No wlan0 with AR9285

gumtree.jack · n00b Joined: 30 Jul 2014 Posts: 1

Hi guys, Im fighting with fresh gentoo installation. Like always there is somethig intresting

I cant get wlan0 working/visible. I thing I did everything correctly but still nothing. There is a lot tips and manuals in the internet about it but nothig works for me so Im desprate

What I did:

cd /etc/init.d
# ln -s net.lo net.wlan0
# rc-update add net.wlan0 default

kernel kompilation:

[*] Networking Support --->
-*- Wireless --->
<*> cfg80211 - wireless configuration API
...
<*> Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack (mac80211)

Device Drivers --->
[*] Network device support --->
[*] Wireless LAN --->
[*] Atheros Wireless Cards --->
[*] Atheros 802.11n wireless cards support
[*] Atheros ath9k PCI/PCIe bus support

ifconfig -a gives only eth0 i lo

cat /proc/net/wireless nothing

cat /proc/net/dev gives lo and eth0

lspci shows:
Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (pci-express) (rev 01)

zgrep _ATH /proc/config.gz

CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_ATHEROS=y
#CONFIG_ATH_CARDS is not set

Any ideas?

swathe · n00b Joined: 04 Jul 2011 Posts: 73

Does iwconfig or ifconfig -a yield any results?

Have you installed the firmware for your card?

khayyam · Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 12:14 pm Post subject:

gumtree.jack ...

the above /proc/config.gz doesn't seem to be consistant with the menuconfig you provided, please provide the following: