Atheros AR5007 wireless with madwifi on Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy heron)
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For i386 Users
First go to System-->Administration-->Hardware Drivers" and disable by un-ticking the following option
Atheros Hardware Access Layer (Hal)
Then Reboot your system.
Preparing your system
sudo apt-get install build-essential
Then open the terminal from Applications-->Accessories-->Terminal and copy the following command
wget http://snapshots.madwifi.org/special/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007.tar.gz
tar xfz madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007.tar.gz
cd madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007
make
sudo make install
sudo modprobe ath_pci
sudo reboot
That's it now your wireless should work without any problem.
For AMD64 Users
If you are using 64 bit version following this procedure
Blacklist the default driver
echo "blacklist ath_pci" | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
Download the 64 bit driver
wget http://blakecmartin.googlepages.com/ar5007eg-64-0.2.tar.gz
Extract driver using the following command
tar xvf ar5007eg-*.tar.gz
tar xvf ndiswrapper-newest.tar.gz
Ensure you have your kernel headers and the build essential package.
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential
Install ndisgtk
sudo apt-get install ndisgtk
Either use ndisgtk to install the driver or
sudo ndiswrapper -i net5211.inf
Load up ndiswrapper every time Linux is loaded
sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
echo "ndiswrapper" | sudo tee -a /etc/modules
Restart your system using the following command
sudo reboot
Your card should have been detected and it should show available networks but if it does not, try
sudo iwlist scan
That is still not working because we want it to work with default linux wireless tools like iwconfig, iwlist, wlan0, etc. madwifi sux I don’t want their crap commands and bogus tools just the damn driver api đ
thank you very much. works perfectly on my acer aspire 5710Z.
Hi there :
Hi there ;
I was trying you solution ” For AMD 64 users ” and when I try to download the driver ( 2nd step ) I got this :
owner@owner-laptop:~$ wget http://blakecmartin.googlepages.com/ar5007eg-64-0.2.tar.gz
Error parsing proxy URL http://:8080/: Invalid host name.
owner@owner-laptop:~$
I am new with this ( only working with UBUNTU 2 days ago ….) . How can I fix it ???
Thank you
Hi Guys
Big congratulations for all ubuntu/linux team. My Acer aspire 5520 now flies over the waves of my wifi card. You are really powerfull!
I have some additional remarks. The procedure over here introduce some bad characters (such as “) in the blacklist and modules files which must be edited to del these chars!
Tanks again
Wladimyr
OK a few updates to this especially if your running on an Acer Aspire variant:
First go to Systemâ>Administrationâ>Hardware Driversâ and disable by un-ticking the following options
Atheros Hardware Access Layer (Hal)
Support for Atheros 802.11 wireless cards
Then Reboot your system.
Open a terminal and enter the following commands:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential
Now go to this site and check for the latest version of the hal:
http://snapshots.madwifi.org/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6/
(As of writing this it was madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3861-20080903)
Now more terminal stuff (replace “*” with the latest builds numbers)
wget http://snapshots.madwifi.org/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r****-********.tar.gz
tar xfz madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r****-********.tar.gz
cd madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r****-*********
make
sudo make install
sudo modprobe ath_pci
*****Close any windows and save anything before entering the next command!!!****
sudo reboot
Once logged back in go to Systemâ>Administrationâ>Hardware Driversâ and enable by ticking the following option
Atheros Hardware Access Layer (Hal)
Support for Atheros 802.11 wireless cards
Then Reboot your system. Once it’s back up you should be able to see wirless networks by clicking the network icon on the panel.
I can confirm that this worked on an Acer Aspire 5720Z
Good luck
I’m such a noob to ubuntu… I would love use this OS.
