i read the sticky and followed the instructions.however my card wasnt listed,what was listed is,wlan:trunk+r3717,and ath_pci:trunk + 3717,no wireless card.when i go into yast to configure wireless it lists my card;ar242x 802.11abg wirless pci express adapter(atheros)but it also says this;Unable to configure the network card because the kernel device (eth0, wlan0) is not present. This is mostly caused by missing firmware (for wlan devices). See dmesg output for details.i looked at the dmesg output and couldnt make sense of it.but mostly i dont know how to get firmware.or how to find it.can anyone suggest some options?
any help would be greatly appreciated.
Rick:(
rixtr66 wrote:
> i read the sticky and followed the instructions.however my card wasnt
> listed,what was listed is,wlan:trunk+r3717,and ath_pci:trunk + 3717,no
> wireless card.when i go into yast to configure wireless it lists my
> card;ar242x 802.11abg wirless pci express adapter(atheros)but it also
> says this;Unable to configure the network card because the kernel device
> (eth0, wlan0) is not present. This is mostly caused by missing firmware
> (for wlan devices). See dmesg output for details.i looked at the dmesg
> output and couldnt make sense of it.but mostly i dont know how to get
> firmware.or how to find it.can anyone suggest some options?
> any help would be greatly appreciated.
What does the command ‘dmesg | grep ar’ show? That should say what
firmware is needed.
Larry
Larry Finger wrote:
> rixtr66 wrote:
>> i read the sticky and followed the instructions.however my card wasnt
>> listed,what was listed is,wlan:trunk+r3717,and ath_pci:trunk + 3717,no
>> wireless card.when i go into yast to configure wireless it lists my
>> card;ar242x 802.11abg wirless pci express adapter(atheros)but it also
>> says this;Unable to configure the network card because the kernel device
>> (eth0, wlan0) is not present. This is mostly caused by missing firmware
>> (for wlan devices). See dmesg output for details.i looked at the dmesg
>> output and couldnt make sense of it.but mostly i dont know how to get
>> firmware.or how to find it.can anyone suggest some options?
>> any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> What does the command ‘dmesg | grep ar’ show? That should say what
> firmware is needed.
That one may be wrong. If it produces no output, try ‘dmesg | grep ath’.
Larry
this is what i get from dmesg;inux-g0ed:/home/rick # dmesg | grep ath
ath5k_pci 0000:06:00.0: registered as ‘phy0’
ath5k phy0: Support for RF2425 is under development.
ath5k phy0: Atheros AR2425 chip found (MAC: 0xe2, PHY: 0x70)
i dont see where it helps with getting firmware?
although i get a wlan0 wheni iwconfig,but the setup still says the card is not connected?any ideas?
Rick
rixtr66 wrote:
> this is what i get from dmesg;inux-g0ed:/home/rick # dmesg | grep ath
> ath5k_pci 0000:06:00.0: registered as ‘phy0’
> ath5k phy0: Support for RF2425 is under development.
> ath5k phy0: Atheros AR2425 chip found (MAC: 0xe2, PHY: 0x70)
> i dont see where it helps with getting firmware?
> although i get a wlan0 wheni iwconfig,but the setup still says the card
> is not connected?any ideas?
It didn’t complain about firmware not being available, thus it is OK.
I have no idea about the quality of the driver. Are you using ifup or
NetworkManager? Have you configured the interface using that method?
Larry