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Old 01-17-2016, 01:22 PM   #1
neo571
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Atheros AR928X cannot connect to Nokia Hotspot on latest 4.4 kernel (OpenSuse Tumbleweed)


I've changed distribution from Linux Mint Rafaela to the latest OpenSuse Tumbleweed, and after doing that my wifi adapter doesn't see anymore the wifi created by the Nokia Lumia phone that I have.

Basically all the other wireless network around here are spotted by he network adapter, but the hotspot created by the Lumia is not though previously(on Linux Mint) it was recognized and was working correctly.

The network adapter that I have is the following :

Code:
04:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
and laptop I'm using is an Acer Aspire 5738Z.

Mounting an USB WiFi adapter the Lumia hotspot network is seen and works correctly as can be seen below(iwconfig output) :

Code:
wlp4s0    IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:off/any  
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=14 dBm   
          Retry short limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          
enp2s0    no wireless extensions.

wlp0s26f7u4  IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:"NOKIA Lumia 1320_6441"  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point:   
          Bit Rate=72.2 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
          Retry short limit:7   RTS thr=2347 B   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=61/70  Signal level=-49 dBm  
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:179   Missed beacon:0
I've tried installing back Linux Mint and upgrading to the 4.3 kernel and I have the same issue with the Atheros network adapter, so the problem seems to be caused by the latest kernels .

How can I solve the issue ? Is there a way to solve ?
Has someone else runned into this issue before ?

Thanks.

Last edited by neo571; 01-17-2016 at 02:00 PM.
 
  


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