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Atheros AR5523 devices
This page describes how to enable support for WiFi devices based on Atheros AR5005UG and AR5005UX chipsets on Debian systems.
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ar5523 is a driver currently in development for the Atheros AR5005UG (802.11b/g) and AR5005UX (802.11a/b/g) USB wireless LAN chipsets. Supported devices are listed at the end of this page.
Firmware is required to be installed prior to driver loading.
Atheros AR5007UG 802.11g USB devices are supported by the zd1211rw driver.
Atheros 802.11n USB devices are supported by the ar9170usb driver.
Installation
Squeeze
Install the build-essential, debhelper, quilt, subversion, wget and wireless-tools packages:
# aptitude install build-essential debhelper quilt subversion wget wireless-tools && exit
Acquire the driver source and device firmware:
$ svn co svn://svn.berlios.de/fullstory/ar5523/trunk/ ar5523 $ wget http://verein.lst.de/~hch/ar5523.tgz $ tar xf ar5523.tgz ar5523/uath-ar5523.bin --strip 1
Build and install a driver source package:
$ cd ar5523 && dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc $ su # dpkg -i ../ar5523-source*deb
Build and install an ar5523-modules-* package for your system, using Module-Assistant:
# m-a a-i ar5523
Install the device firmware:
# mkdir /usr/local/lib/firmware # mv ../uath-ar5523.bin /usr/local/lib/firmware
Load the ar5523 module:
# modprobe ar5523
This module will be automatically loaded when your system is restarted and the device is connected. If not already performed, connect the device to your system.Verify your device has an available interface:
# iwconfig
Raise the interface to activate the radio, for example:
# ifconfig wlan0 up
Configure your interface as appropriate.
Wheezy
Install the build-essential, debhelper, quilt, subversion, wget and wireless-tools packages:
# aptitude install build-essential debhelper quilt subversion wget wireless-tools && exit
Acquire the driver source and device firmware:
$ svn co svn://svn.berlios.de/fullstory/ar5523/trunk/ ar5523 $ wget http://verein.lst.de/~hch/ar5523.tgz $ tar xf ar5523.tgz ar5523/uath-ar5523.bin --strip 1
Build and install a driver source package:
$ cd ar5523 && echo kcompat-2.6.35.patch >> debian/patches/series $ dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc $ su # dpkg -i ../ar5523-source*deb
Build and install an ar5523-modules-* package for your system, using Module-Assistant:
# m-a a-i ar5523
Install the device firmware:
# mkdir /usr/local/lib/firmware # mv ../uath-ar5523.bin /usr/local/lib/firmware
Load the ar5523 module:
# modprobe ar5523
This module will be automatically loaded when your system is restarted and the device is connected. If not already performed, connect the device to your system.Verify your device has an available interface:
# iwconfig
Raise the interface to activate the radio, for example:
# ifconfig wlan0 up
Configure your interface as appropriate.
Troubleshooting
Examine the kernel ring buffer (dmesg(1)) to verify the required firmware is found:
[ 8084.710715] usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 10 [ 8084.875861] usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice [ 8084.892602] usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=2001, idProduct=3a03 [ 8084.898149] usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 [ 8084.903447] usb 2-1: Product: USB WLAN Device [ 8084.908639] usb 2-1: Manufacturer: Atheros Communications Inc [ 8084.913807] usb 2-1: SerialNumber: 1.0 [ 8085.410164] firmware: requesting uath-ar5523.bin [ 8085.906863] usb 2-1: no firmware found [ 8085.912293] ar5523: probe of 2-1:1.0 failed with error -2 [ 8085.917628] usbcore: registered new interface driver ar5523
Ensure the firmware is installed, then reload the kernel module:
modprobe -r ar5523 ; modprobe ar5523
Supported Devices
The page HowToIdentifyADevice/USB explains how to identify a USB device.
The following list is based on the alias fields of modinfo ar5523 as at Subversion revision 29292.
