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Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Output of iwconfig:
Code:
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
pan0 no wireless extensions.
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Output of iwconfig:
Code:
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
pan0 no wireless extensions.
NOTE: There used to be a "pan0" entry that did not have an IP - everything was zero pretty much. I did something and it disappeared.
Output of cat /etc/network/interfaces:
Code:
[Kim@localhost ~]$ cat /etc/network/interfaces
cat: /etc/network/interfaces: No such file or directory
[Kim@localhost ~]$
Output of cat /etc/resolv.conf:
Code:
# generated by NetworkManager, do not edit!
nameserver 24.25.227.55
nameserver 192.168.0.1
Hopefully that is everything you need to know to help me! TIA.
I have the same laptop and got it working on Kubuntu 32-bit.
It does not seem to work on 64-bit
Just download this file: madwifi-nr-r3366+ar5007.tar.gz and follow the instructions. Good luck
I have the same laptop and got it working on Kubuntu 32-bit.
It does not seem to work on 64-bit
Just download this file: madwifi-nr-r3366+ar5007.tar.gz and follow the instructions. Good luck
I tried a few more things and decided to ditch 64-bit Fedora 9 - it just would NOT work.
I just finished installed Fedora 9 32-bit.
I downloaded the patched version (for the Atheros 5007 chipset) of the madwifi tar file and installed it using your instructions (make install, modprobe ath_pci, reboot), although I did have to issue the command:
yum install kernel-devel
first in order to get modprobe to work.
I have my wireless switch on the front of my laptop in the left position (I only mention this because with my previous HP laptop, the ON position for wireless was the opposite).
I left click on the internet connection icon next to my user name on the top toolbar and it recognizes my wireless connection, but when I click it to try to connect it attempts to connect then says
"Disconnected The network connection has been disconnected."
even though it never successfully connected.
I am completely at a loss as to what the problem is now.
to try and fix the problem. Then I rebooted. Now, no wireless connections are showing up, although I still have my wired connection.
Also, after installing madwifi, I got a kernel bug warning upon reboot. Got it again after second reboot. Not sure what is causing it but perhaps it is related to my no wifi problem...
Try to set the switch to the right position. That is the side my switch has to stand and we have the same notebook!!! Notice that the led stays red and does not turn blue as the windows driver does!
if I type ifconfig as root I get the following output:
=====================================
root@linux-laptop:/home/robvr# ifconfig
ath0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1f:3a:56:09:e0
inet addr:10.0.0.4 Bcast:10.0.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::21f:3aff:fe56:9e0/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:4268 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2217 errors:2 dropped:2 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:4396014 (4.1 MB) TX bytes:326346 (318.6 KB)
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1e:68:27:c3:53
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:220 Base address:0x6000
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: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)
Thanks for posting. It is good to know what the alternative to Fedora is. If I didn't get it working w/ Fedora 32 bit I was going to switch to Ubuntu.
But, I got it to work w/ Fedora 32 bit using the patched madwifi driver (someone made a version w/ the patch already included which is what I used). Two problems though:
1) I get a kernel error every time I boot up; it's a little alarming. Not sure what is causing this, but it doesn't affect my day to day usage of the computer which mainly is just surfing the internet.
2) If I let the computer go to sleep or move physical locations (where old network is no longer active) without shutting down first, I need to reboot in order to get the wireless working again. Also not sure why that is.
Once I do get on, I don't get dropped.
So all in all, it works pretty good. As far as I know it still doesn't work with Fedora x64 though.
Has anyone out there got the abc.com/tbs.com network television video players to work with Linux? This is my next challenge - not sure how far I'll get.
Ahh Thanks Rijen for posting this! My wireless has been dysfunctional for a while and this is probably the solution. Thanks.
Remember that you have to link in (modprobe) the madwifi module after every kernel update. Maybe that was the reason your wireless seemed to stop working.
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