Hello,
I have the AR9285 wireless adaptor on an HP DV6-2128ca notebook. I can see it. it comes up in NetworkManager but never gets an IP. the router is a linksys using WPA/PSK security. Would/could someone please help me out trying to get this to work? Output of several commands follows:
dmesg:
ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x69 ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a direct regpair map ath: Country alpha2 being used: 00 ath: Regpair used: 0x69 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'ath9k_rate_control' Registered led device: ath9k-phy0::radio Registered led device: ath9k-phy0::assoc Registered led device: ath9k-phy0::tx Registered led device: ath9k-phy0::rx phy0: Atheros AR9285 MAC/BB Rev:2 AR5133 RF Rev:e0: mem=0xf8bc0000, irq=185
cat /etc/modprobe.conf:
alias wlan0 ath9k
tail /var/log/messages:
Jul 27 19:31:02 smurf3 NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 4 of 5 (IP Configure Timeout) complete. Jul 27 19:31:02 smurf3 NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): device state change: 9 -> 3 Jul 27 19:31:02 smurf3 NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): deactivating device (reason: 0). Jul 27 19:31:24 smurf3 NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) starting connection 'Auto pszone' Jul 27 19:31:24 smurf3 NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): device state change: 3 -> 4 Jul 27 19:31:24 smurf3 NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled... Jul 27 19:31:24 smurf3 NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started... Jul 27 19:31:24 smurf3 NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled... Jul 27 19:31:24 smurf3 NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete. Jul 27 19:31:24 smurf3 NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting... Jul 27 19:31:24 smurf3 NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): device state change: 4 -> 5 Jul 27 19:31:24 smurf3 NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0/wireless): access point 'Auto pszone' has security, but secrets are required. Jul 27 19:31:24 smurf3 NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): device state change: 5 -> 6 Jul 27 19:31:24 smurf3 NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete. Jul 27 19:31:31 smurf3 NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled... Jul 27 19:31:31 smurf3 NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started... Jul 27 19:31:31 smurf3 NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): device state change: 6 -> 4 Jul 27 19:31:31 smurf3 NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled... Jul 27 19:31:31 smurf3 NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete. Jul 27 19:31:31 smurf3 NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting... Jul 27 19:31:31 smurf3 NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): device state change: 4 -> 5 Jul 27 19:31:31 smurf3 NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0/wireless): connection 'Auto pszone' has security, and secrets exist. No new secrets needed. Jul 27 19:31:31 smurf3 NetworkManager: <info> Config: added 'ssid' value 'pszone' Jul 27 19:31:31 smurf3 NetworkManager: <info> Config: added 'scan_ssid' value '1' Jul 27 19:31:31 smurf3 NetworkManager: <info> Config: added 'key_mgmt' value 'WPA-PSK' Jul 27 19:31:31 smurf3 NetworkManager: <info> Config: added 'psk' value '<omitted>' Jul 27 19:31:31 smurf3 NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete. Jul 27 19:31:31 smurf3 NetworkManager: <info> Config: set interface ap_scan to 1 Jul 27 19:31:31 smurf3 NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): supplicant connection state: disconnected -> scanning Jul 27 19:31:38 smurf3 NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): supplicant connection state: scanning -> associating Jul 27 19:31:38 smurf3 NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): supplicant connection state: associating -> associated Jul 27 19:31:38 smurf3 NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): supplicant connection state: associated -> 4-way handshake Jul 27 19:31:38 smurf3 NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): supplicant connection state: 4-way handshake -> group handshake Jul 27 19:31:38 smurf3 NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): supplicant connection state: group handshake -> completed Jul 27 19:31:38 smurf3 NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0/wireless) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) successful. Connected to wireless network 'pszone'. Jul 27 19:31:38 smurf3 NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) scheduled. Jul 27 19:31:38 smurf3 NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) started... Jul 27 19:31:38 smurf3 NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): device state change: 5 -> 7 Jul 27 19:31:38 smurf3 NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Beginning DHCP transaction. Jul 27 19:31:38 smurf3 dhclient: Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.5-RedHat Jul 27 19:31:38 smurf3 dhclient: Copyright 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium. Jul 27 19:31:38 smurf3 dhclient: All rights reserved. Jul 27 19:31:38 smurf3 dhclient: For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/ Jul 27 19:31:38 smurf3 dhclient: Jul 27 19:31:38 smurf3 NetworkManager: <info> dhclient started with pid 30770 Jul 27 19:31:38 smurf3 NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) complete. Jul 27 19:31:38 smurf3 NetworkManager: <info> DHCP: device wlan0 state changed normal exit -> preinit Jul 27 19:31:38 smurf3 dhclient: Listening on LPF/wlan0/c4:17:fe:bb:6a:df Jul 27 19:31:38 smurf3 dhclient: Sending on LPF/wlan0/c4:17:fe:bb:6a:df Jul 27 19:31:38 smurf3 dhclient: Sending on Socket/fallback Jul 27 19:31:38 smurf3 dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4 Jul 27 19:31:42 smurf3 dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 11 Jul 27 19:31:53 smurf3 dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 14 Jul 27 19:32:07 smurf3 dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 20 Jul 27 19:32:23 smurf3 NetworkManager: <info> Device 'wlan0' DHCP transaction took too long (>45s), stopping it. Jul 27 19:32:23 smurf3 NetworkManager: <info> wlan0: canceled DHCP transaction, dhcp client pid 30770 Jul 27 19:32:23 smurf3 NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 4 of 5 (IP Configure Timeout) scheduled... Jul 27 19:32:23 smurf3 NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 4 of 5 (IP Configure Timeout) started... Jul 27 19:32:23 smurf3 NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): device state change: 7 -> 9 Jul 27 19:32:23 smurf3 NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) failed for access point (pszone) Jul 27 19:32:23 smurf3 NetworkManager: <info> Marking connection 'Auto pszone' invalid. Jul 27 19:32:23 smurf3 NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) failed. Jul 27 19:32:23 smurf3 NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 4 of 5 (IP Configure Timeout) complete. Jul 27 19:32:23 smurf3 NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): device state change: 9 -> 3 Jul 27 19:32:23 smurf3 NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): deactivating device (reason: 0)
Thank you,
Phil