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Texas Instruments ACX100/TNETW1100, ACX111/TNETW1130, ACX100USB, TNETW1450 devices

This page describes how to enable support for WiFi devices based on Texas Instruments chipsets on Debian systems.

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acx is a module for Texas Instruments ACX100, ACX111, ACX100USB and TNETW1450 wireless LAN chipsets, developed by the [http://acx100.sourceforge.net/ acx100 project]. Driver source is packaged for Debian as acx100-source.

Non-free firmware is required, which must be acquired and installed for driver operation.

Installation

Firmware

The relevant firmware is required to be present before the acx module is loaded. Some devices may require a particular firmware version or file(s) to be provided/omitted, see [http://acx100.sourceforge.net/wiki/Firmware] for more information.

ACX100

Specific firmware is required for devices with this chipset, refer to the [http://acx100.sourceforge.net/wiki/Firmware acx100 firmware page].

ACX111

To install all version 1.2.1.34 firmware for the ACX111 chipset:

ACX100USB

To install firmware for the ACX111 chipset:

TNETW1450

To install firmware for the TNETW1450 chipset:

Driver

The acx driver is required to be compiled and installed, which can be automated via [:ModuleAssistant:module-assistant].

Etch with 2.6.18 kernel

Using [:DebianLenny:Lenny]? [#lenny Skip to the Lenny section].

  1. Add a "contrib" component to /etc/apt/sources.list, for example:

    # Debian Etch/4.0
    deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian etch main contrib non-free
  2. Update the list of available packages and install the module-assistant and wireless-tools packages:

    aptitude update
    aptitude install module-assistant wireless-tools
  3. Build and install an acx100-* package within your system:

    m-a prepare
    m-a a-i acx100
  4. If not already performed, connect the device to your system.
  5. Load the acx module:

    modprobe acx
    This module will be automatically loaded when your system is restarted and the device is connected.
  6. Verify your device has an available interface:

    iwconfig
  7. Raise the interface to activate the radio, for example:

    ifconfig wlan0 up
  8. [:WiFi/HowToUse:Configure] your wireless interface as appropriate.

See also [#troubleshooting troubleshooting] and [#issues known issues].

Etch with 2.6.24 kernel

etch/acx100-source is unable to compile on the 2.6.24 kernel. You are required to use lenny/acx100-source instead.

  1. Install the debhelper, dpatch, module-assistant and wireless-tools packages:

    aptitude update
    aptitude install debhelper dpatch module-assistant wireless-tools
  2. If etch/acx100-source was previously installed, clear the acx100 module build directory and remove the package:

    m-a clean acx100
    aptitude purge acx100-source
  3. Manually acquire lenny/acx100-source from [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/all/acx100-source/download]. For example:

    wget http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/contrib/a/acx100/acx100-source_20070101-3_all.deb
  4. Install lenny/acx100-source via ["dpkg"]:

    dpkg -i /path/to/acx100-source*deb
  5. Build and install an acx100-* package within your system:

    m-a prepare
    m-a a-i acx100
  6. If not already performed, connect the device to your system.
  7. Load the acx module:

    modprobe acx
    This module will be automatically loaded when your system is restarted and the device is connected.
  8. Verify your device has an available interface:

    iwconfig
  9. Raise the interface to activate the radio, for example:

    ifconfig wlan0 up
  10. [:WiFi/HowToUse:Configure] your wireless interface as appropriate.

See also [#troubleshooting troubleshooting] and [#issues known issues].

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Lenny

  1. Add a "contrib" component to /etc/apt/sources.list, for example:

    # Debian Lenny/5.0
    deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian lenny main contrib non-free
  2. Update the list of available packages and install the module-assistant and wireless-tools packages:

    aptitude update
    aptitude install module-assistant wireless-tools
  3. Build and install an acx100-* package within your system:

    m-a prepare
    m-a a-i acx100
  4. If not already performed, connect the device to your system.
  5. Load the acx module:

    modprobe acx
    This module will be automatically loaded when your system is restarted and the device is connected.
  6. Verify your device has an available interface:

    iwconfig
  7. Raise the interface to activate the radio, for example:

    ifconfig wlan0 up
  8. [:WiFi/HowToUse:Configure] your wireless interface as appropriate.

See also [#troubleshooting troubleshooting] and [#issues known issues].

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Troubleshooting

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Known Issues

Supported Devices

The page ["HowToIdentifyADevice/PCI"] explains how to identify a PCI device. The page ["HowToIdentifyADevice/USB"] explains how to identify a USB device.

The following list is based on the alias fields of  modinfo acx on Lenny.

See Also


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