Wireless on Asus

nesrail · 01-22-2009, 11:00 PM

I'm a linux newbie and I use ubuntu. I tried Mandriva and the wireless works perfectly on that, but i still want to use ubuntu.
I can't get the wireless to work.

Can anyone write me a step-by-step guide how to fix it???

I have an Asus X51 and the wireless is Atheros ar5bxb63.

Much thanks.

cheftec · 01-23-2009, 12:55 AM

step by step? No, I don't think anyone here really wants to do that. But if you give me the output of iwconfig, lsmod and ifconfig, we might be able to figure out why you're having issues.

nesrail · 01-23-2009, 06:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cheftec

step by step? No, I don't think anyone here really wants to do that. But if you give me the output of iwconfig, lsmod and ifconfig, we might be able to figure out why you're having issues.

I think this is this.

Iwconfig:

Quote:

lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

pan0 no wireless extensions.

lsmod:

Quote:

Module Size Used by
isofs 40100 1
udf 88356 0
crc_itu_t 10112 1 udf
i915 38144 2
drm 86056 3 i915
binfmt_misc 16904 1
af_packet 25728 2
rfcomm 44432 0
bridge 56980 0
stp 10628 1 bridge
bnep 20480 2
sco 18308 2
l2cap 30464 6 rfcomm,bnep
bluetooth 61924 6 rfcomm,bnep,sco,l2cap
ppdev 15620 0
cpufreq_ondemand 14988 0
cpufreq_conservative 14600 0
cpufreq_powersave 9856 0
cpufreq_userspace 11396 0
cpufreq_stats 13188 0
freq_table 12672 2 cpufreq_ondemand,cpufreq_stats
sbs 19464 0
wmi 14504 0
pci_slot 12552 0
container 11520 0
sbshc 13440 1 sbs
iptable_filter 10752 0
ip_tables 19600 1 iptable_filter
x_tables 22916 1 ip_tables
parport_pc 39204 0
lp 17156 0
parport 42604 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
joydev 18368 0
pcmcia 43052 0
psmouse 45200 0
evdev 17696 9
serio_raw 13444 0
pcspkr 10624 0
sdhci_pci 15360 0
sdhci 23940 1 sdhci_pci
ricoh_mmc 11904 0
mmc_core 58268 1 sdhci
yenta_socket 31756 1
rsrc_nonstatic 19072 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 43412 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
iTCO_wdt 18596 0
iTCO_vendor_support 11652 1 iTCO_wdt
ath_pci 99096 0
wlan 211952 1 ath_pci
ath_hal 198864 1 ath_pci
video 25104 0
output 11008 1 video
snd_hda_intel 381488 3
snd_pcm_oss 46848 0
snd_mixer_oss 22784 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 83204 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 10884 0
battery 18436 0
ac 12292 0
snd_seq_oss 38528 0
snd_seq_midi 14336 0
asus_laptop 24440 0
snd_rawmidi 29824 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 15232 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
button 14224 0
led_class 12164 1 asus_laptop
snd_seq 57776 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 29960 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 15116 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
shpchp 37908 0
pci_hotplug 35236 1 shpchp
snd 63268 15 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_de vice
soundcore 15328 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 16136 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
intel_agp 33724 1
agpgart 42184 3 drm,intel_agp
ext3 133256 1
jbd 55444 1 ext3
mbcache 16004 1 ext3
sr_mod 22212 1
cdrom 43168 1 sr_mod
sd_mod 42264 3
crc_t10dif 9984 1 sd_mod
sg 39732 0
ata_piix 24580 1
ata_generic 12932 0
8139cp 27520 0
pata_acpi 12160 0
ahci 37132 2
libata 177312 4 ata_piix,ata_generic,pata_acpi,ahci
scsi_mod 155212 4 sr_mod,sd_mod,sg,libata
dock 16656 1 libata
8139too 31616 0
mii 13440 2 8139cp,8139too
uhci_hcd 30736 0
ehci_hcd 43276 0
usbcore 148848 3 uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd
thermal 23708 0
processor 42156 2 thermal
fan 12548 0
fbcon 47648 0
tileblit 10880 1 fbcon
font 16512 1 fbcon
bitblit 13824 1 fbcon
softcursor 9984 1 bitblit
fuse 60828 3

ifconfig:

Quote:

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:22:15:12:bd:4e
inet addr:192.168.40.100 Bcast:192.168.40.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1529 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1561 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:1423072 (1.4 MB) TX bytes:293873 (293.8 KB)
Interrupt:16 Base address:0xb800

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

cheftec · 01-23-2009, 01:41 PM

So, you're connected to the internet with a landline with a relatively large network at the time of posting ifconfig? At least, that's what i'm going to assume since you've got an ip. try this:

iwconfig eth1 up

Then you should be able to use the wireless network doohicky(technical term) in the upper lefthand corner of the desktop.

even if this works, please post iwconfig when you're up and running.