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tengisu

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From: Mongolia

Registered: 2008-05-25

Posts: 18

[SOLVED] Wireless on Acer Aspire 3810

I can't get the wireless working. I would really appreciate it if someone can help me out.

HW: Acer Aspire 3810TZ (AS3810TZ-412G25n)

Couldn't find the exact chipset.

$ lspci | grep -i net
01:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation WiFi Link 100 Series
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Attansic Technology Corp. Device 1063 (rev c0)

Looks like I need the firmware (microcode)?

$ dmesg | grep -i wifi
iwlagn: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link AGN driver for Linux, 1.3.27ks
iwlagn 0000:01:00.0: Detected Intel Wireless WiFi Link 1000 Series BGN REV=0x6C
iwlagn 0000:01:00.0: firmware: requesting iwlwifi-1000-3.ucode
iwlagn 0000:01:00.0: iwlwifi-1000-3.ucode firmware file req failed: -2
iwlagn 0000:01:00.0: firmware: requesting iwlwifi-1000-2.ucode
iwlagn 0000:01:00.0: iwlwifi-1000-2.ucode firmware file req failed: -2
iwlagn 0000:01:00.0: firmware: requesting iwlwifi-1000-1.ucode
iwlagn 0000:01:00.0: iwlwifi-1000-1.ucode firmware file req failed: -2
iwlagn 0000:01:00.0: firmware: requesting iwlwifi-1000-3.ucode
iwlagn 0000:01:00.0: iwlwifi-1000-3.ucode firmware file req failed: -2
iwlagn 0000:01:00.0: firmware: requesting iwlwifi-1000-2.ucode
iwlagn 0000:01:00.0: iwlwifi-1000-2.ucode firmware file req failed: -2
iwlagn 0000:01:00.0: firmware: requesting iwlwifi-1000-1.ucode
iwlagn 0000:01:00.0: iwlwifi-1000-1.ucode firmware file req failed: -2
iwlagn 0000:01:00.0: firmware: requesting iwlwifi-1000-3.ucode
iwlagn 0000:01:00.0: iwlwifi-1000-3.ucode firmware file req failed: -2
iwlagn 0000:01:00.0: firmware: requesting iwlwifi-1000-2.ucode
iwlagn 0000:01:00.0: iwlwifi-1000-2.ucode firmware file req failed: -2
iwlagn 0000:01:00.0: firmware: requesting iwlwifi-1000-1.ucode
iwlagn 0000:01:00.0: iwlwifi-1000-1.ucode firmware file req failed: -2

No 1000 firmware in the repos.

$ pacman -Ss iwlwifi
core/iwlwifi-3945-ucode 15.32.2.9-1
    Intel wireless firmware for Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG/BG
core/iwlwifi-4965-ucode 228.61.2.24-1
    Intel wireless firmware for IPW4965 (iwlwifi driver)
core/iwlwifi-5000-ucode 8.24.2.12-1
    Intel wireless firmware for Intel's 5100BG, 5100ABG, 5100AGN, 5300AGN and 5350AGN wireless devices
core/iwlwifi-5150-ucode 8.24.2.2-1
    Intel wireless firmware for Intel Wireless WiFi 5150AGN

On http://intellinuxwireless.org/ it says

Note: The iwlwifi driver has been merged into mainline kernel since 2.6.24. If you are using kernels after this release, please use the intree (drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi) driver directly. After 2.6.26 the intree driver iwlagn also supports the new 5100BG, 5100ABG, 5100AGN, 5300AGN, 5350AGN, 5150AGN, 1000BGN, and 6000AGN series hardwares.

I'm running the latest kernel. So my wiriless card should be supported out of the box.

$ uname -r
2.6.31-ARCH

I have MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes", so all the necessary modules should be loaded.

Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.

Last edited by tengisu (2009-11-18 06:28:39)

tengisu

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From: Mongolia

Registered: 2008-05-25

Posts: 18

Re: [SOLVED] Wireless on Acer Aspire 3810

Ok just solved the problem.

It turns out I had to download the 1000bgn microcode from http://intellinuxwireless.org/?n=Downloads, extract it and copy it to /lib/firmware/.
Should've done more research and tried it before posting. Oh well, if anyone else runs into similar issues, i hope this post will help them.

hsa2

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From: Turkey

Registered: 2008-05-26

Posts: 46

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Re: [SOLVED] Wireless on Acer Aspire 3810

Now, there is 'iwlwifi-1000-ucode' in core repository. Btw, thanks for thread!

caelestis

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Registered: 2009-04-04

Posts: 88

Re: [SOLVED] Wireless on Acer Aspire 3810

For this laptop, do you know how to enable wireless after you press the button at the top off? I can't switch it more than once. Ubuntu could though.

Edit: nvm, found it: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AspireTimeline/Fixes

Last edited by caelestis (2009-12-05 03:01:00)

caelestis

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Registered: 2009-04-04

Posts: 88

Re: [SOLVED] Wireless on Acer Aspire 3810

Nvm that didn't work. I still can't turn wifi back on and off