I did everything you ask and my output was this
wesley@wesley-laptop:~$ tar xfz madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3698-20080604.tar.gz
wesley@wesley-laptop:~$ cd madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-rr3698-20080604.tar.gz
bash: cd: madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-rr3698-20080604.tar.gz: No such file or directory
wesley@wesley-laptop:~$ make
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
wesley@wesley-laptop:~$ sudo make install
make: *** No rule to make target `install’. Stop.
wesley@wesley-laptop:~$ sudo modprobe ath_pci
WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist line 40: ignoring bad line starting with ‘âblacklist’
wesley@wesley-laptop:~$
So what I’m I doing wrong… Please help!!!
This works, thanks. Also remember to go into the Host area in your networking properties area and clear out all the defaults. My guess is you should clear out everything. You would only need host addresses if you have a Domain server sitting in your basement and if that is the case, you probably already know how to set up a wireless and wired network.
Same problem like Bill (poster 21)
Scripting worked without errors, driver installed via ndiswrapper, wlan receiver is being recognized, correct config via nm-applet, I can connect to every network out there but still when opening the next best browser -> happens nothing… :/
Specs.
Ubuntu Studio 8.04 hardy AMD64
adapter – AR242x
little guidance pls?
I used these instructions with Compaq C700 and it worked perfectly. Thanks a million.
ba5ik7,
Try doing:
wesley@wesley-laptop:~$ cd madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-rr3698-20080604
If your post is straight from your terminal, then you still had the tarball extension (tar.gz) in the file name when you tried to change directories. That gets dropped in the previous step (tar xfz).
If you continue to have problems with the steps just post again and I’ll try and get back to you as soon as I can.
Dirk Zwart, That’s good advice about the host file. If anyone reading this is not familiar with the host file or how to get into it, open the terminal and enter:
sudo gedit /etc/hosts
However it’s still advisable to copy and paste the contents into another text file prior to clearing the list just to be on the safe side.
Installed ubuntu 8.10, disabled the drivers from system->administration->hardware drivers… Reboot and wifi started to work. Weird. Tried all madwifi and ndiswrapper and stuff before… nothing worked…
Hope this helps someone…
I’ve Sony Vaio Nr220e.. with some atheros card…
I’m using 8.04 and I have two (?!?!) wireless adapters, when I look under network adapters in Vista.
The first is atheros AR5007EG and the second is realtek RTL8101E.
When I try the steps above with either wget http://snapshots.madwifi.org/special/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007.tar.gz
or wget http://snapshots.madwifi.org/special/madwifi-nr-r3366+ar5007.tar.gz it gives me the error “resolving snapshots.madwifi.org… failed: Name or service not known”
How do you know if you have i386 or AMD 64?
Thanks đ
NaomiB
Try following the steps in reply #95. The original instructions are a bit out of date, and that particular build of madwifi is no longer available. If you have problems post back and I will try and help as best as I can.
PS NaomiB; in Vista that RealtekRTL81013 is the “wired” network chip (for a cat5 cable), and the Atheros AR5007EG is the “Wireless” chip.
Thanks for that!
I did all of the steps in #95 successfully but I still don’t have a wireless connection.
On my connection properties dialogue box, I have two names: eth0 and lo. Does that mean it’s partially worked?
đ
errr. second time typing this with an injured wrist…:P
NamoiB,
Try right clicking on the network icon to the right of the top panel and make sure that “Enable Networking” and “Enable Wireless” are both checked.
Then open a terminal:
sudo ifconfig
copy and paste the contents into a new post so I can see what you have going on. Also check System>Administration>Hardware Drives, and just make sure that both of these boxes are checked:
Atheros Hardware Access Layer (Hal)
Support for Atheros 802.11 wireless cards
Let me know what you find out, and I’ll try and point you in the right direction.
