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AP81

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Registered: 2006-10-01

Posts: 36

Compaq C774TU, Wifi issues

Hi guys,

I recently purchased a Compaq C774TU which is running flawlessly apart from the wifi.

I tried the Madwifi latest snapshot, which compiles fine, but doesn't seems to work.  Even if I modprobe the modules manually and restart the network, I can't see wlan0, wifi0 or ath0 in the iwconfig output.

With this not working, I am now looking into Ndiswrapper.   I can't seem to locate the correct .inf file to get this working, so I was wondering if anyone with this laptop can give me some advice.  I should have taken note of the driver before I formatted and removed Vista.

This is my output from a lshw -C network:

 *-network UNCLAIMED     
       description: Ethernet controller
       product: AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter
       vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       version: 01
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 1
       bus info: pci@0000:02:01.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 10
       serial: 00:1e:ec:2f:af:20
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=8139too driverversion=0.9.28 duplex=full ip=192.168.1.103 latency=64 link=yes maxlatency=64 mingnt=32 module=8139too multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s

Zerathidune

Member

Registered: 2007-02-25

Posts: 102

Re: Compaq C774TU, Wifi issues

I have the same card as you, and have gotten it working with the madwifi package in the repos, no compiling nessecary. It worked fairly easily, the only thing I had to do was put !ath5k in my modules array in /etc/rc.conf so as to avoid a conflict. Maybe this is your problem?

asmodaous

Member

From: Austin, TX

Registered: 2008-07-29

Posts: 19

Re: Compaq C774TU, Wifi issues

I just got a C770us and I did this !ath5k and min is working now. My only gripe is I am having problems trying to play wow in wine. I have an intel 3100 graphics card and it does not play very good.

AP81

Member

Registered: 2006-10-01

Posts: 36

Re: Compaq C774TU, Wifi issues

Sweet! After using Madwifi from the repo and disabling the ath5k module I am in business.

The funny thing is it was actually harder to get wireless working in Ubuntu than Arch (previously had Ubuntu on it).

Arch just works and works well and stuff just doesn't seem to break.