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Linux WiFi on ASUS M50?

post #1 of 10
8/1/08 at 2:17am
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Does anyone happen to know if it is impossible to utilize WiFi on the Asus M50. I finally got my Linux distro installed and now cannot get WiFi working.
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post #2 of 10
8/1/08 at 2:59am
Would need more information.

In general on any x86 machine it is possible to use about any wireless card in one fashion or another. Worst case scenario is using ndiswrapper, though that tends to be a last resort.

Post the output of the following in CODE tags...

sudo lspci -v
sudo lsmod
sudo ifconfig -a

Seablade
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post #3 of 10
8/1/08 at 9:42pm
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Originally Posted by seablade View Post
Would need more information.

In general on any x86 machine it is possible to use about any wireless card in one fashion or another. Worst case scenario is using ndiswrapper, though that tends to be a last resort.

Post the output of the following in CODE tags...

sudo lspci -v
sudo lsmod
sudo ifconfig -a

Seablade
or:
su

then just:
lspci -v
lsmod
ifconfig -a

if your distro (like mine) doesn't use sudo by default
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post #4 of 10
8/3/08 at 11:17pm
Same laptop same problem. I have the M50Mv-X1 from the look of it you're going to need to use ndiswrapper. I am not sure what card ASUS is using in the laptop.

Guys it is an A/B/G/Draft-N with Bluetooth 2.0 EDR.
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post #5 of 10
8/3/08 at 11:49pm
Oh come on Darq Gimme the output of above so I can confirm it would ya? In particular the lspci will tell us exactly what chip it is.

Seablade
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post #6 of 10
8/4/08 at 12:53am
I am in Vista right now and doing a lot of work. When I get one of the live cd's up and running again I will post the results here. Then again when I put the Ubuntu live cd in last time it just froze when I tried to bring terminal up.
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post #7 of 10
8/4/08 at 2:20am
Give the Dev version of eLive a shot then No rush though, obviously I can't give a good answer till I know but if yall ain't in a rush don't rush on my account

Seablade
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post #8 of 10
8/4/08 at 8:22pm
Well look into that after I finish beating Vista to death.
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post #9 of 10
8/5/08 at 3:30pm
It is running off Atheros software in Vista. But I have not put a linux disc in it again to run lspci yet.
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post #10 of 10
8/5/08 at 4:25pm
Atheros is going through a transition right now from the madwifi to the ath5k driver. Considering this is a 'N' wireless we are talking about, I would bet your driver is going to be the ath5k. In fact I recently heard about full support for an Aetheros 'N' card that was released through that.

Hmm memory is a little rusty but the basics were right:
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pag...item&px=NjYyMw

It is the ath9k for the 'N' cards apparently, and while not fully supported yet(No AP support) most of the functionality seems to be there.

Seablade
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