Estoy tratando de hacer funcionar una placa PCI Netgear WPN511con chipset atheros AR5212/AR5213 en debian sid con kernel 3.2.0-1-686-pae #lspci -nn 07:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5212/AR5213 Wireless Network Adapter [168c:0013] (rev 01) #lsmod | grep ath ath5k 115240 0 ath 17114 1 ath5k mac80211 171390 1 ath5k cfg80211 117454 5 ath5k,ath,mac80211,ipw2200,libipw La placa es reconocida normalmente,el modulo ath5k se carga en automatico, el asunto es que no se asocia a ningun AP,escanea las redes dando la siguiente salida : #iwlist wlan0 scan Address: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx Channel:6 Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6) Quality=89/70 Signal level=-92 dBm Encryption key:off ESSID:"NETGEAR" Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 22 Mb/s Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s 36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s Mode:Master Extra:tsf=00000019ac0148f5 Extra: Last beacon: 320ms ago IE: Unknown: 00074E455447454152 IE: Unknown: 010582848B962C IE: Unknown: 030106 IE: Unknown: 2A0100 IE: Unknown: 32080C1218243048606C el tema son esos IE:Unknown lo anterior es solo por citar un ejemplo,pero pasa tambien al tratar de asociarse al cualquier AP ya sea con/sin encriptacion. Otra cosa que encontrado es : #dmesg |grep ath ath5k 0000:07:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002) [ 1317.300151] ath5k 0000:07:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16 [ 1317.300245] ath5k 0000:07:00.0: registered as 'phy1' [ 1317.895645] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x0 [ 1317.895649] ath: EEPROM indicates default country code should be used [ 1317.895652] ath: doing EEPROM country->regdmn map search [ 1317.895655] ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x3a [ 1317.895658] ath: Country alpha2 being used: US [ 1317.895660] ath: Regpair used: 0x3a [ 1317.935520] ath5k phy1: Atheros AR2414 chip found (MAC: 0x79, PHY: 0x45) llamandome la atencion la ultima linea. la placa es soportada por el ath5k segun http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath5k#Supported_Devices http://wiki.debian.org/ath5k#supported -- gracias por su tiempo. saludos. _____________________________________________________________________________ Key ID :0x4EFA155F379D2F00 hkp://wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net "Try Linux and your soul will rest in peace"
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