AOD257 wifi not working

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  1. zensawa

    zensawa

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    Hi, Having trouble getting my wifi to connect. The wifi icon keeps spinning and spinning even after typing all information correct.

    Information:

    AOD257
    Mint Linux 11(also tried ubuntu 10.04, and 11.04) (using mint atm)

    uname -a

    Linux lap-AOD257 2.6.38-8-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 11 03:31:50 UTC 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

    lsmod

    Module Size Used by
    binfmt_misc 13213 1
    sha256_generic 20911 2
    cryptd 19801 0
    aes_i586 16956 238
    aes_generic 38023 1 aes_i586
    parport_pc 32111 0
    ppdev 12849 0
    dm_crypt 22463 1
    snd_hda_codec_realtek 255820 1
    snd_hda_intel 24140 2
    snd_hda_codec 90901 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
    snd_hwdep 13274 1 snd_hda_codec
    snd_pcm 80244 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
    joydev 17322 0
    snd_seq_midi 13132 0
    arc4 12473 2
    snd_rawmidi 25269 1 snd_seq_midi
    sparse_keymap 13666 0
    ath9k 103633 0
    snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
    snd_seq 51291 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
    mac80211 257001 1 ath9k
    snd_timer 28659 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
    snd_seq_device 14110 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
    ipt_REJECT 12512 1
    ipt_LOG 12784 5
    uvcvideo 66851 0
    xt_limit 12541 7
    xt_tcpudp 12531 8
    ipt_addrtype 12535 4
    xt_state 12514 7
    ath9k_common 13611 1 ath9k
    ath9k_hw 300328 2 ath9k,ath9k_common
    snd 55295 13 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
    videodev 75143 1 uvcvideo
    ath 19141 2 ath9k,ath9k_hw
    cfg80211 156212 3 ath9k,mac80211,ath
    psmouse 73312 0
    ip6table_filter 12711 1
    rts_pstor 348243 0
    ip6_tables 22545 1 ip6table_filter
    serio_raw 12990 0
    nf_nat_irc 12542 0
    nf_conntrack_irc 13138 1 nf_nat_irc
    nf_nat_ftp 12548 0
    nf_nat 24827 2 nf_nat_irc,nf_nat_ftp
    nf_conntrack_ipv4 19024 9 nf_nat
    nf_defrag_ipv4 12649 1 nf_conntrack_ipv4
    nf_conntrack_ftp 13106 1 nf_nat_ftp
    nf_conntrack 69744 7 xt_state,nf_nat_irc,nf_conntrack_irc,nf_nat_ftp,nf_nat,nf_conntrack_ipv4,nf_conntrack_ftp
    iptable_filter 12706 1
    ip_tables 18125 1 iptable_filter
    x_tables 21907 10 ipt_REJECT,ipt_LOG,xt_limit,xt_tcpudp,ipt_addrtype,xt_state,ip6table_filter,ip6_tables,iptable_filter,ip_tables
    soundcore 12600 1 snd
    snd_page_alloc 14073 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
    lp 13349 0
    parport 36746 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
    dm_raid45 88410 0
    xor 21860 1 dm_raid45
    btrfs 527341 0
    zlib_deflate 26594 1 btrfs
    libcrc32c 12543 1 btrfs
    i915 450944 3
    drm_kms_helper 40745 1 i915
    drm 180037 4 i915,drm_kms_helper
    ahci 21591 2
    r8169 42534 0
    libahci 25548 1 ahci
    i2c_algo_bit 13184 1 i915
    video 18951 1 i915


    Any help would be much appreciated, Thanks
     
    zensawa, Aug 19, 2011
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  2. zensawa

    zensawa

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    Forgot to post this:



    I. scanning WIFI PCI devices...
    -- Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
    ==> PCI ID = 168c:002b (rev 01)
    -------------------------
    * II. querying ndiswrapper...
    -------------------------
    * III. querying iwconfig...
    lo no wireless extensions.

    eth0 no wireless extensions.

    wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:eek:ff/any
    Mode:Managed Frequency:2.422 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
    Tx-Power=9 dBm
    Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:eek:ff Fragment thr:eek:ff
    Encryption key:eek:ff
    Power Management:eek:ff

    vboxnet0 no wireless extensions.

    -------------------------
    * IV. querying ifconfig...
    eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr e8:9a:8f:40:63:7c
    inet addr:192.168.1.5 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
    inet6 addr: fe80::ea9a:8fff:fe40:637c/64 Scope:Link
    UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
    RX packets:68320 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
    TX packets:38521 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
    collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
    RX bytes:98338431 (98.3 MB) TX bytes:3480110 (3.4 MB)
    Interrupt:43 Base address:0x8000

    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:49 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
    TX packets:49 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
    collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
    RX bytes:9375 (9.3 KB) TX bytes:9375 (9.3 KB)

    wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr cc:af:78:1d:b6:19
    inet6 addr: fe80::ceaf:78ff:fe1d:b619/64 Scope:Link
    UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
    RX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
    TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
    collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
    RX bytes:678 (678.0 B) TX bytes:930 (930.0 B)

    -------------------------
    * V. querying DHCP...
    -------------------------
    * VI. querying nslookup google.com...
    Server: 192.168.1.1
    Address: 192.168.1.1#53

    Non-authoritative answer:
    Name: google.com
    Address: 74.125.113.104
    Name: google.com
    Address: 74.125.113.105
    Name: google.com
    Address: 74.125.113.106
    Name: google.com
    Address: 74.125.113.147
    Name: google.com
    Address: 74.125.113.99
    Name: google.com
    Address: 74.125.113.103
     
    zensawa, Aug 19, 2011
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  3. zensawa

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    Motivational bump, This did nothing

    sudo modprobe ath9k
     
    zensawa, Aug 19, 2011
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