Wireless Connectivity with Atheros ar242x in Hardy

Hey, guys. n00b here.

The problem: Atheros ar242x connectivity on a Compaq Presario C700 in Hardy. The connection is not being recognized at all. Other computers running Windows do not have any problem with this. This laptop also received a strong connection before installation of Ubuntu.

Outputs for...

uname -r:

Code:

2.6.24-19-generic

uname -m:

Code:

i686

/sbin/lspci:

Code:

bash: /sbin/lspci: No such file or directory

iwconfig:

Code:

lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions.

lspci | grep "Ethernet":

Code:

01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01) 02:01.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)

I've tried several variants of Madwifi and ndiswrapper, but nothing has solved the problem. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

To get the PCI device information in Ubuntu, you don't put the path.

Code:

lspci -nn

The -nn will give the chip ID numbers. (post the output)

Did you modprobe to load the driver after installing it? If you have tried more than one driver, they could both be loading and conflicting with each other. Post the output of this command.

Code:

lsmod

Heh, yes... This is much more thorough. Thanks for correcting me. Here's the -nn:

Code:

00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub [8086:2a00] (rev 03) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a02] (rev 03) 00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a03] (rev 03) 00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:284b] (rev 03) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:283f] (rev 03) 00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:2830] (rev 03) 00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:2831] (rev 03) 00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:2832] (rev 03) 00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [8086:2836] (rev 03) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev f3) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller [8086:2815] (rev 03) 00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller [8086:2850] (rev 03) 00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA AHCI Controller [8086:2829] (rev 03) 00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:283e] (rev 03) 01:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter [168c:001c] (rev 01) 02:01.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ [10ec:8139] (rev 10)

And here's the lsmod:

Code:

Module Size Used by ipv6 267780 10 af_packet 23812 2 i915 32512 2 drm 82452 3 i915 rfcomm 41744 2 l2cap 25728 13 rfcomm bluetooth 61156 4 rfcomm,l2cap ppdev 10372 0 acpi_cpufreq 10796 1 cpufreq_stats 7104 0 cpufreq_powersave 2688 0 cpufreq_ondemand 9740 1 cpufreq_userspace 5284 0 cpufreq_conservative 8712 0 freq_table 5536 3 acpi_cpufreq,cpufreq_stats,cpufreq_ondemand container 5632 0 sbs 15112 0 sbshc 7680 1 sbs dock 11280 0 iptable_filter 3840 0 ip_tables 14820 1 iptable_filter x_tables 16132 1 ip_tables parport_pc 36260 0 lp 12324 0 parport 37832 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp joydev 13120 0 snd_hda_intel 344728 2 snd_pcm_oss 42144 0 snd_mixer_oss 17920 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_pcm 78596 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss snd_page_alloc 11400 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm snd_hwdep 10500 1 snd_hda_intel snd_seq_dummy 4868 0 snd_seq_oss 35584 0 snd_seq_midi 9376 0 snd_rawmidi 25760 1 snd_seq_midi snd_seq_midi_event 8320 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi video 19856 0 output 4736 1 video snd_seq 54224 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event snd_timer 24836 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq psmouse 40336 0 snd_seq_device 9612 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq ac 6916 0 wmi_acer 9644 0 serio_raw 7940 0 iTCO_wdt 13092 0 button 9232 0 battery 14212 0 snd 56996 15 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_hwdep,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device intel_agp 25492 1 iTCO_vendor_support 4868 1 iTCO_wdt shpchp 34452 0 pci_hotplug 30880 1 shpchp evdev 13056 7 pcspkr 4224 0 agpgart 34760 3 drm,intel_agp soundcore 8800 1 snd ext3 136712 1 jbd 48404 1 ext3 mbcache 9600 1 ext3 sr_mod 17956 0 cdrom 37408 1 sr_mod ata_generic 8324 0 sg 36880 0 8139too 27520 0 sd_mod 30720 3 ata_piix 19588 0 ahci 28420 2 pata_acpi 8320 0 libata 159344 4 ata_generic,ata_piix,ahci,pata_acpi scsi_mod 151436 4 sr_mod,sg,sd_mod,libata 8139cp 24704 0 mii 6400 2 8139too,8139cp ehci_hcd 37900 0 uhci_hcd 27024 0 usbcore 146028 3 ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd thermal 16796 0 processor 36872 4 acpi_cpufreq,thermal fan 5636 0 fbcon 42912 0 tileblit 3456 1 fbcon font 9472 1 fbcon bitblit 6784 1 fbcon softcursor 3072 1 bitblit fuse 50708 3

I don't know what I'm really looking for here, but I guess that's why you're the kind cat helping me. :)

I don't see any driver modules loading. Try to load the Linux module:

Code:

sudo modprobe ath_pci

If you don't get any errors, check the output of lsmod again for the ath_pci module.

Edit: Check the output of this command, I think that you may need firmware for the card

Code:

dmesg | grep firmware

Otherwise, download the latest driver snapshot from madwifi and follow these instructions for installing the madwifi driver:
UserDocs/GettingMadwifi - madwifi.org - Trac
UserDocs/FirstTimeHowTo - madwifi.org - Trac

For more info, I think that this is your wireless chipset:
Compatibility/Atheros - madwifi.org - Trac