atheros AR5B93 setup for 5GHz Dual Band

keratos · 04-10-2014, 09:27 AM

I have installed a atheros AR5B93 mini pci-e wifi card in my laptop and cannot connect to my 5GHZ network hosted on a NetGear DGND3700v2 ADSL2+ modem router

I cant even see the 5GHz network.

Now I know its not the router because my Sony xperia Z1 can "see" and connect to it.

Can you help:?:I dont have expertise in Linux so I need specific instructions please

What I have learnt is that linux is using the ATH9K driver and my card is actually detected as a different atheros card? Here is some output:

Code:

daz-VPCF11S1E daz # lshw -C Network
  *-network               
       description: Wireless interface
       product: AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
       vendor: Qualcomm Atheros
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       logical name: wlan1
       version: 01
       serial: f0:7b:cb:75:08:1b
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath9k driverversion=3.11.0-12-generic firmware=N/A ip=192.168.1.3 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
       resources: irq:16 memory:e7a00000-e7a0ffff
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: 88E8057 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller
       vendor: Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 10
       serial: 00:24:be:b2:f0:16
       capacity: 1Gbit/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=sky2 driverversion=1.30 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair
       resources: irq:46 memory:e5220000-e5223fff ioport:a000(size=256) memory:e5200000-e521ffff


daz-VPCF11S1E daz # dmesg | grep wlan
[  114.183281] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan1: link is not ready
[  116.201569] wlan1: authenticate with 9c:d3:6d:13:4f:ca
[  116.234899] wlan1: send auth to 9c:d3:6d:13:4f:ca (try 1/3)
[  116.237067] wlan1: authenticated
[  116.240861] wlan1: associate with 9c:d3:6d:13:4f:ca (try 1/3)
[  116.245089] wlan1: RX AssocResp from 9c:d3:6d:13:4f:ca (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=1)
[  116.245172] wlan1: associated
[  116.245186] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan1: link becomes ready
[ 3353.825782] wlan1: deauthenticating from 9c:d3:6d:13:4f:ca by local choice (reason=3)
[ 3361.014785] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan1: link is not ready
[ 3363.002184] wlan1: authenticate with 9c:d3:6d:13:4f:ca
[ 3363.035398] wlan1: send auth to 9c:d3:6d:13:4f:ca (try 1/3)
[ 3363.037695] wlan1: authenticated
[ 3363.041245] wlan1: associate with 9c:d3:6d:13:4f:ca (try 1/3)
[ 3363.045406] wlan1: RX AssocResp from 9c:d3:6d:13:4f:ca (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=1)
[ 3363.045489] wlan1: associated
[ 3363.045503] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan1: link becomes ready


daz-VPCF11S1E daz # dmesg | grep 80211
[  113.629225] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
[  113.635874] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated:
[  113.635882] cfg80211:   (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[  113.635887] cfg80211:   (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[  113.635891] cfg80211:   (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[  113.635895] cfg80211:   (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[  113.635899] cfg80211:   (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[  113.635903] cfg80211:   (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[  114.122565] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel_ht'
[  114.123222] ieee80211 phy0: Atheros AR9280 Rev:2 mem=0xffffc900055c0000, irq=16
[ 3354.262337] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
[ 3354.267813] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated:
[ 3354.267819] cfg80211:   (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[ 3354.267823] cfg80211:   (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 3354.267826] cfg80211:   (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 3354.267829] cfg80211:   (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 3354.267833] cfg80211:   (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 3354.267836] cfg80211:   (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)

My setup is in my signature

thanks

rokytnji · 04-10-2014, 09:35 AM

Edit you sig from Mint 6 petra to Mint 16 petra. It will throw some people off.

OK.

Post output of

Code:

inxi -Fxx

Code:

inxi -N

Code:

mintwifi

Happy Trails, Rok

thorkelljarl · 04-10-2014, 10:16 AM

Support...

