hello and thank you for helping me.
I ran this command and got the bellow result:
hwinfo --wlan
17: PCI 08.0: 0282 WLAN controller
[Created at pci.310]
UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_168c_13
Unique ID: y9sn.AVaIkJfdHd7
SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.0
SysFS BusID: 0000:00:08.0
Hardware Class: network
Model: “D-Link AirPlus DWL-G520 Wireless PCI Adapter(rev.B)”
Vendor: pci 0x168c “Atheros Communications, Inc.”
Device: pci 0x0013 “AR5212/AR5213 Multiprotocol MAC/baseband processor”
SubVendor: pci 0x1186 “D-Link System Inc”
SubDevice: pci 0x3a13 “D-Link AirPlus DWL-G520 Wireless PCI Adapter(rev.B)”
Revision: 0x01
Driver: “ath5k_pci”
Driver Modules: “ath5k”
Device File: wlan0
Features: WLAN
Memory Range: 0xcffe0000-0xcffeffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
IRQ: 19 (no events)
HW Address: 00:11:95:e7:a3:ab
Link detected: no
WLAN channels: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
WLAN frequencies: 2.412 2.417 2.422 2.427 2.432 2.437 2.442 2.447 2.452 2.457 2.462
WLAN encryption modes: WEP40 WEP104 TKIP CCMP
WLAN authentication modes: open sharedkey wpa-psk wpa-eap
Module Alias: “pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv00001186sd00003A13bc02sc00i00”
Driver Info #0:
Driver Status: ath5k is active
Driver Activation Cmd: “modprobe ath5k”
Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
what do i need to do to be able to connect wireless?
currently it’s connected via cable.