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Distribution: Slackware 9.1/10/10.1 RedHat circa 2000, Knoppix, OpenSuse 10.0/10.1
Posts: 122
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Suse 10.1 and an Atheros card
So, I've been having a problem with my Atheros wireless card. It acts very dodgy, offen dropping the conncetion, or not connectioning at all. I have found this in my dmesg
ath_hal: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag.
ath_hal: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel.
ath_hal: 0.9.17.2 < http://0.9.17.2> (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111,
RF5112, RF2413, RF5413)
wlan: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag.
wlan: 0.8.4.2 < http://0.8.4.2> (0.9.1)
ath_rate_sample: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag.
ath_rate_sample: 1.2 (0.9.1)
ath_pci: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag.
ath_pci: 0.9.4.5 <http://0.9.4.5> (0.9.1)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:00.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 82
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:03:00.0 to 64
wifi0: 11a rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
wifi0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
wifi0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps
24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
wifi0: H/W encryption support: WEP AES AES_CCM TKIP
wifi0: mac 10.3 phy 6.1 radio 10.2
wifi0: Use hw queue 1 for WME_AC_BE traffic
wifi0: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_BK traffic
wifi0: Use hw queue 2 for WME_AC_VI traffic
wifi0: Use hw queue 3 for WME_AC_VO traffic
wifi0: Use hw queue 8 for CAB traffic
wifi0: Use hw queue 9 for beacons
wlan_scan_sta: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag.
wifi0: Atheros 5212: mem=0xedf00000, irq=82
U install Atheros WiFi drivers? 10.1 dropped some WiFI
I thought release notes indicated 10.1 dropped coverages for some WiFi & was lead to believe AR was not on Suse 10.1 Maybe OK w/ 10.0??
Did U locate & update drivers for Atheros? Which card #? Where?
I have AR5006XS but been told recently, no Suse 10.1 drivers yet .
Doolspin, I have an atheros card and when I disable the NetworkManager the laptop (an acer 3620) starts making an annoying noise, very sharp, that only stops when I enable again the NetworkManager.
If instead of NetworkManager I use ifup, the noise is present all the time until I execute the ifup command.
I am not sure is the atheros that makes the noise but it seems like it.
Can you help me or have any ideas?
Configuring Atheros Wireless with SUSE 10.1 and MadWifi
I had a problem with SUSE 10.1 not recognizing my Atheros AR5212 802.11abg, which worked in SUSE 9.3 After much research, here's what I found. The Madwifi drivers, which support Atheros-based wifi cards were dropped from SUSE 10.1. Fortunately, you can download the packages madwifi and madwifi-kmp-default (or madwifi-kmp-* for a non default kernel) from http://www.madwifi.org/suse/
You then reboot and type
modprobe aes; modprobe wlan_ccmp; modprobe ath_pci
and verify with lsmod and ifconfig ath0
Configure with yast2 under "Network Devices-->Network Card" (don't forget to add the newly-recognized card.
I followed the instructions on your post and two links and my IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad R60e with SUSE 10.1 started doing its duty wireless wise right away.
Very nice - I only wish I had found your link earlier - had to trawl sooo much dross to find this little gem!
Cheers
In my previous post I pointed out that my atheros made a noise when disabled and also I noted later that little other noises were present at all times.
Just yesterday, I removed and installed again (phisically) the atheros several times. The cables from the antenna were lying on the card, over its chipset, so I kept them that way. The noises contined.
Nevertheless in one of those times, pissed off already, I left the cables lying below the card, "away" from the chipset, and that solved the problem.
Seems like the signal from the antennas were a source of severe interference [if I should say so] to the chipset.
It was just a false alarm... had nothing to do with the antennas. Noises still there though I discovered the noises begin when a usb device is plugged and the noise get even worse when disabled the atheros card... Piezzoelectric noises?? I hope.
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