Dapper / Atheros AR5005G Network Card

Tue Jul 25 11:59:27 UTC 2006

I'm trying to get my girlfriend into Linux but can't get her network to work. I've included all the output I think is necessary. If anyone can help, I'd appreciate it. I have seen lots of people on Google having problems with this particular card / manufacturer.

 I seem to get conflicitng results about whether the device is recognised or not.

 I've highlighted some stuff below hopefully it'll be highlighted when you read it.

 CIA

 -Ants

 Machine: Toshiba; satellite - L20-300

 modprobe ath_pci - no output

 /var/log/messages

 Jul 23 10:31:48 localhost kernel: [4294687.988000] ath0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
 Jul 23 10:31:48 localhost kernel: [4294687.988000] ath0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
 Jul 23 10:31:48 localhost kernel: [4294687.988000] ath0: H/W encryption support: WEP AES AES_CCM TKIP
 Jul 23 10:31:48 localhost kernel: [4294687.988000] ath0: mac 7.8 phy 4.5 radio 5.6
 Jul 23 10:31:48 localhost kernel: [4294687.988000] ath0: Use hw queue 1 for WME_AC_BE traffic
 Jul 23 10:31:48 localhost kernel: [4294687.988000] ath0: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_BK traffic
 Jul 23 10:31:48 localhost kernel: [4294687.988000] ath0: Use hw queue 2 for WME_AC_VI traffic
 Jul 23 10:31:48 localhost kernel: [4294687.988000] ath0: Use hw queue 3 for WME_AC_VO traffic
 Jul 23 10:31:48 localhost kernel: [4294687.988000] ath0: Use hw queue 8 for CAB traffic
 Jul 23 10:31:48 localhost kernel: [4294687.988000] ath0: Use hw queue 9 for beacons
 Jul 23 10:31:48 localhost kernel: [4294687.988000] Debugging version (ATH)
 Jul 23 10:31:48 localhost kernel: [4294687.988000] ath0: Atheros 5212: mem=0xd0200000, irq=217

 ifconfig

 ath0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:11:F5:F0:11:D0
           inet6 addr: fe80::211:f5ff:fef0:11d0/64 Scope:Link
           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:200
           RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
           Interrupt:217 Memory:dcaa0000-dcab0000

 iwconfig

 lo        no wireless extensions.

 eth0      no wireless extensions.

 ath0      IEEE 802.11  ESSID:"WLAN"
           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: 00:13:F7:0C:EC:C8
           Bit Rate:1 Mb/s   Tx-Power:18 dBm   Sensitivity=0/3
           Retry:off   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
           Power Management:off
           Link Quality=0/94  Signal level=-95 dBm  Noise level=-95 dBm
           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

 sit0      no wireless extensions.

 lspci

 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 5a31 (rev 01)
 0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 5a3f
 0000:00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller (rev 80)
 0000:00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller (rev 80)
 0000:00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller (rev 80)
 0000:00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller (rev 81)
 0000:00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller ATI (rev 80)
 0000:00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge (rev 80)
 0000:00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge (rev 80)
 0000:00:14.5 Multimedia audio controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 80)
 0000:00:14.6 Modem: ATI Technologies Inc ATI SB400 - AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 80)
 0000:01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 5a62
 0000:09:01.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1510 PC card Cardbus Controller
 0000:09:02.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
 0000:09:04.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc.: Unknown device 001a (rev 01)

 lsmod

 ath_pci                80540  0
 ath_rate_sample        17160  1 ath_pci
 ath_hal               148816  3 ath_pci,ath_rate_sample

 sudo iwlist ath0 scan
 ath0      Failed to read scan data : Resource temporarily unavailable

 sudo ifdown ath0
 Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.3
 Copyright 2004-2005 Internet Systems Consortium.
 All rights reserved.
 For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/products/DHCP

 Listening on LPF/ath0/00:11:f5:f0:11:d0
 Sending on   LPF/ath0/00:11:f5:f0:11:d0
 Sending on   Socket/fallback
 Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
     SET failed on device ath0 ; Invalid argument.

 Listening on LPF/ath0/00:11:f5:f0:11:d0
 Sending on   LPF/ath0/00:11:f5:f0:11:d0
 Sending on   Socket/fallback
 DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5
 DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 14
 DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 16
 DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 13
 DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7
 DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6
 No DHCPOFFERS received.
 No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.

 dmesg

 ath0: no IPv6 routers present

 uname -a
 Linux Mass 2.6.15-23-386 #1 PREEMPT Tue May 23 13:49:40 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux

 restricted modules (includes madwifi) are installed for this kernel.

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