USB: 0846:4250 NetGear, Inc. WG111T 802.11g Wireless Adapter [Atheros AR5523] USB: 0846:4251 NetGear, Inc. (Device name unknown) USB: 0846:4300 NetGear, Inc. WG111U Double 108 Mbps Wireless [Atheros AR5004X / AR5005UX] USB: 0846:4301 NetGear, Inc. WG111U (no firmware) Double 108 Mbps Wireless [Atheros AR5004X / AR5005UX] USB: 0846:5F00 NetGear, Inc. WPN111 802.11g Wireless Adapter [Atheros AR5523] USB: 0846:5F01 NetGear, Inc. (Device name unknown) USB: 0CDE:0012 Z-Com AR5523 USB: 0CDE:0013 Z-Com AR5523 driver (no firmware) USB: 0CF3:0001 Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5523 USB: 0CF3:0002 Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5523 (no firmware) USB: 0CF3:0003 Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5523 USB: 0CF3:0004 Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5523 (no firmware) USB: 0CF3:0005 Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5523 USB: 0CF3:0006 Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5523 (no firmware) USB: 0D8E:7801 Global Sun Technology, Inc. AR5523 USB: 0D8E:7802 Global Sun Technology, Inc. AR5523 (no firmware) USB: 0D8E:7803 Global Sun Technology, Inc. (Device name unknown) USB: 0D8E:7811 Global Sun Technology, Inc. AR5523 USB: 0D8E:7812 Global Sun Technology, Inc. AR5523 (no firmware) USB: 129B:160C CyberTAN Technology Siemens S30853-S1038-R351 802.11g Wireless Adapter [Atheros AR5523] USB: 129B:160D CyberTAN Technology (Device name unknown) USB: 1385:4250 Netgear, Inc WG111T USB: 1385:4251 Netgear, Inc WG111T (no firmware) USB: 1435:0826 Wistron NeWeb AR5523 USB: 1435:0827 Wistron NeWeb AR5523 (no firmware) USB: 1435:0828 Wistron NeWeb AR5523 USB: 1435:0829 Wistron NeWeb AR5523 (no firmware) USB: 157E:3006 TRENDnet TEW-444UB EU USB: 157E:3007 TRENDnet TEW-444UB EU (no firmware) USB: 157E:3205 TRENDnet Allnet ALL0283 [AR5523] USB: 157E:3206 TRENDnet Allnet ALL0283 [AR5523](no firmware) USB: 168C:0001 Atheros Communications AR5523 USB: 168C:0002 Atheros Communications AR5523 (no firmware) USB: 1690:0710 Askey Computer Corp. [hex] SMCWUSBT-G USB: 1690:0711 Askey Computer Corp. [hex] SMCWUSBT-G (no firmware) USB: 1690:0712 Askey Computer Corp. [hex] AR5523 USB: 1690:0713 Askey Computer Corp. [hex] AR5523 (no firmware) USB: 16AB:7801 Global Sun Technology AR5523 USB: 16AB:7802 Global Sun Technology AR5523 (no firmware) USB: 16AB:7811 Global Sun Technology AR5523 USB: 16AB:7812 Global Sun Technology AR5523 (no firmware) USB: 2001:3A00 D-Link Corp. DWL-AG132 [Atheros AR5523] USB: 2001:3A01 D-Link Corp. DWL-AG132 (no firmware) [Atheros AR5523] USB: 2001:3A02 D-Link Corp. DWL-G132 [Atheros AR5523] USB: 2001:3A03 D-Link Corp. DWL-G132 (no firmware) [Atheros AR5523] USB: 2001:3A04 D-Link Corp. DWL-AG122 [Atheros AR5523] USB: 2001:3A05 D-Link Corp. DWL-AG122 (no firmware) [Atheros AR5523]
See Also
ar9170usb - Help page for Atheros 802.11n USB devices
zd1211rw - Help page for Atheros AR5007UG 802.11g USB devices
External Links
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ar5523 - Driver page on Linux Wireless
http://web.archive.org/web/20080421050039/http://www.atheros.com/pt/AR5005UG.htm - AR5005UG product page
http://web.archive.org/web/20080731095622/http://www.atheros.com/pt/AR5005UX.htm - AR5005UX product page