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           Summary: Firmware "carl9170-1.fw" for Atheros 9170 WLAN USB
                    stick (Netgear WN111v2) is missing
    Classification: openSUSE
           Product: openSUSE 12.1
           Version: Final
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: SuSE Other
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Major
          Priority: P5 - None
         Component: Network
        AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
        ReportedBy: uzsrjz@xxxxxxxxxxx
         QAContact: qa@xxxxxxx
          Found By: ---
           Blocker: ---


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Firefox/7.0.1

The current firmware "carl9170-1.fw" is not included in the kernel-firmware
package. Because of that the WLAN USB stick Netgear WN111v2 does not work
out-of-the-box. Downloading the current version 1.9.4 from linuxwireless.org
und saving it in /lib/firmware solves the problem. WPA-PSK works at sufficient
speed.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Installing openSUSE 12.1
2. Setting up WLAN
3. Try to establish WLAN connection
Actual Results:  
Firmware "carl9170-1.fw" version 1.9.4 is not installed, so no WLAN connection
is established.

Expected Results:  
Firmware "carl9170-1.fw" version 1.9.4 should be installed, so that a WLAN
connection can be established.

This problem was also present for openSUSE 11.4 in some way. The old kernel
modules needed the "ar9170.fw" firmware, which wasn't provided by the
kernel-firmware package. The provided firmwares "ar9170-1.fw" and "ar9170-2.fw"
did not work and are still provided by the standard installation. Anyway the
"ar9170.fw" had problems, too. Transfer rates were low and the connection was
interrupted after some time; the new driver seems to be better.

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