Atheros Wifi on laptop compaq nc6000 does not work

[Geert Van Pamel]

I cannot get a WEP or WPA Wifi connection with the builtin Athoros Wifi modem in compap nc6000 laptop.

With a Cisco PMCIA card, I do not have this problem.

tail /var/log/messages

Nov 1 10:05:29 debian kernel: [490644.012000] wifi1: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
Nov 1 10:05:29 debian kernel: [490644.012000] wifi1: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
Nov 1 10:05:29 debian kernel: [490644.012000] wifi1: H/W encryption support: WEP AES AES_CCM TKIP
Nov 1 10:05:29 debian kernel: [490644.012000] wifi1: mac 5.6 phy 4.1 radio 1.7
Nov 1 10:05:29 debian kernel: [490644.012000] wifi1: Use hw queue 1 for WME_AC_BE traffic
Nov 1 10:05:29 debian kernel: [490644.012000] wifi1: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_BK traffic
Nov 1 10:05:29 debian kernel: [490644.012000] wifi1: Use hw queue 2 for WME_AC_VI traffic
Nov 1 10:05:29 debian kernel: [490644.012000] wifi1: Use hw queue 3 for WME_AC_VO traffic
Nov 1 10:05:29 debian kernel: [490644.012000] wifi1: Use hw queue 8 for CAB traffic
Nov 1 10:05:29 debian kernel: [490644.012000] wifi1: Use hw queue 9 for beacons
Nov 1 10:05:30 debian kernel: [490644.696000] wifi1: Atheros 5212: mem=0x90080000, irq=11

lspci
02:04.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC (rev 01)

ifconfig
ath0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0F:20:93:AD:5F
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING 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:0
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Nov 1 13:08:41 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04
Package: hal 0.5.8.1-4ubuntu12
PackageArchitecture: i386
SourcePackage: hal
Uname: Linux debian 2.6.20-15-generic #2 SMP Sun Apr 15 07:36:31 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

Hi Geert,

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue for you? Care to test the most recent Hardy Heron 8.04 release - http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download . Please let us know your results. Thanks in advance.

[Geert Van Pamel (geertivp)]

With Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04 the Atheros Wifi card is finally recognized.
I did manage to make a connection with WEP.
WPA still does not work.

With other Linux distributions the Atheros card does not work at all.
I only got a CISCO PMCIA card working.
And only with WEP, never with WPA.

Thanks for the good work.

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

Hi Geert,

Thanks for the feedback. Care to open a new bug report regarding the issues you are seeing with WPA. It's helpful to the development teams if bug reports target one specific issue.

Additionally, before making the new bug report, care to first test the upcoming Intrepid Ibex 8.10 release which is actively being developed. I'd be curious to know if this may already be fixed in the upcoming release. More information regarding the latest Alpha can be found at http://www.ubuntu.com/testing . You should be able to test via a LiveCD. If the issue with WPA still exists please mention this in the new report. Thanks.