Marvell® Atheros® AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter NOT TURNING ON!!!

[meathdeath]

Thank you Wild Manne for replying once again...
the code you gave me was a dead end at least from my observation (even has an ubuntu noob) sorry if i jack it up when i post the code but here is what i got

#[sudo rmmod -f sony-laptoptyler@Delorian:~$ sudo rmmod -f sony-laptop
[sudo] password for tyler:
tyler@Delorian:~$ sudo rmmod -f sony-laptop
ERROR: Removing 'sony_laptop': No such file or directory
tyler@Delorian:~$ sudo rmmod -f sony-laptop
ERROR: Removing 'sony_laptop': No such file or directory
tyler@Delorian:~$]

[meathdeath]

Wild Manne,
I do not know why or how it worked but i turned off my computer turned on the wifi switch and prayed as it booted up and it worked. i cant explain this but im starting to believe that it was the praying that helped as i had tried this before and it didnt work. Issue solved then?

[wildmanne39]

Hi, please install wireless-tools and rfkill using software center then post output of:

lsmod
/sbin/iwconfig
/usr/sbin/rfkill list
nm-tool
sudo iwlist scan

sudo cat /var/log/syslog | grep -e ath -e firmware -e wpa -e wlan -e etork | tail -n55

Thanks

[wildmanne39]

Hi, please post the information and lets see what is going on.
Thanks

[meathdeath]

Hi, please install wireless-tools and rfkill using software center then post output of:

lmsod
/sbin/iwconfig
/usr/sbin/rfkill list
nm-tool
sudo iwlist scan

sudo cat /var/log/syslog | grep -e ath -e firmware -e wpa -e wlan -e etork | tail -n55

Thanks

tyler@Delorian:~$ lmsod
No command 'lmsod' found, did you mean:
Command 'lsmod' from package 'module-init-tools' (main)
lmsod: command not found
tyler@Delorian:~$ /sbin/iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"Virus"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:12:17:30:A9:5B
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thrff Fragment thrff
Power Managementn
Link Quality=70/70 Signal level=-36 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:203 Missed beacon:0

eth0 no wireless extensions.

tyler@Delorian:~$ /usr/sbin/rfkill list
0: sony-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
tyler@Delorian:~$ nm-tool

NetworkManager Tool

State: connected (global)

- Device: eth0 -----------------------------------------------------------------
Type: Wired
Driver: sky2
State: unavailable
Default: no
HW Address: 54:42:49:EA:70:75

Capabilities:
Carrier Detect: yes

Wired Properties
Carrier: off


- Device: wlan0 [Virus] -------------------------------------------------------
Type: 802.11 WiFi
Driver: ath9k
State: connected
Default: yes
HW Address: 78D:08:C0:1D:3E

Capabilities:
Speed: 54 Mb/s

Wireless Properties
WEP Encryption: yes
WPA Encryption: yes
WPA2 Encryption: yes

Wireless Access Points (* = current AP)
*Virus: Infra, 00:12:17:30:A9:5B, Freq 2437 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 86 WPA
NETGEAR: Infra, 00:26:F2:18:BD:B4, Freq 2412 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 54 WPA
2WIRE869: Infra, B0:E7:54:EE:80:00, Freq 2457 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 35 WPA WPA2
Maehler: Infra, 00:22:3F:7C:AF:58, Freq 2457 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 29 WPA WPA2

IPv4 Settings:
Address: 192.168.1.105
Prefix: 24 (255.255.255.0)
Gateway: 192.168.1.1

DNS: 192.168.1.100
DNS: 75.75.75.75
DNS: 75.75.76.76


tyler@Delorian:~$ sudo iwlist scansudo cat /var/log/syslog | grep -e ath -e firmware -e wpa -e wlan -e etork | tail -n55
[sudo] password for tyler:
iwlist: unknown command `cat' (check 'iwlist --help').
tyler@Delorian:~$

is that what you were looking for?

[wildmanne39]

Hi, please try the commands again and just copy and paste one line at a time then hit enter and paste the information here then repeat the process for the next command.
Thanks

[dodo3773]

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"Virus"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:12:17:30:A9:5B

IPv4 Settings:
Address: 192.168.1.105
Prefix: 24 (255.255.255.0)
Gateway: 192.168.1.1

Looks like it's working to me.

[meathdeath]

Looks like it's working to me.

yes it is i dont know what else he is looking for?

[wildmanne39]

Hi, I am still looking because the problem may come back and some of the information is not correct because of typo's and I do not want the issue to pop back up because I did not follow through, but if you are happy then so am I.
Enjoy