[SOLVED] Wireless network connection - AR9285 issues.

abraham10 · 2010-06-23 00:21:54

Hi my name is Abraham and well I have a AO532h netbook with atheros AR9285 network adapter. Now my problem is that I can't get it to connect to the internet. I followed this tutorial to install the ath9k driver: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiD … ros/AR9285 then I edited my rc.conf to include my connection here it is:

#
# /etc/rc.conf - Main Configuration for Arch Linux
#

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# LOCALIZATION
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# LOCALE: available languages can be listed with the 'locale -a' command
# HARDWARECLOCK: set to "UTC" or "localtime", any other value will result
#   in the hardware clock being left untouched (useful for virtualization)
# TIMEZONE: timezones are found in /usr/share/zoneinfo
# KEYMAP: keymaps are found in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps
# CONSOLEFONT: found in /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts (only needed for non-US)
# CONSOLEMAP: found in /usr/share/kbd/consoletrans
# USECOLOR: use ANSI color sequences in startup messages
#
LOCALE="en_US.UTF-8"
HARDWARECLOCK="localtime"
TIMEZONE="America/Puerto_Rico"
KEYMAP="us"
CONSOLEFONT=
CONSOLEMAP=
USECOLOR="yes"

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# HARDWARE
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# MOD_AUTOLOAD: Allow autoloading of modules at boot and when needed
# MOD_BLACKLIST: Prevent udev from loading these modules
# MODULES: Modules to load at boot-up. Prefix with a ! to blacklist.
#
# NOTE: Use of 'MOD_BLACKLIST' is deprecated. Please use ! in the MODULES array.
#
MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes"
MOD_BLACKLIST=(!net-pf-10 !snd_pcsp !pcspkr loop) #deprecated
MODULES=()

# Scan for LVM volume groups at startup, required if you use LVM
USELVM="no"

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# NETWORKING
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# HOSTNAME: Hostname of machine. Should also be put in /etc/hosts
#
HOSTNAME="myhost"

# Use 'ifconfig -a' or 'ls /sys/class/net/' to see all available interfaces.
#
# Interfaces to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each interface then list in INTERFACES
#   - prefix an entry in INTERFACES with a ! to disable it
#   - no hyphens in your interface names - Bash doesn't like it
# 
# DHCP:     Set your interface to "dhcp" (eth0="dhcp")
# Wireless: See network profiles below
#

#Static IP example
#eth0="eth0 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255"
eth0="dhcp"
wlan0="dhcp" # this was added
wlan_wlan0="wlan0 essid Abraham key s:12345678finax" # this was added
INTERFACES=(eth0 wlan0) # this was modded to include wlan0

# Routes to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each route then list in ROUTES
#   - prefix an entry in ROUTES with a ! to disable it
#
gateway="default gw 192.168.0.1"
ROUTES=(!gateway)
 
# Enable these network profiles at boot-up.  These are only useful
# if you happen to need multiple network configurations (ie, laptop users)
#   - set to 'menu' to present a menu during boot-up (dialog package required)
#   - prefix an entry with a ! to disable it
#
# Network profiles are found in /etc/network.d
#
# This now requires the netcfg package
#
#NETWORKS=(main)

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# DAEMONS
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Daemons to start at boot-up (in this order)
#   - prefix a daemon with a ! to disable it
#   - prefix a daemon with a @ to start it up in the background
#
DAEMONS=(@syslog-ng @network @netfs @crond)

Also:

 abe@abe-laptop:~$ 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)

and yet when I try to do this:

ping -c 3 www.google.com

I get unknown host. If someone could point me into the right direction, then I would be happy. Thanks in advance!

Last edited by abraham10 (2010-06-25 21:18:55)

munkyeetr · 2010-06-23 01:06:42

I have the same wireless card and all i use in /etc/rc.conf is:

MODULES=(ath9k)
eth0="dhcp"
INTERFACES=(eth0)
gateway="default gw 192.168.0.1"
ROUTES=(!gateway)

and I use wicd to manage my connections.

What happens if you try connecting manually?

# ifconfig wlan0 up
# iwconfig wlan0 essid Abraham key s:12345678finax"
# dhcpcd wlan0

ps - I could be wrong, but I think ath9k is integrated in the kernel now, so even my addition in MODULES is unnecessary...could be wrong though.

Last edited by munkyeetr (2010-06-23 01:08:50)

abraham10 · 2010-06-23 01:08:23

Will try right now, I'm using the same netbook right now and switch between OS's.

abraham10 · 2010-06-23 01:27:16

I tried:

 ifconfig wlan0 up
 iwconfig wlan0 essid "Abraham key s:12345678finax"
 dhcpcd wlan0

and

 ifconfig wlan0 up
 iwconfig wlan0 essid "Abraham key 12345678finax"
 dhcpcd wlan0

both results are the same:

dhcpcd: time out

also I think your right about the ath9k drivers being included in the new kernel but I installed them just in case.

munkyeetr · 2010-06-23 01:45:22

Try changing this line:

iwconfig wlan0 essid "Abraham key 12345678finax"

to this (lose the quotes):

iwconfig wlan0 essid Abraham key 12345678finax

abraham10 · 2010-06-23 02:40:21

Well I found the problem it has to do with the password length I was using a 13 character long password 168bit and switched it to a 5 character password 64bit and it worked. For some reason it doesn't work for long passwords. Is there a work around for this or am I just introducing the psw in wrong?

abraham10 · 2010-06-25 20:20:03

Sorry to have too bring this back up but why is it that I have to manually bring up my wireless interface everytime I start arch. what I mean is that the device is not turned on at startup. I have to do this inorder to get it up:

 
$sudo ifconfig wlan0 down
$sudo ifconfig wlan0 up
$dhcpcd wlan0

abraham10 · 2010-06-25 21:17:45

Nvm I solved my problem I had to use this: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Netcfg#Usage

specifacally the net-profiles part and created a profile saved it to etc/network.d/ then added the profile to my rc.conf and add net-profiles to my daemons and done.

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