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Atheros AR8132 not working.

Post by kidgrave » Wed Nov 23, 2011 7:01 am

I had previously had installed on my lap top HP Mini 110-1225R 32bit Fedora 16 as well as Linux 11 Mint and my internet was working fine through the Ethernet, how ever I had fedora 16 installed and I wanted to switch back to linux mint and now it turns out that my internet through my ethernet port wont allow me to connect online not even on fedora and I do not know what to do . Please help me, thank yoiu.

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Re: Atheros AR8132 not working.

Post by remoulder » Wed Nov 23, 2011 8:10 am

[Edit] your original post and add [SOLVED] once your question is resolved.

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Re: Atheros AR8132 not working.

Post by kidgrave » Thu Nov 24, 2011 1:17 pm

Alright thanks for the reply and here is my information:

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* I. scanning WIFI PCI devices.
— Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01)
==> PCI (rev 01)
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* II. querying ndiswrapper.
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* III. querying iwconfig.
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=0 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off

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* IV. querying ifconfig.
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 18:a9:05:cb:c1:8e
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:43

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:44 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:44 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:2880 (2.8 KB) TX bytes:2880 (2.8 KB)

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* V. querying DHCP.
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* VI. querying nslookup google.com.
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached

Re: Atheros AR8132 not working.

Post by remoulder » Thu Nov 24, 2011 2:45 pm

Not sure why your post is titled Atheros AR8132 as this clearly shows you have a Broadcom adapter? To get this working see http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/469.

[Edit] your original post and add [SOLVED] once your question is resolved.

“The people are my God” stressing the factor determining man’s destiny lies within man not in anything outside man, and thereby defining man as the dominator and remoulder of the world.

Re: Atheros AR8132 not working.

Post by kidgrave » Thu Nov 24, 2011 2:58 pm

Not sure why your post is titled Atheros AR8132 as this clearly shows you have a Broadcom adapter? To get this working see http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/469.

Atheros is my ethernet card, and Broadcom is for my wireless. The thing is that my ethernet card was working perfectly fine and now even if I reformat my computer with different distros it still won’t work and I need help into either make that work or my wireless card. I saw the link that you provided me but how can I get the b43 firmware working if I can’t literally get online? Is there a way to download the firmware besides that method so that I can transfer those files to my lap top via usb? thanks.

Re: Atheros AR8132 not working.

Post by remoulder » Thu Nov 24, 2011 3:30 pm

Sorry, so used to dealing with wifi issues, it didn’t click

In that case can you provide outputs of

lshw -C Network lspci lsmod

[Edit] your original post and add [SOLVED] once your question is resolved.

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Re: Atheros AR8132 not working.

Post by kidgrave » Thu Nov 24, 2011 5:50 pm

Sorry, so used to dealing with wifi issues, it didn’t click

In that case can you provide outputs of

lshw -C Network lspci lsmod

It’s cool man and this is what I got once I entered those commands:

*-network
description: Network controller
product: BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: 01
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=0
resources: irq:16 memory:feafc000-feafffff
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: AR8132 Fast Ethernet
vendor: Atheros Communications
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: c0
serial: 18:a9:05:cb:c1:8e
capacity: 100Mbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=atl1c driverversion=1.0.1.0-NAPI firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair
resources: irq:44 memory:febc0000-febfffff ioport:ec80(size=128)
*-network DISABLED
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 2
logical name: wlan0
serial: 90:4c:e5:11:1f:80
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=b43 driverversion=3.0.0-12-generic firmware=N/A link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications AR8132 Fast Ethernet (rev c0)

Module Size Used by
bnep 17923 2
rfcomm 38408 0
bluetooth 148839 10 bnep,rfcomm
parport_pc 32114 0
ppdev 12849 0
joydev 17393 0
hp_wmi 13652 0
sparse_keymap 13658 1 hp_wmi
arc4 12473 2
snd_hda_codec_idt 60049 1
b43 318816 0
snd_hda_intel 24262 2
snd_hda_codec 91754 2 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 13276 1 snd_hda_codec
uvcvideo 67271 0
videodev 85626 1 uvcvideo
snd_pcm 80468 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
mac80211 272785 1 b43
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
snd_rawmidi 25241 1 snd_seq_midi
psmouse 73673 0
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
serio_raw 12990 0
snd_seq 51567 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
cfg80211 172392 2 b43,mac80211
snd_timer 28932 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14172 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
wmi 18744 1 hp_wmi
binfmt_misc 17292 1
i915 505108 3
drm_kms_helper 32889 1 i915
drm 192226 4 i915,drm_kms_helper
snd 55902 13 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
i2c_algo_bit 13199 1 i915
soundcore 12600 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 14115 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
video 18908 1 i915
lp 17455 0
parport 40930 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
ahci 21634 2
libahci 25727 1 ahci
atl1c 36638 0
ssb 50682 1 b43

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driver installation for Atheros AR8132 FastEthernet interface

driver installation for Atheros AR8132 FastEthernet interface

#1 Post by eole73 » 2022-07-18 16:26

I’m quite new in the linux world although I started working with it since a few months now. A few days ago, I had worked on installing an OS based on debian (Q4OS) on an old Asus laptop from 2009 (my mum’s actually). This computer is currently running with Vista but quite labouriously, so the aim of the shift for Linux would be to improve and simplify its functioning. To check the installation and configuration I used a VM on my computer. I believe I set and checked almost everything fine but I just lacked the drivers for the network adaptators (ethernet and wifi). The current version of Q4OS is using Debian 11 Bulleyes with kernel 5.10.0.

The ethernet network adaptator on this laptop is an Atheros AR8132 PCI-E Fast Ethernet. After searching for some time on the web, I downloaded this compressed file : compat-drivers-2013-03-04-u.tar.bz2 found here : https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/networking/alx ,that I understand may contains the driver for this adaptator (reading in the compressed file it has atl1c, atl1e, atl1x and alx files).

But I am a bit stuck here. What should I do then to install the network interface driver at this point from this file? Does this compressed file indeed contains the driver for this network adaptator (it seems this is the case as it is said in the webpage of the previous link that the atl1c driver provides support for the AR8132 chipset). Also, reading a bit more about this, it seemed that the drivers in this file are based on old kernels (2.6.x or 3.x ?), so is it nonetheless possible to install these drivers on the recent kernel of Debian 11?

Any advice to how install a functionnal driver for this network adaptator would be much appreciated! (I have read other subjects on this hardware but it couldnt really help me)

ps : I still lack the driver for the Wifi interface also (Atheros AR928X), so any advice for installing a driver for this one would also be much appreciated, but my main need is to get an ethernet connection working with the Atheros 8132.

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