WiFi Problem on Medion Akoyama MD 96970 Notebook

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Hi,

I can't get the WiFi working on my new Medion Akoyama MD 96970 notebook. (Ofcourse I already spent some time googling and checking in some tutorials, etc.)


Here is the output for lspci, last line is particularly relevant.

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 PCI Express Root Port (rev 03)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 04)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 04)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 04)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 04)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 04)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 04)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 04)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 04)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 04)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f4)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 04)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 9300M G (rev a1)
02:00.0 Mass storage controller: Silicon Image, Inc. Sil 3531 [SATALink/SATARaid] Serial ATA Controller (rev 01)
06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 01)
0a:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or

In deed, the card is an Intel Wireless 4965 AGN.


This is what ifconfig gives me:

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1f:16:02:68:c6
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)
Interrupt:216 Base address:0x6000

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:28 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:28 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1568 (1.5 KB) TX bytes:1568 (1.5 KB)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:21:5c:24:8c:a7
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)

wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-21-5C-24-8C-A7-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
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:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

When I try to set WiFi settings with iwconfig i get strange messages like this:

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo iwconfig wlan0 essid linksys
Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A) :
SET failed on device wlan0 ; Resource temporarily unavailable.
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo iwconfig wlan0 power on
Error for wireless request "Set Power Management" (8B2C) :
SET failed on device wlan0 ; Input/output error.
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo iwconfig wlan0 power off
Error for wireless request "Set Power Management" (8B2C) :
SET failed on device wlan0 ; Input/output error.

Under the proprietary OS also installed on the computer everything works fine.

A possible source for the problem is, that the card might not be active in Linux. In Windows, the card only starts being active, if I activate it by a key combination (function key + F7). This does not work in Kubuntu.

Also, I checked whether I can just boot it switched on by changing the BIOS, but I cannot.

Can someone please help me to get this beast working?

Thanks in Advance,

bassetfrog

[flarson]

Re: WiFi Problem on Medion Akoyama MD 96970 Notebook

I have a Sony Vaio that has the same wireless and it works fine. I suspect you are a victim of software problems. There are way too many things trying to control the network. Mu suggestion is
sudo aptitude install wicd
to install wicd, a network controller that really works. This will uninstall network-manager in all its forms. Make sure that the only interface defined in /etc/network/interfaces is lo.

Start wicd and configure. I will warn you that when you see the essid in wicd you will want to click it for further options for that interface.

[yhotg]

Re: WiFi Problem on Medion Akoyama MD 96970 Notebook

as always, thank u mando_hacker

how i can put the wicd on the systray ? or the plasma or something?
to know i am connected or to connect?

[flarson]

Re: WiFi Problem on Medion Akoyama MD 96970 Notebook

For me it just goes there. I think all I did was start it once and set it up and now it shows up. There might be a difference between Intrepid and Jaunty in this regard. Or maybe it is because I have the systray widget added to my panel.

[yhotg]

Re: WiFi Problem on Medion Akoyama MD 96970 Notebook

but i do have jaunty
and systray