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. sudo ifup 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 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. <hr size=1> <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/uk/taglines/default/nowyoucan/spamguard/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=40565/*http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html">All New Yahoo! 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