wifi card on Lenovo T60 will does not work out of the box

Bug #251263 reported by João Pinto
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linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24 (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
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Bug Description

I have installed Ubuntu 8.04.1 (32 bits) on a Lenovo/IBM ThinkPad T60, after setting up the wireless network from the restricted manager the network was not working.

$ apt-cache policy linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-19-generic
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-19-generic:
  Installed: 2.6.24.13-19.44

The restricted drivers managed did report that the Atheros non free drivers where configured and used.

The network manager did not report any error, the /etc/resolv.conf was properly set (which indicates he did communicate with the wireless router) but the ath0 interface had no IP address.

After reading http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Ubuntu_6.10_(Edgy_Eft)_on_a_ThinkPad_T60
 I have found the following suggestion.

    # iwpriv ath0 mode 2
I have executed it, then executed the network restart and I was now able to get an IP address and have regular network connectivity.

card:
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC (rev 01)

João Pinto (joaopinto)
description: updated
Revision history for this message
João Pinto (joaopinto) wrote :

Fixed on Intrepid.

Changed in linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24:
status: New → Fix Released
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