Public bug reported:
I have an IBM Thinkpad R40 2722 GDG with this wireless adapter:
Printed from command lshw:
*-network:0
description: Wireless interface
product: AR5211 802.11ab NIC
vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
physical id: 2
bus info: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:02:02.0
logical name: ath0
version: 01
serial: 00:05:4e:42:46:f6
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ndiswrapper+net5211
driverversion=1.53+,05/02/2007,4.1.2.156 ip=192.168.10.188 latency=128 link=yes
maxlatency=28 mingnt=10 module=ndiswrapper multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11b
lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10
apt-cache policy linux-restricted-modules
apt-cache policy linux-restricted-modules-2.6.27-7-generic
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.27-7-generic:
Installed: 2.6.27-7.12
Candidate: 2.6.27-7.12
Version table:
*** 2.6.27-7.12 0
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/restricted Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
In a default install the driver will be ath_pci, and connections to wpa access
points will time out. In Gutsy the default - whatever that was, worked fine.
My wireless now works with the following:
* Install ndisgtk and cabextract
* Download 77wc39ww.exe from
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-67214
* Put 77wc39ww.exe in an empty directory DIR
* In DIR, run cabextract 77wc39ww.exe
* Run ndisgtk from System->Administration->Windows Wireless Drivers
* Select the .inf file in DIR.
This is the state of my system. May not be necessary:
* Make sure that no linux-backports-modules-* packages are installed
* Make sure that there are no blacklists of any ath* modules in
/etc/modprobe.d/* (grep -r ath /etc/modprobe.d/*)
* Make sure the Atheros driver is enabled in System->Administration->Hardware
Drivers
Also, in gutsy I needed stronger signals from an ap to connect to it
than when I needed in Windows XP. Hopefully I will now enjoy the XP
performance in Intrepid since I have the Windows driver.
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
Package: linux-restricted-modules-2.6.27-7-generic 2.6.27-7.12
ProcEnviron:
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: linux-restricted-modules
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic i686
** Affects: linux-restricted-modules (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug
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Wireless with wpa does not work after upgrade to intrepid OR in intrepid live
cd session
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/299822
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