topic title: WIFI configuration
Posts: 4,164
rokytnji
Joined: 20 Feb 2009
#91

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           Card-2 Atheros Atheros AR5001X+ Wireless Network Adapter driver ath5k v: 0.6.0 bus-ID: 03:00.0
That card is at least being picked up by inxi and should be supported out of the box so I am stumped at your ifconfig -a report. Maybe try

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ip addr show
and

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ip link show
instead of ifconfig.


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You don't happen to have a wifi kill key on the keyboard, do you? Also look in bios to see if there is a wireless on off type of section. I don't remember everything posted in this thread. So excuse me if I am off base here.

what does as root

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 rfkill list
show?

also

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iwconfig
Is this also a new fresh install with this wireless card or your existing install where all kinds of changes (ndiswrapper, blacklistiing, etc.....) was made also. Because with a fresh install. This card should just work out of the box. Maybe all the previous tweaks may be killing it?

Edit: I knew ath5k works atheros chips because my eeepc uses ath5k, plus my Acer Aspire One Netbook, and my Amrel Laptop with a generic chinese pcmcia wireless g with atheros chip uses ath5k also . I found my old inxi report for the amrel in the what are you running Antix on 2011 thread. I still run Antix 8.5 core iso on it. So you see why I a a bit stumped with why your new card does not work right out of the box.

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harry@Biker:~$ inxi -z -F
System:    Host: Biker Kernel: 3.1.5-antix-586-smp i686 (32 bit)
           Desktop: LXDE (Openbox 3.5.0) Distro: antiX-core-686-a1 20 June 2010
Machine:   System: Intel product: Montara Family of Chipsets
           Mobo: Phoenix model: RT786EX version: 41118 Bios: Phoenix version: MGM-ALL1.86C.1009.D.0604271130 date: 04/27/06
CPU:       Single core Intel Pentium M (-UP-) cache: 2048 KB flags: (sse sse2) clocked at 1594.971 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device X.Org: 1.11.2.902 driver: intel Resolution: 1024x768@60.0hz
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel 852GM/855GM x86/MMX/SSE2 GLX Version: 1.3 Mesa 7.11.2
Audio:     Card: Intel 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller driver: snd_intel8x0
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: 1.0.24
Network:   Card-1: Atheros AR5212/AR5213 Wireless Network Adapter driver: ath5k
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Realtek RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ driver: 8139too
           IF: eth1 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 30.0GB (29.4% used) 1: /dev/sda IC25N030ATCS04 30.0GB
Partition: ID: / size: 17G used: 4.6G (29%) fs: ext3 ID: swap-1 size: 0.58GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 42.0C mobo: N/A
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 101 Uptime: 37 min Memory: 257.3/492.5MB Client: Shell inxi: 1.7.2
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JXR
Joined: 16 Apr 2012
#92
What a learning experience!

First, I'll respond to your questions:
Is this also a new fresh install with this wireless card or your existing install where all kinds of changes (ndiswrapper, blacklistiing, etc.....) was made also. Because with a fresh install. This card should just work out of the box.
This is just a restart with the Belkin card out and the AirLink card in.
Maybe all the previous tweaks may be killing it?

I think the only tweak we performed was

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cat /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
. We were trying to blacklist atmel_cs I believe. Maybe... there's a way to unblacklist?[/i]

You don't happen to have a wifi kill key on the keyboard, do you?

I don't believe so.

Also look in bios to see if there is a wireless on off type of section.

No, there isn't.

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root@antiX1:/home/joost# ip addr show
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN 
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
    inet6 ::1/128 scope host 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UNKNOWN qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:08:74:e2:88:62 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 192.168.1.103/24 brd 192.168.1.255 scope global eth0
3: wlan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:18:02:45:d6:6b brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

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root@antiX1:/home/joost# ip link show
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN 
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UNKNOWN qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:08:74:e2:88:62 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
3: wlan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:18:02:45:d6:6b brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

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root@antiX1:/home/joost# rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no
(...seems to indicate nothing's currently blocked.)
Posts: 4,164
rokytnji
Joined: 20 Feb 2009
#93
So type wlan0 into wicd preferences and hit the refresh button and I hope the heck it works.
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JXR
Joined: 16 Apr 2012
#94
It works! IT WORKS!!
It works! IT WORKS!!
It works! IT WORKS!!


Thanks!!!!

(now I need to review this thread to figure out what I learned. WOW this is great)
anticapitalista
Posts: 5,955
Site Admin
Joined: 11 Sep 2007
#95
Congratulations to both JXR and roky for persisting with this!
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JXR
Joined: 16 Apr 2012
#96
Especially Roky!!!
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rokytnji
Joined: 20 Feb 2009
#97
You guys make me grin and blush for a ignorant biker. Here is a

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to celebrate your success jxr. (I like her better than a dancing banana) __{{emoticon}}__

Edit: Just more info I am throwing into this thread.


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masinick
Joined: 26 Apr 2008
#98
anticapitalista wrote:Congratulations to both JXR and roky for persisting with this!
I think this is an excellent topic, and those who visit here may very well benefit from seeing it.

Thanks to all who have participated. JXR, thanks for asking, and for sticking with it, and a big thanks to Roky for patience and skill in helping out, as well as his visual displays to keep it lively. Great job, gentlemen!

This is one of the things that makes antiX a great distribution. We have great code in our base code, with the excellent Debian-derived software, then we have an excellent foundation in the components that Warren Woodford put together for MEPIS, and yet, it is the attention to detail, not only from these outstanding sources, but also from anticapitalista and each of us who, in various ways, contribute to fill in the gaps, and I think that deserves plenty of credit too. Again, great job!