This is what i get from ifconfig….
ath0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1b:9e:52:64:ce
inet6 addr: fe80::21b:9eff:fe52:64ce/64 Scope:Link
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:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1b:38:41:eb:23
inet addr:192.168.0.5 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::21b:38ff:fe41:eb23/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:2284 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2254 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:2548775 (2.4 MB) TX bytes:320417 (312.9 KB)
Interrupt:220
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:1478 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1478 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:73900 (72.1 KB) TX bytes:73900 (72.1 KB)
wifi0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-1B-9E-52-64-CE-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:585 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:546
TX packets:176 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:280
RX bytes:59740 (58.3 KB) TX bytes:8096 (7.9 KB)
Interrupt:16
Thanks!
Mine is Presario C700 using AR5007 wireless card.
OS installed is Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy.
Here’s what I did to get my wireless card working.
1.) disable atheros hardware access layer (System > Administration > Hardware Drivers)
2.)
sudo reboot3.)
wget http://snapshots.madwifi.org/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3861-20080903.tar.gz4.)
tar -xvf madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3861-20080903.tar.gz5.)
cd madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3861-200809036.)
sudo make install7.)
sudo modprobe ath_pci8.)
sudo rebootThen that’s it. Works like a charm đ
Well, this works great on Ibis as well, so good news. Bad news is that the location of madwifi has changed due to a new revision, as well as the filename.
It needs to be changed to: (For the i386)
sudo apt-get install build-essential
wget http://snapshots.madwifi.org/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3861-20080903.tar.gz
tar xfz madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3861-20080903.tar.gz
cd madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3861-20080903
make
sudo make install
sudo modprobe ath_pci
sudo reboot
Errr, whoops, Ibex I mean. ><
Glad to hear that things are working good in Ibex. For anyone planning to stick with Hardy through the supported period (like myself), a word of caution if you haven’t already figured it out. When kernel updates are applied (you’ll notice the “Updates are ready for your computer” button on the panel. A window will pop up with a list of updates…kernel updates are listed in there). You most likely will have to follow this procedure again. I have attempted to get this working on the .20 kernel a couple weeks ago and had some issues. .21 was out last I checked but haven’t messed with it. Your options are to plan on running through this procedure each time there is a kernel update or not apply kernel updates at all. There are those who will argue for and against either option so it’s totally up to your personal discretion…I will not be advocating either way.
NaomiB,
Sorry I’ve neglected your earlier post…
Try the following one more time reboot then give it another shot(skipping the “build-essential” part in the instructions)
sudo apt-get install build-essential
Also if you haven’t recently run all of your updates, and try again.
madwifi.org is unreachable. Is there another way to get madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6
Does someone can share it?
Thank you
Try here:
http://www.madwifi.net/
Thank’s Mr Potter,
There is no link to the new file but a link to madwifi.org wich is no longer available. If you find another link, it will be welcome…
If all else fails try a search at sourceforge, and see if they have it listed there…
I have temporarily uploaded a copy of madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6 here: http://www.frietz.net/blog/?p=19
Hope it helps.
The correct address for madwifi is:
http://snapshots.madwifi-project.org/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6/
Ok, once I got these instructions done, I got the wireless set up, but for some reason, it’s not able to connect to the router wirelessly. I’m also using 8.10.
everthings works fine thanks thanks thanks
I’ve just changed to Ibex, and I’ve repeated these steps again. I still can’t get it to work!
Any ideas?
If you try to look at my post #108, those are the exact steps I’ve made with my laptop.
But here’s the catch: I’ve done those steps also in another laptop. Guess what? It didn’t work.
Weird.
But here’s what I did. I clicked on Hardware Drivers in System > Administration > Hardware Drivers.
Then I disabled “Support for 5xxx series of Atheros 802.11 wireless LAN cards” (this is apart from Atheros Hardware Access Layer”). Am not sure if you have that option. You might as well disable that option if you have it enabled.
Then, well, yes I rebooted the laptop. It didn’t work.
So I run
sudo modprobe ath_pci. It worked.Just to make sure I don’t keep on typing the same command when I reboot the laptop the next time around, I do
sudo vim /etc/modulesand append “ath_pci” (without the quotes of course). Then I saved the file.Again, I don’t know if this will work on your case. But you can try.