Atheros AR5001X

[luismcrd]

Sorry, I' ve done all again, without rebooting:

luis@luis-desktop:~$ sudo modprobe ath5k
[sudo] password for luis:
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper, it will be ignored in a future release.
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist, it will be ignored in a future release.

luis@luis-desktop:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
ath5k 127364 0
lbm_cw_mac80211 227492 1 ath5k
lbm_cw_cfg80211 73888 2 ath5k,lbm_cw_mac80211
led_class 12036 1 ath5k
nls_iso8859_1 12032 1
nls_cp437 13696 1
vfat 18816 1
fat 58272 1 vfat
binfmt_misc 16776 1
via 49024 2
drm 96424 3 via
ppdev 15620 0
bridge 56212 0
stp 10500 1 bridge
bnep 20224 2
ipt_REJECT 11136 1
ipt_LOG 13700 1
xt_limit 10116 2
xt_tcpudp 11008 7
xt_state 10112 5
ipt_addrtype 10496 4
ip6table_filter 10624 1
ip6_tables 20880 1 ip6table_filter
nf_nat_irc 10240 0
nf_conntrack_irc 13220 1 nf_nat_irc
nf_nat_ftp 10752 0
nf_nat 25876 2 nf_nat_irc,nf_nat_ftp
nf_conntrack_ipv4 21388 7 nf_nat
nf_defrag_ipv4 9984 1 nf_conntrack_ipv4
nf_conntrack_ftp 15652 1 nf_nat_ftp
nf_conntrack 72008 7 xt_state,nf_nat_irc,nf_conntrack_irc,nf_nat_ftp,nf _nat,nf_conntrack_ipv4,nf_conntrack_ftp
iptable_filter 10752 1
ip_tables 19600 1 iptable_filter
x_tables 23044 8 ipt_REJECT,ipt_LOG,xt_limit,xt_tcpudp,xt_state,ipt _addrtype,ip6_tables,ip_tables
lp 17156 0
parport 42220 2 ppdev,lp
joydev 18368 0
snd_via82xx 32152 3
gameport 19468 1 snd_via82xx
snd_mpu401_uart 15104 1 snd_via82xx
snd_via82xx_modem 19336 5
snd_ac97_codec 112292 2 snd_via82xx,snd_via82xx_modem
snd_seq_dummy 10756 0
ac97_bus 9856 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_seq_oss 37760 0
snd_pcm_oss 46336 0
snd_mixer_oss 22656 1 snd_pcm_oss
via_agp 16256 1
snd_seq_midi 14336 0
i2c_viapro 15892 0
psmouse 61972 0
agpgart 42696 2 drm,via_agp
snd_rawmidi 29696 2 snd_mpu401_uart,snd_seq_midi
snd_pcm 83076 6 snd_via82xx,snd_via82xx_modem,snd_ac97_codec,snd_p cm_oss
via_ircc 32660 0
serio_raw 13444 0
shpchp 40212 0
pcspkr 10496 0
snd_seq_midi_event 15104 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 56880 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_mid i_event
snd_timer 29704 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14988 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi ,snd_seq
irda 197308 1 via_ircc
crc_ccitt 10112 1 irda
snd 62756 26 snd_via82xx,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_via82xx_modem,snd_ ac97_codec,snd_seq_oss,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,s nd_rawmidi,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_devic e
snd_page_alloc 16904 3 snd_via82xx,snd_via82xx_modem,snd_pcm
soundcore 15200 1 snd
via_rhine 30856 0
mii 13312 1 via_rhine
fbcon 46112 0
tileblit 10752 1 fbcon
font 16384 1 fbcon
bitblit 13824 1 fbcon
softcursor 9984 1 bitblit
luis@luis-desktop:~$

[luismcrd]

Here is the "gksu gedit /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper"

