[SOLVED] Wifi setup fail with Netgear WNA1100

[saml]

Hello people,
Just installed Mageia 2 and trying to create a new network connection for my wireless dongle... drakconnect says: unable to find network interface for device (using ath9k_htc driver). Windows calls it a WNA1100 N150, not sure if that's the same thing (or correct). It's an Atheros ar9271 chipset apparently! Any ideas?

[tom_]

read this thread and try to follow the instructions,
then let we know

https://forums.mageia.org/en/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=842&p=6698&hilit=ar9271#p6698

[saml]

Thanks for your reply tom_ but I can't get online without the wireless - it's my only way to connect.

[tom_]

and can't you download that file from windows and then copy it on the right place in linux?

[saml]

Don't think so - Windows 7 doesn't seem to see ext3/4-formatted drives?

[doktor5000]

You don't have an usb stick at hands? You cannot copy it over from the windows partition?

[saml]

That's a good idea, I'll pop it on a stick and let you know what happens.

[saml]

Thinking about it actually, while Windows can't see my Linux drives, Linux can see my Windows drives just fine. That was silly of me

[doktor5000]

For the other way around: http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2rea ... .0%20beta/

[saml]

Will that do ext3/4 also? With the wireless driver downloads, the version specified in the post isn't there and the second link is broken. Am I OK to just get the latest version? The version numbers looked like Linux kernel versions and I don't know if I need to match it to whatever version Mageia 2 uses?

[doktor5000]

Yep, will also do up to ext4, using that on my windows 7 install when i need it.

Basically you only need to

download the firmware http://wireless.kernel.org/download/htc ... tc_9271.fw and put it into /llib/firmware/

or download the kernel-firmware-nonfree package from any Mageia mirror. You may also want to take a look at http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drive ... c#Firmware

[saml]

It's done - Mageia said there's a problem but I'm online anyway! Thanks for the help people, much appreciated

[tom_]

you are welcome, and we are glad you are online

now please help us to keep the forum cleaned,
prefix the subject in you first post with [SOLVED], thanks

[saml]

Sorry, not sure how I do that... unless this did it? ^ You might have guessed I don't spend much time on forums

[saml]

No I don't think that did it...

[Ken-Bergen]

No I don't think that did it...

You have to edit the title of the first post in this thread.

[saml]

Haha thanks, it is done!