atheros ar9285

[mangamaster99]

i have just installed sabayon 5.5 gnome x86_64. and noticed that my bluetooth not working.

and wireless was supposedly working...

i was able to connect to a network... then i can't connect to google.

i tried ping i can ping google.

tried curl... fails.

i know its a atheros ar9285 (i put it in myself physically)

i can get google via ip... but its wrong on so may levels. but not via http://www.google.com

so i am thinking it might be some problem with ipv6 (my friend suggested this (gentoo user))

the other interfaces are working. even my phone via wired tether. (on my home network atleast)

this occured last night at a huddle house. and if its going to do this its pointless.

lsmod output
http://pastie.org/1630331

lspci output
http://pastie.org/1630346

i am used to debian based systems but got tired of old kernels and some that didn't work with some devices when they got updated.

so i am somewhat new to gentoo and all.

also about the bluetooth it works anything besides sabayon/gentoo

ubuntu linux mint chakra fedora

i tried rfkill list and only lists wireless lan

... well did a dmesg

seems its trying to load it under ath3k driver via ar30xx

anyway to fix that

[Fitzcarraldo]

The ath9k driver is configured in the SL kernel to be an external module:

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# cat /usr/src/linux/.config | grep ATH9K
CONFIG_ATH9K_HW=m
CONFIG_ATH9K_COMMON=m
CONFIG_ATH9K=m
CONFIG_ATH9K_RATE_CONTROL=y
CONFIG_ATH9K_HTC=m

so it should be loading. To see which Atheros modules are running:

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# lsmod ath

For your WiFi controller you need the ath9k module, so if the ath5k module is loaded then blacklist it (see example in post Re: wifi card connects to modem but no internet).

If the ath9k module is not loaded, you should be able to load it using the following command:

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# modprobe ath9k

Then:

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# ifconfig wlan0 up

(or whatever you WiFi device is called).

You WiFi controller should work if the kernel has been configured correctly (http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-65 ... ml#6507317).

Also check the MTU setting: see How to determine the proper MTU size with ICMP pings.

If your router does not support ipv6 then see Possible IPv6 Issue [Solved] and Re: wifi card connects to modem but no internet.

[Fitzcarraldo]

I noticed today that my nettop is using the same Atheros chip as your PC:

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# lspci | grep Wireless
02:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)

The nettop is running the ath9k module, which works fine:

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 # lsmod | grep ath
ath9k                  58009  0
mac80211              139290  1 ath9k
ath9k_common            1266  1 ath9k
ath9k_hw              219028  2 ath9k,ath9k_common
ath                     9931  2 ath9k,ath9k_hw
cfg80211               95273  3 ath9k,mac80211,ath

See which modules yours is running.

The nettop is running 32-bit SL with KDE 4.6.1. SL is fully upgraded to the latest packages in the Entropy repository.

So my guess is still that your problem lies with your router.