[Attansic L2 100Mbit] Atheros network card not recognized

[TheUFactor]

I just ran Kubuntu 8.04.1 (i386/desktop) off the live CD to look around before the second HDD I ordered arrives and I'll install it as a dual-boot with Windows XP Pro SP3. Nearly everything seems fine - I took a brief look around and noted the started apps that come with the package.

However, my network card was not recognized. I believe the message was "No device connected" (I'm back in Windows to post this)

mobo: Asus p5gc-mx/1333
CPU: Intel Pentium Dual-Core e2180
network adapter: Atheros L2 (Netgear router --> telephone/cable modem; Time Warner/Road Runner with Earthlink ISP)

[dibl]

Re: Atheros network card not recognized

When you are running the Live CD again, open the Konsole and enter

lspci

to view the devices on the PCI bus. You should find your Atheros chip -- exact model is needed.

Then search Ubuntu forum for that model Atheros chip.

In my Eee PC I use the madwifi driver to run that Atheros chip. But there is a new ath5k driver for Atheros chips, that might work.

Here's the instruction that I used to set up the driver on my Eee PC (it happens to run sidux, not Kubuntu, but the procedure is the same):

http://wiki.eeeuser.com/ubuntu#wireless

(scroll down to "Wireless Internet using madwifi driver")

[TheUFactor]

Re: Atheros network card not recognized

Found it in the Konsole:

Attansic Technology Corp L2 100 Mbit Ethernet Adapter (wired)

I recall reading about problems with Attansic cards with Ubuntu in support forums.

And, the exact error message was "No active device" in the network connections dialog at the bottom right, near the system clock. None of the other sections had any info and the tabs were greyed out.

[Snowhog]

Re: [Attansic L2 100Mbit] Atheros network card not recognized

In a console, what's the output of:

ifconfig && iwconfig

and

cat /etc/network/interfaces

[TheUFactor]

Re: [Attansic L2 100Mbit] Atheros network card not recognized

eth0   Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1e:8c:69:f0:8c
     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)
     Memory:ddec0000-ddf00000

lo    Link encap:Local Loopback
     inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
     UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 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)

lo    no wireless extensions.

eth0   no wireless extensions.

Keep in mind that the fix, whatever it is, I won't be able to implement until I've installed Kubuntu to a HDD (I'm still running off the live CD). The second HDD should arrive early next week from newegg, at which time I'll set up the dual boot.

I have found a driver that might work at http://people.redhat.com/csnook/atl2/atlx/ The kernel I have is 2.6.24.

Everything else is OK; I had no problem writing the output of the console in Kubunto to the HDD as a .txt file and reading files on the HDD.