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lalw

Member

Registered: 2010-05-17

Posts: 14

Wireless internet not working

lspci | grep -i net

01:00:0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Atheros AR8132 / L1c Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (rev c0)
02:00:0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)

lsmod | grep ath

ath_pci 193094 0
wlan 1970721 1 ath_pci
ath_hal 380775 1 ath_pci
ath9k 63111 0
ath9k_common 2089 1 ath9k
mac80211 151387 2 ath9k,ath9k_common
ath9k_hw 205627 2 ath9k,ath9k_common
ath 6790 2 ath9K,ath9k_hw
cfg80211 108137 4 ath9k,ath9k_common,mac80211,ath
led_class 1997 1 ath9k

iwconfig

lo no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"Linksys"
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry Long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:6164-6D69-6E
Power Management:on

dhcpcd wlan0

dhcpcd: version 5.2.2 starting
dhcpcd: wlan0: waiting for carrier
dhcpcd: time out

dhcpcd -d wlan0

dhcpcd: version 5.2.2 starting
dhcpcd: wlan0: executing `/usr/lib/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-run-hooks', reason PREINIT
dhcpcd: wlan0: executing `/usr/lib/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-run-hooks', reason NOCARRIER
dhcpcd: waiting for carrier
dhcpcd: timed out

cat /sys/class/net/wlan0/carrier

0

dmesg | tail

wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:12:17:d0:d0:85 by local choice (reason=3)
wlan0: direct probe responded
wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:12:17:d0:d0:85 (try 1)
wlan0: authenticated 
wlan0: associate with AP 00:12:17:d0:d0:85 (try 1)
wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:12:17:d0:d0:85 (capab=0x411 status=12 aid=0)
wlan0: AP denied association (code=12)
wlan0: deauthenticating from AP 00:12:17:d0:d0:85 by local choice (reason=3)

help

skanky

Member

From: WAIS

Registered: 2009-10-23

Posts: 1,847

Re: Wireless internet not working

wlan0: AP denied association (code=12)

Double check:

1) security type
2) ESSID
3) MAC address filtering on router

Check the links under ath9k at http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless and http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath9k/bugs for other potential issues.

There are also some recent ath9k threads on this forum - inc. one or two about 802.11n which might be worth a look at.

If none of that turns up anything, I may be stumped.

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lalw

Member

Registered: 2010-05-17

Posts: 14

Re: Wireless internet not working

Ok, I've managed to get an association point but now dhcpcd times out while broadcasting for a lease.

Last edited by lalw (2010-06-03 13:06:04)

skanky

Member

From: WAIS

Registered: 2009-10-23

Posts: 1,847

Re: Wireless internet not working

You could try:

1) Increasing the timeout of dhcpcd
2) Checking the router to make sure it gives the dhcp lease
3) Setting a static address to see if that works (you can do this even whilst using dhcpcd by requesting an address)
4) See if dhclient works (http://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/i686/dhclient/)

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tomk

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: Wireless internet not working

You have two drivers loaded for your device - ath_pci, the madwifi driver, and ath9k, which is provided by the kernel package. Use one OR the other, not both.