Wireless not quite working on Asus EeePC 4G Surf

[Jim]

Alexander Todorov wrote:
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> Morning all,
> i've been trying to make wireless work on my Asus EeePC, but no luck.
>
> Below is some diagnostic output:
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> [root at localhost ~]# ifconfig
> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1F:C6:D8:E9:9F
> ~          inet addr:192.168.1.3  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
> ~          inet6 addr: fe80::21f:c6ff:fed8:e99f/64 Scope:Link
> ~          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
> ~          RX packets:97 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> ~          TX packets:106 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:2
> ~          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> ~          RX bytes:24327 (23.7 KiB)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
> ~          Memory:fbfc0000-fc000000
>
> 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:16436  Metric:1
> ~          RX packets:1604 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> ~          TX packets:1604 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> ~          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
> ~          RX bytes:80360 (78.4 KiB)  TX bytes:80360 (78.4 KiB)
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> wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:15:AF:A7:87:5F
> ~          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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> wmaster0  Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr
> 00-15-AF-A7-87-5F-F4-FF-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
> ~          UP BROADCAST RUNNING 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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> [root at localhost ~]# lsmod | grep ath
> ath5k                 111240  0
> mac80211              174312  1 ath5k
> cfg80211               24584  2 ath5k,mac80211
>
> [root at localhost ~]# tail -f /var/log/messages
> Oct 13 10:06:26 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  wlan0: driver 
> supports SSID
> scans (scan_capa 0x01).
> Oct 13 10:06:26 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  Found new 802.11 
> WiFi device
> 'wlan0'.
> Oct 13 10:06:26 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  (wlan0): exported as
> /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/net_00_15_af_a7_87_5f_0
> Oct 13 10:06:30 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  (wlan0): device 
> state change:
> 1 -> 2
> Oct 13 10:06:30 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  (wlan0): bringing up 
> device.
> Oct 13 10:06:30 localhost kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is 
> not ready
> Oct 13 10:06:30 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  (wlan0): preparing 
> device.
> Oct 13 10:06:30 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  (wlan0): 
> deactivating device.
> Oct 13 10:06:30 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  (wlan0): device 
> state change:
> 2 -> 3
> Oct 13 10:06:30 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  (wlan0): supplicant 
> interface
> state change: 1 -> 2.
>
> [root at localhost ~]# rpm -q kernel
> kernel-2.6.26.5-45.fc9.i686
>
>
> Now everything looks good except the line
> Oct 13 10:06:30 localhost kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is 
> not ready
>
> I have another laptop with Atheros card with the same software 
> configuration (F9
> + latest updates) and it just works fine while on the eeepc NM doesn't 
> detect
> any wireless networks. I wasn't able to find any useful information on 
> the web
> except installing mad-wifi which I think is not needed with the latest 
> kernel
> anymore. Any help is appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Alexander.
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I have a eeePC 702 and it works perfect on FC10 the kernel-2.6.27,  I 
don't know what WiFi the 1000 uses but the eeePC  700 series runs the 
Atheros AR5007EG wireless,  and it won't work in the 2.6.26 kernels FC 8 
- 9 .
The  rpm from Livna will also give you problems.
All hardware on my E works perfect on FC10 , most of all the Webcam.