On 03/13/2013 11:17 AM, SilverTip257 wrote: > On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 9:48 AM, Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com>wrote: > >> I have a few oqo2 units that I use for testing, normally using the >> dongle for ethernet connection. Well supposedly they have atheros >> wifi. in dmseg I see: >> >> ath5k 0000:03:04.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17 >> ath5k 0000:03:04.0: registered as 'phy0' >> ath5k phy0: Couldn't identify radio revision. >> ath5k 0000:03:04.0: PCI INT A disabled >> >> I press magic <fnc-?> per http://www.expansys.com/ft.aspx?k=119902 but >> NetworkManager is not adding wifi as a networking device. There is no >> file under /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifc-* either. How can I get >> the wifi working? >> > Does the Atheros device show up in the output of ifconfig? > ifconfig -a Only eth0 and lo > If it does, check the output of iwconfig. And of course nothing here. > If neither of those yield any success, dig into the output of lspci for > info on the Ath device. > lspci -v > lspci -v | grep -A10 -B2 thernet > > with verbosity turne up another notch if you want more info > lspci -vv | grep -A10 -B2 thernet # lspci -vv | grep -A10 -B2 thernet Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel 03:04.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5413/AR5414 Wireless Network Adapter [AR5006X(S) 802.11abg] (rev 01) Subsystem: Atheros Communications Inc. EnGenius EMP-8602 (400mw) or Compex WLM54AG (SuperAG) Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 17 Region 0: Memory at c2100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=375mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=2 PME- Kernel modules: ath5k 03:05.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10) Subsystem: Atheros Communications Inc. Device 8139 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Latency: 32 (8000ns min, 16000ns max) Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 18 Region 0: I/O ports at bc00 [size=256] Region 1: Memory at c2110000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=375mA PME(D0-,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+) Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- I checked in the bios that the card is enabled. The keyboard indicates that the function key function of the / key is to turn on the radio.