The Internet tells me that the AR5B93 most likely does not support 5GHz. Are you sure it does?

keratos · 04-11-2014, 03:09 PM

Quote:

inxi -Fxx
System: Host: daz-VPCF11S1E Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64 (64 bit, gcc: 4.8.1)
Desktop: Xfce 4.10.2 (Gtk 2.24.20) Distro: Linux Mint 16 Petra
Machine: System: Sony product: VPCF11S1E version: C603MAUN serial: 27514951-5000409 Chassis: type: 10
Mobo: Sony model: VAIO serial: C603MAUN Bios: American Megatrends version: R0280Y6 date: 05/14/2010
CPU: Quad core Intel Core i7 CPU Q 720 (-HT-MCP-) cache: 6144 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 12767.7
Clock Speeds: 1: 933.00 MHz 2: 933.00 MHz 3: 933.00 MHz 4: 1199.00 MHz 5: 933.00 MHz 6: 933.00 MHz 7: 933.00 MHz 8: 933.00 MHz
Graphics: Card: NVIDIA GT216M [GeForce GT 330M] bus-ID: 01:00.0
X.org: 1.14.3 driver: nvidia tty size: 116x41 Advanced Data: N/A for root
Audio: Card-1: Intel 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
Card-2: NVIDIA High Definition Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 01:00.1
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.11.0-12-generic
Network: Card-1: Marvell 88E8057 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver: sky2 ver: 1.30 port: a000 bus-ID: 04:00.0
IF: eth0 state: down mac: 00:24:be:b2:f0:16
Card-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) driver: ath9k bus-ID: 02:00.0
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: f0:7b:cb:75:08:1b
Drives: HDD Total Size: 700.2GB (21.9% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: SAMSUNG_HM500JI size: 500.1GB serial: S208JD0SB65123 temp: 37C
2: id: /dev/sdb model: External size: 200.0GB serial: K412T8325MKR temp: 0C
Partition: ID: / size: 37G used: 4.2G (13%) fs: ext4 ID: /home size: 416G used: 25G (7%) fs: ext4
ID: /boot size: 343M used: 41M (13%) fs: ext4 ID: swap-1 size: 6.42GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap
RAID: System: supported: N/A
No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
Unused Devices: none
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 54.0C mobo: 54.0C gpu: 0.0:52C
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 241 Uptime: 4:26 Memory: 1102.8/5951.6MB Runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.8.1 alt: 4.7 Client: Shell inxi: 1.8.4

Quote:

inxi -N
Network: Card-1: Marvell 88E8057 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver: sky2
Card-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) driver: ath9k

Quote:

intwifi
-------------------------
* I. scanning WIFI PCI devices...
-- Qualcomm Atheros AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
==> PCI ID = 168c:002a (rev 01)
-------------------------
* II. querying ndiswrapper...
-------------------------
* III. querying iwconfig...
eth0 no wireless extensions.

lo no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"TILLY-2.4G"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: 9C

3:6D:13:4F:CA
Bit Rate=130 Mb/s Tx-Power=16 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr

ff Fragment thr

ff
Encryption key

ff
Power Management

ff
Link Quality=70/70 Signal level=-31 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:547 Missed beacon:0

-------------------------
* IV. querying ifconfig...
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:24:be:b2:f0:16
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 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:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Interrupt:18

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:4472 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:4472 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:427937 (427.9 KB) TX bytes:427937 (427.9 KB)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr f0:7b:cb:75:08:1b
inet addr:192.168.1.2 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::f27b:cbff:fe75:81b/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:970815 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1999383 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:164763239 (164.7 MB) TX bytes:2972018444 (2.9 GB)

-------------------------
* V. querying DHCP...
reload: Unknown instance:
invoke-rc.d: initscript smbd, action "reload" failed.
-------------------------
* VI. querying nslookup google.com...
Server: 192.168.1.1
Address: 192.168.1.1#53

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: google.com
Address: 173.194.34.71
Name: google.com
Address: 173.194.34.70
Name: google.com
Address: 173.194.34.73
Name: google.com
Address: 173.194.34.65
Name: google.com
Address: 173.194.34.78
Name: google.com
Address: 173.194.34.64
Name: google.com
Address: 173.194.34.72
Name: google.com
Address: 173.194.34.68
Name: google.com
Address: 173.194.34.66
Name: google.com
Address: 173.194.34.67
Name: google.com
Address: 173.194.34.69