alias pci:v0000168Cd00000012sv00001021sd0000168Cbc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000012sv00001022sd0000168Cbc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000012sv00002021sd0000168Cbc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000012sv00002022sd0000168Cbc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000012sv00003A03sd00001186bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000012sv00003A04sd00001186bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000012sv00003A05sd00001186bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000012sv00007005sd0000144Fbc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000012sv*sd*bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv00000017sd00001737bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv00000A10sd000014B7bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv00000A40sd000014B7bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv00000A60sd000014B7bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv00001025sd0000168Cbc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv00001026sd0000168Cbc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv00001027sd0000168Cbc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv00001030sd0000168Cbc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv00001031sd0000168Cbc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv00001041sd0000168Cbc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv00001042sd0000168Cbc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv00001043sd0000168Cbc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv00001051sd0000168Cbc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv00001053sd0000168Cbc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv00002025sd0000168Cbc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv00002026sd0000168Cbc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv00002027sd0000168Cbc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv00002030sd0000168Cbc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv00002031sd0000168Cbc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv00002041sd0000168Cbc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv00002042sd0000168Cbc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv00002051sd0000168Cbc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv00002053sd0000168Cbc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv00002336sd000010B8bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv00003202sd00001186bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv00003203sd00001186bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv00003A06sd00001186bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv00003A07sd00001186bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv00003A08sd00001186bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv00003A10sd00001186bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv00003A11sd00001186bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv00003A12sd00001186bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv00003A13sd00001186bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv00003A14sd00001186bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv00003A17sd00001186bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv00003A63sd00001186bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv00004600sd00001385bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv00004B00sd00001385bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv00004F00sd00001385bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv00006002sd000010B7bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv00007005sd0000144Fbc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv00007057sd0000144Fbc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv00007058sd0000144Fbc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv00007064sd0000144Fbc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv00007065sd0000144Fbc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv00007084sd0000144Fbc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv0000A336sd000010B8bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv0000AA10sd000014B7bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv0000AA40sd000014B7bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv0000CB21sd000014B9bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv0000CC21sd000014B9bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv*sd*bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000014sv*sd*bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000015sv*sd*bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000016sv*sd*bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000017sv*sd*bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000018sv*sd*bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd00000019sv*sd*bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd0000001Asv00001052sd0000168Cbc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd0000001Asv00001054sd0000168Cbc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd0000001Asv00002052sd0000168Cbc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd0000001Asv00002054sd0000168Cbc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd0000001Asv00003B08sd00001186bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd0000001Asv*sd*bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd0000001Bsv0000000Bsd000017F9bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd0000001Bsv0000000Csd000017F9bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd0000001Bsv00001062sd0000168Cbc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd0000001Bsv00001063sd0000168Cbc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd0000001Bsv00002062sd0000168Cbc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd0000001Bsv00002063sd0000168Cbc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd0000001Bsv*sd*bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v0000168Cd0000001Csv*sd*bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper

[waterhead]

OK, thanks. That isn't keeping the module from loading.

Now that the module is loaded, check the output of this command for the wireless.

iwconfig

If the wireless is now listed, you should be able to connect to a wireless network. Use NetworkManager for this. You can access it by using the icon in the task bar, usually next to the Date/Time.

[luismcrd]

The only icon that is in task bar is the network with wire, which is the one I'm using now.

luis@luis-desktop:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

pan0 no wireless extensions.

luis@luis-desktop:~$

[waterhead]

You would click on the wired icon, it will show any other available networks.

If iwconfig isn't showing a wireless connection, NetworkManager won't either. I trust that you didn't reboot again, so try running this command.

 sudo if up wlan0

That still may not work. You must have done something when you installed ndiswrapper that is keeping this from working.

I would at least try Ubuntu 9.10, to see if the wireless works. You can just boot it in Live mode, without actually installing it.

I don't know if there is anything more that I can do for this. Maybe reed9 has something up his sleeve, if he is still following this thread.

[luismcrd]

But the problem is that I've all ready try the 9.10 and don't recognize it and I thought if I made the install and run different commands will work :s
I read in a forum with this link and they say that with madwifi of the driver will work. Althoght I don't know how to install and make it run:

Atheros Communications, Atheros, Wireless, WLAN, Wireless LAN, 2.4-GHz, 5-GHz, 2.4/5-GHz, 802.11a/b/g, 802.11g, 802.11n, 802.11, Radio-on-Chip, Networking, Mobile, Semiconductor, System Solutions
Browse MADWIFI Files on SourceForge.net

luis@luis-desktop:~$ sudo if up wlan0
[sudo] password for luis:
sudo: if: command not found
luis@luis-desktop:~$

[waterhead]

Look at the date of your link, 2003! Also, the link to madwifi has the newest driver at 2008. I can tell you that they won't work on a newer kernel. The ath5k is reported to work on your card [168c:0013] (rev 01). You could download the latest drivers and install them, but that is not a task for a newbie. That is why I said to use the latest version of Ubuntu, it has the latest drivers in it.

If you want to try the madwifi driver go to this site and download the snapshot:
madwifi-project.org - Trac

This will have to be compiled, just like the previous drivers I linked to.

The command I gave you had a typo. there is no space between if and up.

sudo ifup wlan0

But it most likely won't work.

[waterhead]

I just thought of something.

Does your PC have switch to turn the wireless on/off? Make sure that it is on.

[waterhead]

Another thing. In the past, when I used madwifi for my Atheros card, I had to use a special branch of it. It is called madwifi-hal, and can be found her:

Revision 4119: /madwifi/branches

There is no package that you can download, so you must pull it from the repository using Subversion (SVN).

news/20090528/subversion-repository-moved - madwifi-project.org - Trac

[luismcrd]

You wrote "Does your PC have switch to turn the wireless on/off? Make sure that it is on". How can I do that?
With the thing of madwifi, like you said, is better to forget it
I was thinking and it's a possible that windows is blocking the access to the wireless?
Because if that's possible, I can try to uninstall all and install frist ubuntu and then the windows xp. The only problem is that the version of windows I've got is the home edition and to install I don't know if he deletes everything what is in the hard disc.....