[opensuse] Atheros AR5B95
How to make openSUSE to work with this wireless adapter? No program unde3r 11.4 is able to list available networks. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Ilya Chernykh wrote:
How to make openSUSE to work with this wireless adapter? No program unde3r 11.4 is able to list available networks.
Hi Ilya, you'll have to provide some more detailed information, starting with if the driver is loaded and if the device is recognised by driver? -- Per Jessen, Zürich (12.1°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Thursday 14 April 2011 20:33:31 Per Jessen wrote:
I do not know, which driver should I install? The utilities do not report error. One utility even shows signal/noise graphic with peaks but cannot find any networks (where Windows 7 can find many). -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Ilya Chernykh wrote:
If it's not automagically installed, that's the first problem. Can you check the output from 'dmesg' and tell us (or post it) if you see any mention of your atheros device? Also, please output of "lspci -v", a wild guess is that your device could be a 002b:168c ?
Aha. Ignore the above, it sounds like your device _is_ being recognised, but something isn't quite working. I would open a bug report to track this. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (8.5°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 04/14/2011 11:21 AM, Ilya Chernykh wrote:
How to make openSUSE to work with this wireless adapter? No program unde3r 11.4 is able to list available networks.
Ilya, Atheros uses the madwifi packages. (I'm not personally familiar with the AR5B95 though) In yast, the driver should be detected as ath_5k (maybe ath_9k). Your wpa config will use wpa_supplicant (if it is like the rest of the Atheros hardware) Madwifi is one of the drivers that has moved into the kernel in the past 2 years or so, so hardware should be auto-detected. (previously, you would have to specify the ath_pci driver, but that was replaced by ath_5k) I currently have 2 atheros based laptops and I have both configured in yast to start the interface "on boot". There is a bug in the current madwifi drivers that prevents the driver from respecting the different wireless 'profiles' you have configured in /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf. (meaning you will have to either reconfigure your atheros card in yast when you switch wireless networks or use the madwifi-gui application. For basic configuration, just use Yast/Network Devices and then select your wireless adapter and 'edit'. If your wireless adapter isn't recognized, then there is a problem with the module/firmware list in /lib/modules/2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop/modules.alias (or whatever your kernel is -- I have had this problem in the past) After configuring the card in yast, you must also manually configure wpa_supplicant.conf for wpa/wpa2. Generally you configure wpa/wpa2 for atheros card by using the wpa_passphrase command: [23:12 alchemy:/etc/sysconfig/network] # wpa_passphrase usage: wpa_passphrase <ssid> [passphrase] To generate a wpa2 config for your wireless adapter, just do: wpa_passphrase <ssid> [passphrase] >> /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf /etc/rcnetwork restart should tell you whether your config is correct. If not, just check the logs and post any errors. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Ilya Chernykh wrote:
How to make openSUSE to work with this wireless adapter? No program unde3r 11.4 is able to list available networks.
Hi Ilya, you'll have to provide some more detailed information, starting with if the driver is loaded and if the device is recognised by driver? -- Per Jessen, Zürich (12.1°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Thursday 14 April 2011 20:33:31 Per Jessen wrote:
I do not know, which driver should I install? The utilities do not report error. One utility even shows signal/noise graphic with peaks but cannot find any networks (where Windows 7 can find many). -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Ilya Chernykh wrote:
If it's not automagically installed, that's the first problem. Can you check the output from 'dmesg' and tell us (or post it) if you see any mention of your atheros device? Also, please output of "lspci -v", a wild guess is that your device could be a 002b:168c ?
Aha. Ignore the above, it sounds like your device _is_ being recognised, but something isn't quite working. I would open a bug report to track this. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (8.5°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 04/14/2011 11:21 AM, Ilya Chernykh wrote:
How to make openSUSE to work with this wireless adapter? No program unde3r 11.4 is able to list available networks.
Ilya, Atheros uses the madwifi packages. (I'm not personally familiar with the AR5B95 though) In yast, the driver should be detected as ath_5k (maybe ath_9k). Your wpa config will use wpa_supplicant (if it is like the rest of the Atheros hardware) Madwifi is one of the drivers that has moved into the kernel in the past 2 years or so, so hardware should be auto-detected. (previously, you would have to specify the ath_pci driver, but that was replaced by ath_5k) I currently have 2 atheros based laptops and I have both configured in yast to start the interface "on boot". There is a bug in the current madwifi drivers that prevents the driver from respecting the different wireless 'profiles' you have configured in /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf. (meaning you will have to either reconfigure your atheros card in yast when you switch wireless networks or use the madwifi-gui application. For basic configuration, just use Yast/Network Devices and then select your wireless adapter and 'edit'. If your wireless adapter isn't recognized, then there is a problem with the module/firmware list in /lib/modules/2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop/modules.alias (or whatever your kernel is -- I have had this problem in the past) After configuring the card in yast, you must also manually configure wpa_supplicant.conf for wpa/wpa2. Generally you configure wpa/wpa2 for atheros card by using the wpa_passphrase command: [23:12 alchemy:/etc/sysconfig/network] # wpa_passphrase usage: wpa_passphrase <ssid> [passphrase] To generate a wpa2 config for your wireless adapter, just do: wpa_passphrase <ssid> [passphrase] >> /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf /etc/rcnetwork restart should tell you whether your config is correct. If not, just check the logs and post any errors. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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