Install the atheros ar9271 driver in Ubuntu 10.04

Source: Internet
Author: User

1. Preface
Find a wireless network card for mercury mw150u, which can be automatically identified under Ubuntu 11.10, but it will not be recognized if it is changed to 10.04. Think about it as if the driver is not installed properly.
I found and TP-link TL-WN721N, TL-WN722N, fast fw150u, are using the chip of atheros ar9271.
Root @ Ubuntu :~ # Uname-
Linux Ubuntu 2.6.32-33-generic # 70-ubuntu SMP Thu Jul 7 21:09:46 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux
Root @ Ubuntu :~ # Cat/etc/LSB-release
Distrib_id = Ubuntu
Distrib_release = 10.04
Distrib_codename = lucid
Distrib_description = "ubuntu 10.04.3 lts"
Root @ Ubuntu :~ # Lsusb
Bus 001 device 003: Id 0cf3: 9271 atheros communications, Inc.

2. mountains and waters
Download http://wireless.kernel.org/download/compat-wireless-2.6/compat-wireless-2.6.tar.bz2
Root @ Ubuntu :~ # Tar-jxvf compat-wireless-2.6.tar.bz2
Root @ Ubuntu :~ # Cd compat-wireless-2010-10-04/
Root @ Ubuntu :~ // Compat-wireless-2011-10-22 #./scripts/driver-select ath9k_htc
Root @ Ubuntu :~ Compat-wireless-2011-10-22 # Make
Root @ Ubuntu :~ Compat-wireless-2011-10-22 # make install
Root @ Ubuntu :~ /Compat-wireless-2011-10-22 # reboot
After the restart, I found that the wireless network card wlan0 was still not found, but I had to continue Google.

3. Dark flowers
This driver requires firmware .",
Ar9271.fw is not copied to the/lib/firmware directory. The following prompt is displayed at http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/drivers/ath9k_htc:
Older firmware map: ar9271-ar9271.fw
Newer firmware map: ar9271-htc_9271.fw
Download the new htc_9271.fw and copy it to/lib/firmware. Repeat the second step and click OK.

4. Postscript
Root @ Ubuntu :~ # Iwconfig
Wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn Essid: "ooxx"
Mode: managed frequency: 2.437 GHz Access Point: OO: XX: OO: xx
Bit Rate = 150 Mb/s TX-power = 20 dBm
Retry long limit: 7 RTS thr: Off fragment thr: Off
Encryption key: Off
Power Management: Off
Link quality = 70/70 signal level =-37 dBm
RX invalid nwid: 0 RX invalid crypt: 0 RX invalid frag: 0
TX excessive retries: 0 invalid MISC: 90 missed Beacon: 0

References:

Http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/ath9k_htc

Http://www.rover12421.com/2010/10/06/tl-wn722n-driver-installed-on-the-bt4-r1.html

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