[SOLVED] Ar2413 Wi-Fi NO NETWORKS DETECTED

[dylan420]

After Installing recent updates via synaptic I have noticed that In network center > Wi-fi>refresh>There are absolutely no networks detected.
I am on an Acer Aspire AM1100-B1300A desktop computer. many months ago I made this desktop wireless buy installing a wireless mini pci car into a pci adapter and into a pci slot in the tower. Upon booting PCLinuxOS 2010.12 the device was immediately recognized and worked seamlessly. But since upgrading to 2011.6 via synaptic I have notice that there are no wireless networks detected via network center. This is mysterious because it had worked flawlessly for quite some time. There are dozens of networks in range (verified by other computers) I did notice that in PCC>browse and configure hardware>AR2413 802.11bg NIC is detected and classed as an Ethernet controller rather than a Network Controller. I am standing by to provide all the details necessary.
Identification
Vendor: ‎Atheros Communications Inc.

Description: ‎AR2413 802.11bg NIC

Media class: ‎Ethernet controller

Connection
Bus: ‎PCI

PCI domain: ‎0

Bus PCI #: ‎3

PCI device #: ‎0

PCI function #: ‎0

PCI revision: ‎0x01

Vendor ID: ‎0x168c

Device ID: ‎0x001a

Sub vendor ID: ‎0x1468

Sub device ID: ‎0x0418

Misc
Module: ‎ath5k

I have ran rfkill unblock all

Code:

[hollow@Destroyer ~]$ rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: no

Code:

[root@Destroyer hollow]# iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:off/any
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=1 dBm
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off

vboxnet0  no wireless extensions.

Code:

[root@Destroyer hollow]# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (Internal gfx)
00:07.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI Express Port 3)
00:12.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI0)
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI1)
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI2)
00:13.3 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI3)
00:13.4 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI4)
00:13.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB Controller (EHCI)
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 14)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 IDE
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 PCI to LPC Bridge
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 [Radeon X1200 Series]
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 20)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: [b]Atheros Communications Inc. AR2413 802.11bg NIC (rev 01)[/b]
03:01.0 Modem: Motorola SM56 Data Fax Modem (rev 04)
03:06.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB23 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)

Code:

[hollow@Destroyer ~]$ cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0
DEVICE=wlan0
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
ONBOOT=no
METRIC=35
MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=no
USERCTL=no
RESOLV_MODS=no
WIRELESS_MODE=Managed
WIRELESS_ESSID=any
IPV6INIT=no
IPV6TO4INIT=no
ACCOUNTING=yes
DHCP_CLIENT=dhclient
NEEDHOSTNAME=no
PEERDNS=yes
PEERYP=yes
PEERNTPD=no

Code:

[hollow@Destroyer ~]$ cat /etc/modprobe.conf
install scsi_hostadapter /sbin/modprobe pata_atiixp; /sbin/modprobe ahci; /sbin/modprobe ata_piix; /bin/true
install ide-controller /sbin/modprobe ide_generic; /bin/true
alias ieee1394-controller ohci1394
install usb-interface /sbin/modprobe ehci_hcd; /sbin/modprobe ohci_hcd; /bin/true
alias sound-slot-0 snd_hda_intel
alias pci:v000011ABd00004364sv0000105Bsd00000E0Abc02sc00i00 sky2
alias eth0 sky2
alias wlan0 ath5k
alias pci:v0000168Cd0000001Asv00001468sd00000418bc02sc00i00 ath5k

Code:

[hollow@Destroyer ~]$ cat /etc/modprobe.preload
# /etc/modprobe.preload: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file should contain the names of kernel modules that are
# to be loaded at boot time, one per line.  Comments begin with
# a `#', and everything on the line after them are ignored.
# this file is for module-init-tools (kernel 2.5 and above) ONLY
# for old kernel use /etc/modules
fuse
raw1394
sbp2
ohci1394
radeon
evdev

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[AS]

Hi dylan420,

If you haven't already done, install kernel 2.6.38.8-pclos3, Texstar has patched this kernel for ath5k.

http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,94300.msg793383.html#msg793383

AS

[AndrzejL]

Hi dylan420,

If you haven't already done, install kernel 2.6.38.8-pclos3, Texstar has patched this kernel for ath5k.

http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,94300.msg793383.html#msg793383

AS

With this K-8 based machine a64 kernel should work best.

Apart from this:

Can You please provide the output of

Code:

lsmod | grep ath

and

Code:

iwlist scan

and

Code:

cat /etc/modprobe.d/* | grep ath

Regards

Andy

[dylan420]

Thank-you for the quick reply AS, Marking the kernel 2.6.38.8-pclos3 from synaptic, applying, and rebooting the wireless networks are now visible with AR2413 802.11bg and ath5k as a module.

[dylan420]

Code:

[hollow@Destroyer ~]$ lsmod | grep ath
ath5k                 129378  0
ath                    11547  1 ath5k
mac80211              189045  1 ath5k
cfg80211              126723  3 ath5k,ath,mac80211
ath_rate_sample        10253  1
ath_pci                83224  0
wlan                  173440  4 wlan_scan_sta,ath_rate_sample,ath_pci
ath_hal               188181  3 ath_rate_sample,ath_pci

Code:

[hollow@Destroyer ~]$ iwlist scan
lo        Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0      Interface doesn't support scanning.

wifi0     Interface doesn't support scanning.

ath0      Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 00:18:D1:8C:CC:D7
                    ESSID:"amber"
                    Mode:Master
                    Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
                    Quality=25/70  Signal level=-70 dBm  Noise level=-95 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 22 Mb/s
                              6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s
                              36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Extra:bcn_int=200
          Cell 02 - Address: 00:13:A3:BA:64:3A
                    ESSID:"b1test00"
                    Mode:Master                                                                                                                             
                    Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)                                                                                                         
                    Quality=1/70  Signal level=-94 dBm  Noise level=-95 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 22 Mb/s
                              6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s
                              36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Extra:bcn_int=200
          Cell 03 - Address: 00:1C:DF:A8:EE:69
                    ESSID:"Big|Bad|Wolf"
                    Mode:Master
                    Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
                    Quality=3/70  Signal level=-92 dBm  Noise level=-95 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
                              18 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s
                              24 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
                    Extra:bcn_int=100
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : TKIP CCMP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : TKIP CCMP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    Extra:wme_ie=dd180050f2020101000003a4000027a4000042435e0062322f00
          Cell 04 - Address: 00:1D:7E:50:63:F7
                    ESSID:"96"
                    Mode:Master
                    Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
                    Quality=35/70  Signal level=-60 dBm  Noise level=-95 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                              24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
                              12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
                    Extra:bcn_int=200
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    Extra:wme_ie=dd180050f2020101800003a4000027a4000042435e0062322f00

vboxnet0  Interface doesn't support scanning.

Code:

[root@Destroyer hollow]# cat /etc/modprobe.d/* | grep ath
[root@Destroyer hollow]#

[AS]

Glad you solved, but your thanks should be directed to Texstar, not me!

AndrzejL is right about kernel-2.6.38.8-pclos3.a64, probably is the better choice for you.

I was referring to the family 2.6.38.8-pclos3, which include the former + .a64, .bfs, .pae, .pae.bfs, all are patched for athk5.

AS

[jaydot]

dylan420, kindly quit shouting and edit your topic title to mixed case.

[AndrzejL]

Glad that You are sorted.

+1 to what Jaydot said.

Andy