Cant get my wireless Atheros AR9285 card to work in Centos 5.8
I have tried everything but nothing seems to work
if anyone has any ideas that would be grate CentOS release 5.8 (Final) 02:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01) ------------------------------------------------ [trixbox1.localdomain ~]# ifconfig eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr E0:CB:4E:88:FD:B4 inet addr:192.168.1.9 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::e2cb:4eff:fe88:fdb4/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:2434 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:1776 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:347083 (338.9 KiB) TX bytes:345704 (337.6 KiB) Interrupt:74 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:2237 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:2237 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:195482 (190.9 KiB) TX bytes:195482 (190.9 KiB) |
ath9k...
The Internet tells me that the AR9285 uses the "ath9k" kernel module. CentOS 5.8 doesn't seem to have this as a native package, but there is apparently an RPM package that can be added. Do you have or have you added the module? Does the card show up with the command "lspci"? The command "lsmod" will show you which modules are being loaded at boot, or "dmesg" to see the whole process. After you have checked your installation or added to it, what result do these commands show? From what you have posted, I don't see that your system finds any wireless network device at all. If I am mentioning things that you've tried, it's because you haven't posted any information about exactly what you've already done. Details are important and posting them attracts the interest of more knowledgeable members who can give you more useful information. |
Hi,
Thanks for your help, I have tried RMP packages; kernel-2.6.18-203.el5.jwltest.114.i686.rpm kmod-atl1-1.2.40.3-4.el5.elrepo.i686.rpm kmod-jme-1.0.7.1-1.el5.elrepo.i686.rpm kmod-rt2860sta-2.4.0.0-1.el5.elrepo.i686.rpm module-init-tools-3.3-0.pre3.1.60.el5.elrepo.i386.rpm module-init-tools-3.9-19.el6_2.x86_64.rpm rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm rt2860-firmware-26-1.el5.elrepo.noarch.rpm But non of these seem to work lspci returns - 02:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01) lsmod returns Quote:
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For me, the current kernel brings it:
[root@trabant ~]$ rpm -qf /lib/modules/2.6.18-308.1.1.el5/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k kernel-2.6.18-308.1.1.el5.x86_64 And the modules are there - hopefully this helps: [root@trabant ~]$ lsmod | grep ath9k ath9k 299637 0 mac80211 183105 1 ath9k ath 43585 1 ath9k cfg80211 189961 3 ath9k,mac80211,ath Running ifconfig shows (wlan relevant only): [root@trabant ~]$ ifconfig -a eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:D3:....etc inet addr:128.xxx.xxx.xxx Bcast:128.194.136.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::216:d3ff:feb5:d70e/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:5160442 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:731414 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:7440528412 (6.9 GiB) TX bytes:75471919 (71.9 MiB) Interrupt:201 Memory:ee000000-ee020000 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:4291 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:4291 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:4617396 (4.4 MiB) TX bytes:4617396 (4.4 MiB) sit0 Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4 NOARP MTU:1480 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) wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:19:7E:48:etc.... 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) (I'm on Scientific Linux 5.8/64) |
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