Updated my home router/firewall box to Slackware 14.0.
eth0 goes to internet and
eth1 goes to wired LAN -- wired networking is functional; no problems.
Bought 802.11n usb wireless adapter from thinkpenguin.com:
Chipset Atheros AR9170
Antenna Ports 2 x R-SMA Connectors
Speed Up to 300Mbps with 2T2R Radio
Dual Band 5GHz and 2.4GHz
Frequency Range 802.11g/b: 2.400GHz~2.4835GHz
ETSI: 802.11a: 5.470 to 5.725 GHz
USA: 802.11a: 5.725 to 5.825 GHz
Modulation Technique Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM)
Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (CCK, DQPSK,DBPSK)
Media Access Protocol CSMA/CA (Collision Avoidance) with ACK
Security 64/128bit WEP, WPA, WPA2, 802.1x and 802.11i
Certifications CE, FCC
Data Rates 11g: 54, 48, 36, 24, 18, 12, 9 and 6Mbps
(with auto rate fall back)
Plugged it into router/firewall box and want to use it as a Wireless Access Point.
I downloaded and installed Firmware ver. 1.9.6 from LinuxWireless and placed it in /lib/firmware and rebooted.
The device is not recognized using wireless-tools and I cannot make progress.
lsusb reports:
Code:
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 1b75:9170 Ovislink Corp. AirLive X.USB 802.11abgn [Atheros AR9170+AR9104]
lsmod reports:
Code:
carl9170 89126 0
ath 11879 1 carl9170
mac80211 242065 1 carl9170
cfg80211 151515 3 mac80211,ath,carl9170
rfkill 12100 1 cfg80211
dmesg reports:
Code:
9.391434] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
[ 9.548330] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated:
[ 9.549451] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[ 9.550422] cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 9.551420] cfg80211: (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 9.552332] cfg80211: (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 9.553176] cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 9.554002] cfg80211: (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 9.583991] carl9170 1-1:1.0: usb_probe_interface
[ 9.584021] carl9170 1-1:1.0: usb_probe_interface - got id
[ 9.635139] ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: port 1 high speed
[ 9.635171] ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: GetStatus port:1 status 001005 0 ACK POWER sig=se0 PE CONNECT
[ 9.685870] usb 1-1: reset high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci_hcd
[ 9.753133] ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: port 1 high speed
[ 9.753162] ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: GetStatus port:1 status 001005 0 ACK POWER sig=se0 PE CONNECT
[ 9.844582] usbcore: registered new interface driver carl9170
[ 9.864463] usb 1-1: firmware not found.
[ 9.865389] usb 1-1: unregistering interface 1-1:1.0
[ 9.865932] usb 1-1: link qh0-00ff/f5fced80 start 0 [2/0 us]
[ 9.867132] usb 1-1: unlink qh0-00ff/f5fced80 start 0 [2/0 us]
[ 9.868648] usb 1-1: usb_disable_device nuking non-ep0 URBs
iwconfig wlan0 reports:
Code:
wlan0 No such device
ifconfig reports my eth0 and eth1 and lo -- nothing more.
I'm stuck.
I need to be able to identify the device before I can configure it, I think?
This is my first foray into wireless networking with linux.
Any guidance or suggestions greatly appreciated.
Thank you for reading.
