On Mon 04 May 2015 at 19:39:33 -0400, Charles Kroeger wrote: > After using this adapter for a few months (18 months ago) I committed out all > my > wireless lines in /etc/network/interfaces and stopped using it because it kept > breaking the connection at odd times. > > I have to take a trip and this computer goes with me where I'll need to use > WiFi and > so I uncommitted out my network interfaces file, loaded the firmware (from > the > think penguin help site) plugged in the adapter but nothing happens.
The non-free firmware-atheros package has the firmware for the adapter. > # The loopback network interface > > auto lo > > iface lo inet loopback > > # The primary network interface > > allow-hotplug eth0 > > iface eth0 inet dhcp > > auto wlan0 I'd be inclined to have 'allow-hotplug wlan0'. > iface wlan0 inet dhcp > wpa-ssid <my ssid, a dlink-dir825> > wpa-psk <my passphrase> > > I followed these instructions for the latest firmware at the think penguin > help > site for this adapter: > > cd /lib/firmware > > wget > https://www.thinkpenguin.com/files/ath9k_firmware_free-version/htc_9271.fw > wget > https://www.thinkpenguin.com/files/ath9k_firmware_free-version/htc_7010.fw > > rebooted the computer > > however..the adapter is still not connected It's very surprising a reboot didn't bring up the interface. > this after ifup wlan0: > > # ifup wlan0 > wpa_supplicant: /sbin/wpa_supplicant daemon failed to start > run-parts: /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/wpasupplicant exited with return code 1 > Failed to bring up wlan0. > > any suggestions to what might be missing here? Most of the on-screen message you saw? :) Check if the supplicant is running; 'ps ax | grep wpa'. Terminate it with 'wpa_cli terminate'. Retry 'ifup wlan0'. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/05052015105754.eb9ae86d3...@desktop.copernicus.demon.co.uk
