when I type ifup wlan0, it says ignoring unknown interface wlan0=wlan0. Could this be the problem? Oh and, I've read a lot of forums posts and most of them mention that the atheros cards show up as ath0, but mine only shows up as wlan0. Do I need to reinstall anything? By the way, I am not using the UNR version because of accessibility reasons.
I have decided to install ubuntu9.1 on my acer aspire 1 netbook, however I can't get wireless to work. I tried installing the backports and enabling the ath5k module, but that doesn't work either. My wiFi card is Atheros AR5007, although when I type lspci it shows that my Wifi card is Atheros AR5001. Also when I type ifup wlan0, it says ignoring unknown interface wlan0=wlan0. Could this be the problem? Oh and, I've read a lot of forums posts and most of them mention that the atheros cards show up as ath0, but mine only shows up as wlan0. Do I need to reinstall anything? By the way, I am not using the UNR version because of accessibility reasons.