[SOLVED] Atheros AR5007 not working on 8.04 Hardy

[jdv1800]

I have an Atheros AR5007 wireless network adapter that isn't turning on with Hardy 8.04. There is one of those unsupported drivers that shows up in system. Any ideas?

[ToM-X]

I'm working on Atheros AR5007EG, I'l get back to you if I get anywhere.

Same situation I bet.

[Farivan]

I'm having the same problem, and as an absolute new-comer to ubuntu I'd appreciate any advice anyone could offer...

[ophion]

I have the same problem on an Asus F3KA-A1 notebook (AR5007EG).

[ophion]

There is a lot of information on the problem at the URL below. Things do not look promising for those running 64-bit systems.

http://madwifi.org/ticket/1679

[IndyGunFreak]

I just setup my AR5007EG... Here's how I got it working in Gutsy, and it worked just fine in Hardy also, with some minor modifications...

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=680209


For what its worth, my device is a AR5007EG, but it is misdetected as

06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)

I went to Hardware drivers, and disabled HAL, but left "Support for Atheros 802.11 wireless Lan cards" enabled. This option was never there in Gutsy. Then I restarted and used the instructions and patch for the madwifi driver in the link above, and plugged in my network settings. Works fine w/ WPA, etc.

Edit: As mentioned, Not sure how this will work on 64bit, it worked fine on 32bit. Laptop is a Acer Aspire 5315-2153

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[ToM-X]

Right, I'm back now like I promised.

Atheros AR5007EG for hardy.

First of all go to "System/Administration/Hardware Drivers" and disable by un-ticking the box.:

Atheros Hardware Access Layor (Hal)

Then Reboot

Then open the terminal "Applications/Accessories/Terminal" and copy the following:

wget http://snapshots.madwifi.org/special/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007.tar.gz

sudo apt-get install build-essential

tar xfz madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007.tar.gz

cd madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007

make

sudo make install

sudo modprobe ath_pci

sudo reboot

Then thats it Enjoy!

[raiwo]

my atheros 5007 card worked fine with above instructions in gutsy but now its recognized in hardy as AR242x card!?!

04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)

And yes, it really is a atheros 5007, not atheros 5006 as gutsy thought or AR242X card as hardy thinks... now I am using ndiswrapper to get wireless as madwifi patch refuses to compile.

[ToM-X]

my atheros 5007 card worked fine with above instructions in gutsy but now its recognized in hardy as AR242x card!?!

04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)

And yes, it really is a atheros 5007, not atheros 5006 as gutsy thought or AR242X card as hardy thinks... now I am using ndiswrapper to get wireless as madwifi patch refuses to compile.

What error did you get when trying to compile? and did you disable HAL?

[ophion]

ToM-X, does your procedure work for 64-bit systems?