Quote:

iw wlan0 link
Connected to 9c:d3:6d:13:4f:ca (on wlan0)
SSID: TILLY-2.4G
freq: 2462
RX: 88099320 bytes (840608 packets)
TX: 2447271944 bytes (1605713 packets)
signal: -27 dBm
tx bitrate: 300.0 MBit/s MCS 15

bss flags: short-preamble
dtim period: 2
beacon int: 100

by the way, I've just learnt three new commands which are most useful - THANKS

I suspect this card is not 5GHz

The original issue was that a wireless transfer from this laptop to my USB3 drive connected to my NetGear DGND3700v2 (with latest firmware) is slooooow.
The same drive connected to my laptop gives me around 30-40MBps. When connected to the router , transfer of a 2GB file is stable around 4MBps.
4MBps (4 Mega BYTES) = 32Mbps (Mega BITS) which is crap. my laptop card is claiming to be connected at 300Mbps on a 2.4GHz dual channel wifi network hosted by the router
My laptop is about 2ft from the router.
There is no other wifi or LAN device powered on.
Transfers have been tested via SMB, CIFS, NFS, FTP and HTTP. Typical transfer is still around 4MBps (Mega BYTES)
The problem is in the wireless or router but if the router is transferring at 4MBps to a USB3 (or even USB2 drive) then it must be one pile of crap router - as I said the xfer between USB drive and direct connection to the laptop is 10x faster.
If the problem is the wifi then the link speed reported by Linux is either grossly over ambitious or the router is crap.
How can I pinpoint the problem?
So where is the problem...

Sorry, do I need to start a new question?

???

rokytnji · 04-11-2014, 04:06 PM

Quote:

I have installed a atheros AR5B93 mini pci-e wifi card in my laptop and cannot connect to my 5GHZ network hosted on a NetGear DGND3700v2 ADSL2+ modem router

Going by

Quote:

IF: wlan0 state: up mac: f0:7b:cb:75:08:1b

You are connected.

Quote:

Support...

The Internet tells me that the AR5B93 most likely does not support 5GHz. Are you sure it does?

I am the one that rated that a useful post as I did not even think of that.
Have You?

keratos · 04-11-2014, 04:41 PM

I am connected, to 2.4GHz dual stream, at a reported 300mbps, but please refer to my detailed response above and specific questions relating to transfer speeds which was the origin of the issue which triggered the OP.

Do I need to post the question again in the forum - ? - sorry

The card does not have a 5GHz radio, but the above still applies.

To reiterate - for the purpose of keeping focus and perspective...

The original issue was that a wireless transfer from this laptop to my USB3 drive connected to my NetGear DGND3700v2 (with latest firmware) is slooooow.
The same drive connected to my laptop gives me around 30-40MBps. When connected to the router , transfer of a 2GB file is stable around 4MBps.
4MBps (4 Mega BYTES) = 32Mbps (Mega BITS) which is crap. my laptop card is claiming to be connected at 300Mbps on a 2.4GHz dual channel wifi network hosted by the router
My laptop is about 2ft from the router.
There is no other wifi or LAN device powered on.
Transfers have been tested via SMB, CIFS, NFS, FTP and HTTP. Typical transfer is still around 4MBps (Mega BYTES)
The problem is in the wireless or router but if the router is transferring at 4MBps to a USB3 (or even USB2 drive) then it must be one pile of crap router - as I said the xfer between USB drive and direct connection to the laptop is 10x faster.
If the problem is the wifi then the link speed reported by Linux is either grossly over ambitious or the router is crap.
How can I pinpoint the problem?
So where is the problem...

rokytnji · 04-11-2014, 06:53 PM

Quote:

Do I need to post the question again in the forum - ?

Yeah. if me I would with a different kind of title maybe explaining your cause better.

I am just posting the below to help you.

http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Quote:

as I said the xfer between USB drive and direct connection to the laptop is 10x faster.

Because Land line is faster. It has the capabilty where the wireless chip does not.

Edit:

Quote:

I am connected, to 2.4GHz dual stream, at a reported 300mbps

wlan0 is your wireless connection that shows up which means connected. As was mentioned earlier. The card may not support fastest speeds.

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Atheros AR5B93 (listed by "lcpic" as Qualcomm atheros AR928X ??)

I never go by anything unless inxi confirms it and it says

Quote:

Card-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)

Which is the inside wireless chip inside of that card you put inside that laptop.

I hope that clears up any miscommunication or misunderstanding going on in this thread on both our parts.

keratos · 04-12-2014, 03:25 AM

rokytnji, forgive me. I was not suggesting you were miscommunicating. any poor comms is on this side as I try to explain the problem. sorry.

I will post another question as suggested.

thank you