On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 3:28 PM, John W. Linville <linville@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> >> TP-LINK TL-WN821N >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > Can you post output of lsmod and lsusb. Have you installed the firmware >> >>> > for the device into /lib/firmware? If the device is supported by the >> >>> > kernel you won't be able to load the module without the firmware >> >>> > installed. >> >>> > >> >>> > Google is your friend. >> >>> >> >>> Thanks, Terry. >> >> >> >> Why do you believe you need to install some kind of a driver? From the >> >> below, it looks like your card is an atheros chip-based one, and you have a >> >> bunch of ath9 modules loaded. >> >> >> >> What exactly is or is not working for you. >> > >> > Well, I plug the the USB device and nothing happens. According to the >> > manual, a led should be turned on when I plug the USB. >> >> A possible explanation is here: >> >> http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=268068 > > That relates to the carl9170 driver. We don't have that firmware > packaged in Fedora either -- no one ever bothered to review my > package of the SH cross compiler used to build the firmware, and I > haven't bothered to bang the drum about it either. Anyway, that's > a different issue. > > The ath9k_htc firmware used to be in the linux-firmware tree, but > apparently they have stopped updating it there? Not sure... > > Anyway, you can find the firmware and get it installed by starting > here: > > http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath9k_htc#Firmware > > Hth! Thanks, John. Since the referred wireless adapter did not improve my signal reception, I returned it to the shop meanwhile. So, in my case, that is not anymore an issue. However, I did have the wireless adapter working with kernel-2.6.38.8-35.fc15.x86_64 Paul -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
