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installing wireless driver
hello everyone.
i am kind of newbie in linux
can anyone tell me how can I install my myfi driver onto my linux?
my wifi card is atheros AR9485WB-EG as I can see from my windows device manager.
thank you
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Wifi drivers are kind of hit and miss on Linux. Which Linux distro and version are you running?
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Some people seem to be able to make the drivers work. I never have been able to do so. I have given up, and now simply look for a distro which brings the wireless up from the box. Thus a small HP netbook is running Bodhi since it will run that wireless. I sure don't like Bodhi much but the kids here who don't even read or speak English seem to be able to use it to do their homework.
I used another distro, a one man distro in the past. But he at times stops updating it so changed to Bodhi.
Yes wireless drivers can be a nuisance at times.
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Make an empty directory, get into it, then issue these commands:
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic build-essential
wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kern...12.2-1.tar.bz2
tar xvf backports-3.12.2-1.tar.bz2
cd backports-3.12.2-1
make defconfig-ath9k
make
sudo make install
Turn the pc off and back on, it should work. If it does not, (unlikely, but never mind), issue these two commands:
sudo rmmod ath9k
sudo modprobe ath9k nohwcrypt=1
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Thank you, Johnkingx. But, over the years have spent many hours with such commands, and always a waste of time. So, listening to Einstein about people who try the same thing that never worked, I simply don't bother and look for an OOTB distro.
I assume if I had someone present who could actually spot whatever I am doing wrong, I could get it eventually, as I usually do on most problems. But, when you are one of two people in a village of 12,000 who even know what Linux is, that is not possible.
I have assumed there is some small thing I am missing, but sure have never figured it out. Broadcom seems to be one of the hardest. There aren't many OOTB distros for that, not with any real support.
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Hope it works for OP, though. I sure know the frustration involved.
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