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From: Alexander Kapshuk <alexander.kapshuk@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Having Trouble with Wireless Interface
Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 11:00:46
Message-Id: 5371FB4E.6020705@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Having Trouble with Wireless Interface by Hunter Jozwiak
1 On 05/12/2014 10:31 PM, Hunter Jozwiak wrote:
2 > Hi all. I got Espeakup to finally function, but I have a problem now
3 > with my Realtech 8188 WiFi adapter, Rev01, according to ifconfig. I
4 > know it shows up as wlp7s0 on an ifconfig, normally. But for what ever
5 > reason, it isn't showing up. I have, in my /etc/conf.d/net the line:
6 > wlp7s0="DHCP". When I run ifconfig wlp7s0 up, I get an error about how
7 > the device is not able to be found. The driver shows up as a module in
8 > the kernel.
9 >
10 I use wpa_supplicant to manage my wireless connections.
11 Here's what I have in my /etc/conf.d/net:
12 # Prefer wpa_supplicant over wireless-tools
13 modules="wpa_supplicant"
14
15 wpa_supplicant_wlp2s0="-Dnl80211"
16
17 And the output of lspci:
18 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR242x / AR542x Wireless
19 Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
20 Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 137b
21 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
22 Memory at d6000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
23 Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
24 Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
25 Capabilities: [60] Express Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
26 Capabilities: [90] MSI-X: Enable- Count=1 Masked-
27 Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
28 Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel
29 Kernel driver in use: ath5k
30 Kernel modules: ath5k
31
32 Are you setting up wireless after doing a fresh install, or did you have
33 it working before and then it just stopped working for you?

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RE: [gentoo-user] Having Trouble with Wireless Interface Hunter Jozwiak <hunter.t.joz@×××××.com>