Cant configure IP address - Atheros chipset
Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 9:41 pm
I am using Mint 15 Mate on an Intel D865PERL motherboard using a TP-Link TL-WN851ND wireless card.
This card worked on Mint 14 then after an upgrade appeared to longer work, so I upgraded to Mint 15 hoping it would be resolved. No luck.
It will not get an IP from the DHCP server nor can i manually set an IP address. I've not seen anything like this before and would really appreciate some ideas. For the record, I have very little experience with wireless cards and only bought this one because it was the only PCI wireless card available.
output from mintwifi
mintwifi
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* I. scanning WIFI PCI devices...
-- Atheros Communications Inc. AR9227 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
==> PCI ID = 168c:002d (rev 01)
-------------------------
* II. querying ndiswrapper...
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* III. querying iwconfig...
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
-------------------------
* IV. querying ifconfig...
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0c:f1:bd:8d:2c
inet addr:192.168.0.129 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::20c:f1ff:febd:8d2c/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:289 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:370 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:180939 (180.9 KB) TX bytes:65321 (65.3 KB)
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:40 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:40 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:3961 (3.9 KB) TX bytes:3961 (3.9 KB)
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr a0:f3:c1:ee:27:37
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
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* V. querying DHCP...
[sudo] password for tom:
Rather than invoking init scripts through /etc/init.d, use the service(8)
utility, e.g. service smbd reload
Since the script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an
Upstart job, you may also use the reload(8) utility, e.g. reload smbd
RTNETLINK answers: File exists
-------------------------
* VI. querying nslookup google.com...
Server: 192.168.0.1
Address: 192.168.0.1#53
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.237.103
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.237.105
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.237.102
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.237.100
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.237.98
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.237.99
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.237.96
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.237.101
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.237.104
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.237.110
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.237.97
As you can see, it seems to detect the card as the hw address is correct but where do I go from here.
Thanks in advance
This card worked on Mint 14 then after an upgrade appeared to longer work, so I upgraded to Mint 15 hoping it would be resolved. No luck.
It will not get an IP from the DHCP server nor can i manually set an IP address. I've not seen anything like this before and would really appreciate some ideas. For the record, I have very little experience with wireless cards and only bought this one because it was the only PCI wireless card available.
output from mintwifi
mintwifi
-------------------------
* I. scanning WIFI PCI devices...
-- Atheros Communications Inc. AR9227 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
==> PCI ID = 168c:002d (rev 01)
-------------------------
* II. querying ndiswrapper...
-------------------------
* III. querying iwconfig...
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
-------------------------
* IV. querying ifconfig...
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0c:f1:bd:8d:2c
inet addr:192.168.0.129 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::20c:f1ff:febd:8d2c/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:289 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:370 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:180939 (180.9 KB) TX bytes:65321 (65.3 KB)
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:40 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:40 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:3961 (3.9 KB) TX bytes:3961 (3.9 KB)
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr a0:f3:c1:ee:27:37
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
-------------------------
* V. querying DHCP...
[sudo] password for tom:
Rather than invoking init scripts through /etc/init.d, use the service(8)
utility, e.g. service smbd reload
Since the script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an
Upstart job, you may also use the reload(8) utility, e.g. reload smbd
RTNETLINK answers: File exists
-------------------------
* VI. querying nslookup google.com...
Server: 192.168.0.1
Address: 192.168.0.1#53
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.237.103
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.237.105
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.237.102
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.237.100
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.237.98
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.237.99
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.237.96
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.237.101
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.237.104
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.237.110
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.237.97
As you can see, it seems to detect the card as the hw address is correct but where do I go from here.
Thanks in advance