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More info, after many tests:
F10-Snapshot 3 installed on an Acer Aspire One - kernel 2.6.27.3-34rc1 - wireless worked, but there was no wired connection. At the next boot the wired connection worked, but wireless was lost, and has not worked since.
Typical event - First it offers me the chance to connect to hidden networks. I give it the ESSID, set it to WPA and give it the passphrase. It whirs for a while, then a
dialogue box opens asking me to give a WEP key. There is no option to set the WPA key this time.
Kernels tested since that date:
2.6.27.4-79
2.6.27.5-94
2.6.27.5-100
2.6.27.5-109 - all i686
/etc/sysconfig/
# Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter
On several occasions NetworkManager has reported a successful link, but at 0%. Further investigation shows that it is to a different subnet. At no time has any
other network been listed by NetworkManager, and the nearest other wifi network does not use the IP range mentioned. Also, it reports that it is connected to my ESSID.
'service network status' gives
Configured devices:
l0 eth0 wlan0
Currently active devices:
lo eth1 wmaster0 wlan0
lsmod | grep ath gives
ath5k 17164 0
mac80211 112520 1 ath5k
cfg80211 23816 2 ath5k,mac80211
nm-tool
NetworkManager Tool
State: connected
- Device: eth1
-------
Type: Wired
Driver: r8169
State: connected
Default: yes
HW Address: 00:1E:68:BD:EF:73
Capabilities:
Supported: yes
Carrier Detect: yes
Speed: 100 Mb/s
Wired Settings
IPv4 Settings:
Address: 192.168.0.92
Prefix: 24 (255.255.255.0)
Gateway: 192.168.0.1
DNS: 192.168.0.1
- Device: wlan0
-------
Type: 802.11 WiFi
Driver: ath5k_pci
State: disconnected
Default: no
HW Address: 00:22:33:44:55:66 #obscured
Capabilities:
Supported: yes
Wireless Settings
WEP Encryption: yes
WPA Encryption: yes
WPA2 Encryption: yes
Wireless Access Points
---
iwlist scanning
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.
wmaster0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
wlan0 No scan results
eth1 Interface doesn't support scanning.
pan0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
---
ifconfig wlan0
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr
00:22:33:44:55:66
UP BROADCAST 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
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
---
iwconfig wlan0
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:""
Point: Not-Associated
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352
B
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid
frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed
beacon:0
---
On one of those 'bogus connections' -
Running iwconfig wlan0 again I now get
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"myESSID"
36:8F:3A:45:3F:BC
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352
B
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid
frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed
beacon:0
---
Running the connection again, changing the ad-hoc to Infrastructure (the only other option, Managed being absent) the connection was lost and could no longer be found.
---
The best I ever achieved was
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"myESSID"
Point: Not-Associated
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352
B
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid
frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed
beacon:0
It has been suggested that this may be a kernel bug affecting the ath5k driver.