Netgear WNDA3100 Wireless Adapter No detected after kernel upgrade.

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No wireless after upgrading to linux kernel 3.0 in opensuse 11.4.
I’m using Kde and gnome 3, everything was working fine under the 2.6.39
kernel, but now both only detects my wired connection. Any help
resolving this would be greatly appreciated. I have a Netgear WNDA3100
adapter that uses the Atheros drivers. It also is no longer detected in
my Fedora 15 after upgrading the kernel, but it still works in Mint 11
with the 2.6.38.8 kernel.

after more investigation i was inform that the ath9k drivers was remove from the 3.0 kernel and replace with the carl9170 drivers and that i needed the new firmware for the adapter to work. I have downloaded the firmware but don’t know the commands to install it to the kernel, i’m a noob and is now learning the command line.

Thanks, any help would be appreciated.

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[root@primal ~]# lsmod |grep ath
ath 15098 1 carl9170
cfg80211 148129 3 carl9170,mac80211,ath

[root@primal ~]# modprobe ath9k
[root@primal ~]

root@primal ~]# dmesg | grep firmware
17.116008] r8169 0000:02:00.0: vpd r/w failed. This is likely a firmware bug on this device. Contact the card vendor for a firmware update.
21.454158] usb 1-2.4.4: firmware not found.
[root@primal ~]#

ifconfig -a

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:192 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:192 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:14568 (14.2 KiB) TX bytes:14568 (14.2 KiB)

p7p1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:30:67:02:CC:AF
UP BROADCAST 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:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:43 Base address:0xe000

iwlist wlan0 scan

wlan0 Interface doesn’t support scanning

#** lsusb**

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 009 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 010 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 05e3:0608 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB-2.0 4-Port HUB
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 046d:c315 Logitech, Inc. Classic New Touch Keyboard
Bus 006 Device 002: ID 045e:00e1 Microsoft Corp. Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 Reciever
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 03f0:8c07 Hewlett-Packard Digital Stereo Headset
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 1a40:0101 TERMINUS TECHNOLOGY INC. USB-2.0 4-Port HUB
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0846:9010 NetGear, Inc. WNDA3100v1 802.11abgn Atheros AR9170+AR9104

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On 08/31/2011 05:06 PM, Bajan74 wrote:
>
> [root@primal ~]# lsmod |grep ath
> ath 15098 1 carl9170
> cfg80211 148129 3 carl9170,mac80211,ath
>
> [root@primal ~]# modprobe ath9k
> [root@primal ~]
>
>
> root@primal ~]# dmesg | grep firmware
> 17.116008] r8169 0000:02:00.0: vpd r/w failed. This is likely a
> firmware bug on this device. Contact the card vendor for a firmware
> update.
> 21.454158] usb 1-2.4.4: firmware not found.
> [root@primal ~]#

Have you considered that the above line might be the problem? You need to
install the kernel-firmware package.

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Where do i get the kernel-firmware package from and how do i install it?..Remember i’m new to this, so i need installation steps.

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su -
zypper in kernel-firmware

if it reports as being already installed do

zypper up kernel-firmware