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On 25 July 2012 19:33, Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 07/25/2012 01:00 PM, Tim and Alison Bentley wrote:
>>
>> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation Device
>> [10de:0de9] (rev a1)
>> 03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Atheros Communications Inc. Device
>> [168c:0037] (rev 01)
>> 04:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
>> RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller [10ec:8168] (rev
>> 07)
>
>
> The Realtek device is the one used for your wired network.
>
> The Atheros device is not in the tables for the latest version of any
> wireless driver. Perhaps it will work if you do the following:
>
> su -
> modprobe -v ath9k
> echo "168c 0037" > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ath9k/new_id
> exit
>
> The above will work if the driver handles the device, but it is not yet in
> the tables. Perhaps the Atheros developers will know the status of that
> device.
>
> When replying to E-mail in this list, and most other technical mailing
> lists, please do not top post. Always put your answer below the quoted
> material as I did here.
>
> Larry
>
>
>
Sorry for top posting, bad habbit
No luck with the suggestion and I tried a reboot for luck with no success.


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