openSUSE 11.4 Kernel 3.0 ( I have faced the same with previous kernel versions too)
Hi I have a atheros card… with the following configuration
Hardware Class: network
Model: “Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)”
Vendor: pci 0x168c “Atheros Communications Inc.”
Device: pci 0x002b “AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)”
SubVendor: pci 0x17aa “Lenovo”
SubDevice: pci 0x30a1
Revision: 0x01
Driver: “ath9k”
Driver Modules: “ath9k”
Device File: wlan0
Features: WLAN
I am unable to conenct the internet through it.
I have tried the following approaches
One is the GNOME 3.0 Network Manager I see wireless as an option but no networks are shown.
One of the solutions that I tried was rfkill
This was the output
rfkill list all
0: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
2: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
3: ideapad_bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
Now, I also looked up the command line solution
The result is as follows
ifconfig wlan0 up
iwlist wlan0 scan
Cell 01 - Address: 00:15:70:C9:E2:40
Channel:1
Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
Quality=42/70 Signal level=-68 dBm
Encryption key:off
ESSID:“ION@Manipal-Indoor”
Bit Rates:12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
54 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=00000002c5d0f15e
Extra: Last beacon: 780ms ago
IE: Unknown: 0012494F4E404D616E6970616C2D496E646F6F72
IE: Unknown: 0106182430C8E0EC
IE: Unknown: 030101
IE: Unknown: 0706494E20010D24
IE: Unknown: 0B050C00A43D09
IE: Unknown: 2A0104
IE: Unknown: AD0F00A0F80C0090006801000000000000
Cell 02 - Address: 00:15:70:C1:0D:C0
Channel:6
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality=40/70 Signal level=-70 dBm
Encryption key:off
ESSID:“ION@Manipal-Indoor2”
Bit Rates:12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
54 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=00000002c668b26c
Extra: Last beacon: 560ms ago
IE: Unknown: 0013494F4E404D616E6970616C2D496E646F6F7232
IE: Unknown: 0106182430C8E0EC
IE: Unknown: 030106
IE: Unknown: 0706494E20010D24
IE: Unknown: 0B050900A43D09
IE: Unknown: 2A0104
IE: Unknown: AD0F00A0F809005900F300000000000000
iwconfig wlan0 essid NETWORK_ID key off
dhclient wlan0
But I am still unable to connect to the wireless