[problem] WLAN Driver for NEC Versa S3300

[Nils Kassube]

Achmad Dahlan wrote:
> AD: the WLAN card is Atheros QMI E100 WLAN Ver 5.3.0.45 and i have
> switched ON the physical button. 

Is this perhaps the name of the driver coming with your hardware? I can't 
find anything about a wireless card with this name.

> below is the message from U-buntu 
> hardware Driver "Proprietary driver do not have public driver that
> ubuntu developer are free to modify. They represent a risk  to you
> because they are only available on the type of computer chosen by
> manufacturer and security update to them depend solely on the
> responsiveness of the manufacturer. Ubuntu can not fix or solve this
> problem"

I'm not sure where you see this message, but did you install that driver 
and it doesn't work? Or did you not install the driver because of the 
warning?

Anyway, Atheros chips are usually supported by the madwifi driver which is 
a part of the package "linux-restricted-modules". If you install that 
package and your card isn't too new, it might work. Open a terminal and 
use these commands:

sudo apt-get install linux-restricted-modules
sudo modprobe ath_pci
ifconfig ath0

The first command installs the package, the second loads the kernel module 
and the last one shows the configuration for the wireless interface, if 
it is supported. If it isn't supported, there is an error message instead 
of the interface configuration. Then, if it isn't supported, please post 
the output of the command "lspci".


Nils