PS Is there be a command line entry to turn the wifi card on and off?
PS Is there be a command line entry to turn the wifi card on and off?
Glad to hear that!i'm on. i tried wicd and network settings and find wicd easier and faster.
much thanks for your very very helpful and knowledgable service, pytheas22!!
If you remove the ndiswrapper module by typing:PS Is there be a command line entry to turn the wifi card on and off?
the card should effectively turn off. To turn it back on, reinsert ndiswrapper:Code:sudo rmmod ndiswrapper
Code:sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
Many thanks again. This allows me to move further to 100% linux.
I have spent countless hours, trying to get wireless working with no luck.
can some souls out here help me figure this out?
I use 8.04. I have a HP dv6707us notbook. My wired network works.
I have downloaded ndiswrapper-1.53.tar.gz and installed it fresh with no problem.
I have also downloaded the net5211 driver for atheros AR242x.
I can see the wireless connection when setting up network. but it does nto work. The LED for wireless is yellow (not blue. blue indicates working when i boot my notebook in vista).
here is the output of lshw -C network:
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$ lshw -C network
WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: MCP67 Ethernet
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: a
bus info: pci@0000:00:0a.0
logical name: eth0
version: a2
serial: 00:1e:68:07:7a:32
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=forcedeth driverversion=0.61 ip=192.168.1.5 latency=0 maxlatency=20 mingnt=1 module=forcedeth multicast=yes
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter
vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 01
serial: 00:1f:3a:21:eb:f2
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ndiswrapper+net5211 driverversion=1.52+,11/15/2006,5.1.1.9 latency=0 module=ndiswrapper multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11g
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Anyone can help?
thank you,
Dan
Dan,I have spent countless hours, trying to get wireless working with no luck.
can some souls out here help me figure this out?
I use 8.04. I have a HP dv6707us notbook. My wired network works.
I have downloaded ndiswrapper-1.53.tar.gz and installed it fresh with no problem.
I have also downloaded the net5211 driver for atheros AR242x.
If the issue seems to be simply that you can see wireless networks but can't connect, there are two things to try. First, can you connect if you disable security on your network? Second, try connecting using wicd instead of Network Manager (you will have to uninstall NM to install wicd).
If that doesn't help, please reboot your computer, try to connect a few times, then run the following commands and post the output here:
Also, have you tried multiple versions of the Windows drivers (if you've been able to find more than one version) but get the same behavior under each version?Code:sudo iwlist scan iwconfig dmesg | grep -e ndis -e wlan -e net52 uname -m ndiswrapper -l lspci -nn | grep -i atheros
EDIT: also, I realized that your card should have native support using the madwifi drivers--meaning that ndiswrapper isn't necessary for you--but you need to compile the latest version of madwifi from source because the version that ships with Ubuntu Hardy is too old. There's a script that will easily do that for you available here. You may want to give that a try; it should work (remember that you'll need to remove 'ath_pci' from your /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist file first).
Last edited by pytheas22; October 10th, 2008 at 05:26 PM.
Thank you for your msg. I have blacklisted ath_pci.
I have tried to disable the security and rebooted many times, in last a few days. Still no luck.
Can I ask you a few specific questions?
1. I have installed ndiswrapper-1.53. However, lshw -C network seems indicating i still use 1.52 version. is this right?
also, lshw says 64bits for atheros driver. but i was advised by other posts in this forum to use 32bit driver (net5211). is this right?
2. dmesg | grep -e ndis -e wlan: it has an odd line "closing hanle not implemented...". any idea?
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dmesg | grep -e ndis -e wlan
[ 42.314710] ndiswrapper version 1.52 loaded (smp=yes, preempt=no)
[ 42.756755] ndiswrapper: driver net5211 (,11/15/2006,5.1.1.9) loaded
[ 42.757440] ndiswrapper (ZwClose:2227): closing handle 0xf707d628 not implemented
[ 43.169087] ndiswrapper: using IRQ 20
[ 43.369142] wlan0: ethernet device 00:1f:3a:21:eb:f2 using serialized NDIS driver: net5211, version: 0x50001, NDIS version: 0x501, vendor: 'NDIS Network Adapter', 168C:001C.5.conf
[ 43.373393] wlan0: encryption modes supported: WEP; TKIP with WPA, WPA2, WPA2PSK; AES/CCMP with WPA, WPA2, WPA2PSK
[ 43.373572] usbcore: registered new interface driver ndiswrapper
[ 67.305079] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 145.638627] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 148.234270] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready
[ 152.724103] wlan0: no IPv6 routers present
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3. sudo iwlist scan:
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sudo iwlist scan
[sudo] password for danguo:
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.
eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:1E:2A:581:0C
ESSID:"GDY48"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
Mode:Managed
Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
Quality:100/100 Signal level:-23 dBm Noise level:-96 dBm
Encryption keyn
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
Extra:atim=0
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
Cell 02 - Address: 00:18:01:EC:56:18
ESSID:"9H462"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
Mode:Managed
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality:9/100 Signal level:-90 dBm Noise level:-96 dBm
Encryption keyn
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
Extra:atim=0
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4. iwconfig:
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iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSIDff/any
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: 00:1E:2A:581:0C
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s
Power Managementff
Link Quality:100/100 Signal level:-19 dBm Noise level:-96 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
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5. uname -m
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uname -m
i686
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6. ndiswrapper -l
net5211 : driver installed
device (168C:001C) present (alternate driver: ath_pci)
7. lspci -nn|grep -i atheros
03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter [168c:001c] (rev 01)
Thank you very much. I really appreciate your help.
-Dan
For the record: duanyang's issue was resolved. He just needed to use wicd instead of Network Manager. He let me know via private message that the problem was fixed.
Thank you thank you thank you.
My WUSB54G v4 quit working 2 days ago, this is the same adapter I've used on multiple installs of Dapper/Edgy/etc over years. I still am not sure what happened, but the final thing that fixed it was compiling from source, reinstalling the Windows driver and rebooting.
Great guide, thanks.
im about to use this method to see if i can get my atheros 5007 card to work "fully" ? if i load a xp driver for it why the heck won't the led and switch work too ? makes no sense to me at all, it works in xp and vista. the led and switch itself are part of the wifi card so the driver should enable them both. this seems to be an ongoing issue with several types of laptops and it needs to be resolved.
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