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From: rsink on 30 Jun 2010 08:13 Anyone know if this atheros wifi driver works out of the box? On one of my three 11.2's needing it it doesn't. Even tried the wireless-org method and that only hangs the system. I also want to take my desktop to usb-wlan even if it's only /g, is there a single usb dongle sure to work with a SMC /n router, or any similar router?
From: Malcolm on 30 Jun 2010 09:39 On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 08:13:41 -0400 rsink <rsink@_INVALID_no.org> wrote: > Anyone know if this atheros wifi driver works out of the box? On one > of my three 11.2's needing it it doesn't. Even tried the wireless-org > method and that only hangs the system. > > I also want to take my desktop to usb-wlan even if it's only /g, is > there a single usb dongle sure to work with a SMC /n router, or any > similar router? > Hi Works fine here on this netbook with openSUSE 11.3 RC1; 01:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01) Subsystem: Device 1a3b:1067 Kernel driver in use: ath9k Kernel modules: ath9k Maybe google on your Device code, else have a look through the openSUSE forum there are some stickies about wireless (you can access via nntp as well). -- Cheers Malcolm ��� (Linux Counter #276890) SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (i586) Kernel 2.6.32.12-0.7-pae up 1 day 21:58, 3 users, load average: 0.01, 0.08, 0.08 ASUS eeePC 1000HE ATOM N280 1.66GHz | GPU Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME
From: rsink on 30 Jun 2010 10:59 On 06/30/2010 09:39 AM, Malcolm wrote: > On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 08:13:41 -0400 > rsink<rsink@_INVALID_no.org> wrote: > >> Anyone know if this atheros wifi driver works out of the box? On one >> of my three 11.2's needing it it doesn't. Even tried the wireless-org >> method and that only hangs the system. >> >> I also want to take my desktop to usb-wlan even if it's only /g, is >> there a single usb dongle sure to work with a SMC /n router, or any >> similar router? >> > Hi > Works fine here on this netbook with openSUSE 11.3 RC1; > > 01:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR928X Wireless > Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01) > Subsystem: Device 1a3b:1067 > Kernel driver in use: ath9k > Kernel modules: ath9k Great!!! I need it for an AR2427 that Debian's been using the ath9k driver for. > Maybe google on your Device code, else have a look through the openSUSE > forum there are some stickies about wireless (you can access via nntp > as well). The current rework includes my desktop going wlan but since I don't wanna see any wireless that cannot be manually/physically and quickly disconnected I don't want a pci card, only a usb dongle and they're the hardest to run under linux I find. The SMC buscard wifi that came with my router has always worked very well with linux on any laptop with a slot using the forcedeth driver. The netbook has an internal one with a switch. I could get a buscard adaptor for the desktop either directly on a pci card (too far around the box) or as a pci card with the adaptor itself wired to the front into a floppy bay. However as buscards are on the way out a usb stick would be ideal.
From: Ulick Magee on 1 Jul 2010 15:29 rsink wrote: > > I did the compat wireless thing "compat-wireless-2010-06-27". Why? All kernels >= 2.6.27 have ath9k built in. Provided your wireless chipset is on the supported list http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath9k#supported_chipsets it should work as soon as you configure it in Network Devices in Yast (or use Network Manager to do it) AR2427 doesn't have 802.11n support according to the website, but that might not bother you too much. I used to have to compile MadWifi to get my wireless to work, and re-compile it on every kernel update, on 10.3 and 11.0. But on 11.1, the first version with an ath9k kernel, the wireless "just worked" (tm) > > 00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) > USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:27c8] (rev 02) > Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Dev > Kernel driver in use: ath9k That doesn't show the chipset. Just to verify the wireless chipset, run this as root and post the output here: hwinfo --wlan -- Ulick Magee Free software and free formats for free information for free people. Open Office for Windows/OSX/Linux: http://www.openoffice.org openSUSE Linux: http://en.opensuse.org
From: rsink on 1 Jul 2010 20:46
On 07/01/2010 03:29 PM, Ulick Magee wrote: > rsink wrote: >> >> I did the compat wireless thing "compat-wireless-2010-06-27". > > Why? > > All kernels>= 2.6.27 have ath9k built in. > Provided your wireless chipset is on the supported list > http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath9k#supported_chipsets > it should work as soon as you configure it in Network Devices in Yast > (or use Network Manager to do it) > > AR2427 doesn't have 802.11n support according to the website, but that > might not bother you too much. I'll use what I works, my net connection is 10 B/s average :-) > I used to have to compile MadWifi to get my wireless to work, and > re-compile it on every kernel update, on 10.3 and 11.0. But on 11.1, the > first version with an ath9k kernel, the wireless "just worked" (tm) The ath9k is supposed to be in the kernel (though getting it out of there manually is over my head). As it has progressed it is supposed to be able to handle an increasing spectrum of ath. chipsets or that's how I understand it. The problem seems to be that the need for it isn't detected. Now that I compiled one it locks me up. >> 00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) >> USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:27c8] (rev 02) >> Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Dev >> Kernel driver in use: ath9k > That doesn't show the chipset. > Just to verify the wireless chipset, run this as root and post the > output here: > hwinfo --wlan Be glad to: This shows ath9k as driver but is that tied to the chipset or is it the result of me having compiled and loaded that module? And which number is supposed to show the chipset? Thanks! # hwinfo --wlan 17: PCI 200.0: 0282 WLAN controller [Created at pci.318] UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_168c_2c Unique ID: y9sn.NzPQ2wQROeF Parent ID: qTvu.bQ30eTbcr+3 SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:02:00.0 SysFS BusID: 0000:02:00.0 Hardware Class: network Model: "Atheros WLAN controller" Vendor: pci 0x168c "Atheros Communications Inc." Device: pci 0x002c SubVendor: pci 0x1a3b SubDevice: pci 0x1112 Revision: 0x01 Driver: "ath9k" Driver Modules: "ath9k" Device File: wlan0 Features: WLAN Memory Range: 0xfbff0000-0xfbffffff (rw,non-prefetchable) IRQ: 17 (no events) HW Address: 00:25:d3:d5:d5:73 Link detected: yes WLAN channels: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 WLAN frequencies: 2.412 2.417 2.422 2.427 2.432 2.437 2.442 2.447 2.452 2.457 2.462 2.467 2.472 2.484 WLAN encryption modes: WEP40 WEP104 TKIP CCMP WLAN authentication modes: open sharedkey wpa-psk wpa-eap Module Alias: "pci:v0000168Cd0000002Csv00001A3Bsd00001112bc02sc80i00" Driver Info #0: Driver Status: ath9k is active Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe ath9k" Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown Attached to: #6 (PCI bridge) # |