Re: Fw: atheros ar242x problem in cq50-215nr

["Jason Smith" <jvsmith@digitalmatter.us>]

Have you checked /var/log/kern.log or /var/log/messages? My work
laptop has that chipset and there's a binary module that you need to
download separately. At least that's what I remember. I'm not at the
computer to veify at the current time.

Jason

On 12/28/08, Craig E Ziegel <mwtransport@wisperhome.com> wrote:
> I have been told by a couple people in Fedora forum it appears to be a
> nm error but it doesn't sound like anyone knows how to fix it can any
> of you tell me how to fix this please.
> Thank you
> please keep in mind nm-tool states wired is disconnected I am sending
> you this from the disconnected wired connection.
>
> [craig@localhost ~]$
> nm-tool
>
> NetworkManager Tool
>
> State: disconnected
>
> - Device: eth0
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Type: Wired
> Driver: forcedeth
> State: disconnected
> Default: no
> HW Address: 00:1F:16:458:24
>
> Capabilities:
> Supported: yes
> Carrier Detect: yes
> Speed: 100 Mb/s
>
> Wired Settings
>
>
> - Device: wlan0
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Type: 802.11 WiFi
> Driver: ath5k_pci
> State: unmanaged
> Default: no
> HW Address: 00:00:00:00:00:00
>
> Capabilities:
> Supported: yes
>
> Wireless Settings
> WEP Encryption: yes
> WPA Encryption: yes
> WPA2 Encryption: yes
>
> Wireless Access Points
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2008 15:21:33 -0600
> From: Craig E Ziegel <mwtransport@wisperhome.com>
> To: silug-discuss@silug.org
> Subject: atheros ar242x problem in cq50-215nr
>
>
> Hi all,
> I got a new laptop it has been a pain in the @#$ I had to load f9 then
> upgrade to f10 x86_64 because of a cpuspeed error line 112 now
> everything is working except wireless it was until I rebooted after
> update. It will not show up in NM.
>
> lspci
> 07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x
> 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)
>
> [craig@localhost ~]$ iwconfig
> lo no wireless extensions.
>
> eth0 no wireless extensions.
>
> wmaster0 no wireless extensions.
>
> wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:""
> Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
> Tx-Power=27 dBm
> Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
> Power Management:off
> Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
> Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
> Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
>
> [craig@localhost ~]$ ifconfig
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1F:16:458:24
> inet addr:192.168.1.132 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
> inet6 addr: fe80::21f:16ff:fe45:d824/64 Scope:Link
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:732 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:806 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> RX bytes:463034 (452.1 KiB) TX bytes:178489 (174.3 KiB)
> Interrupt:21
>
> lo Link encap:Local Loopback
> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
> inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
> RX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
> RX bytes:800 (800.0 b) TX bytes:800 (800.0 b)
>
> wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:23:4D6B:40
> UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
>
> wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr
> 00-23-4D-D6-DB-40-20-31-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00 UP BROADCAST RUNNING
> MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
> frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
>
> [craig@localhost ~]$ lsmod |grep ath
> dm_multipath 23704 0
> ath5k 129808 0
> mac80211 213872 1 ath5k
> cfg80211 32400 2 ath5k,mac80211
>
> [root@localhost craig]# iwlist wlan0 scan
> wlan0 Scan completed :
> Cell 01 - Address: 00:16:01:926:BA
> ESSID:"ourwirelessnetwork"
> Mode:Master
> Channel:6
> Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
> Quality=103/100 Signal level:-33 dBm Noise level=-99 dBm
> Encryption key:on
> IE: WPA Version 1
> Group Cipher : CCMP
> Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP
> Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
> IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
> Group Cipher : CCMP
> Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP
> Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
> Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
> 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
> 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
> Extra:tsf=000000057153bd2e
> Extra: Last beacon: 619ms ago
>
> [craig@localhost ~]$ ifconfig wlan0
> wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:23:4D6B:40
> UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
>
> when iwlist wlan0 scan brings up my network I tried ifup wlan0 failed
> Can someone please help me out with the final piece of the puzzle.
> Thank you
>
> --
> Craig Ziegel
> 773-418-8713
> mwtransport@wisperhome.com
>
>
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