are you sure it does not recognise the driver?
have u tried iwconfig etc?
Hi,
i wanted to try back track 4 pre release from my USB but does not recognize me Wireless Network Adapter AR5B93. Are there any drivers for AR5B93 and Back Track 4 ? What do i do now ? On some other distribution recognizes AR5B93 but on Back Track 4 not.
Thanks...
are you sure it does not recognise the driver?
have u tried iwconfig etc?
post your lspci -n output along with lspci output here.
iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wmaster0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=27 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thrff Fragment thr=2352 B
Encryption keyff
Power Managementff
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
in lspci i found
03:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
lspci -n
00:00.0 0600: 8086:2a40 (rev 07)
00:01.0 0604: 8086:2a41 (rev 07)
00:1a.0 0c03: 8086:2937 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 0c03: 8086:2938 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 0c03: 8086:293c (rev 03)
00:1b.0 0403: 8086:293e (rev 03)
00:1c.0 0604: 8086:2940 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 0604: 8086:2942 (rev 03)
00:1c.4 0604: 8086:2948 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 0c03: 8086:2934 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 0c03: 8086:2935 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 0c03: 8086:2936 (rev 03)
00:1d.3 0c03: 8086:2939 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 0c03: 8086:293a (rev 03)
00:1e.0 0604: 8086:2448 (rev 93)
00:1f.0 0601: 8086:2919 (rev 03)
00:1f.2 0106: 8086:2929 (rev 03)
00:1f.3 0c05: 8086:2930 (rev 03)
01:00.0 0300: 1002:9553
01:00.1 0403: 1002:aa38
02:00.0 0200: 14e4:1698 (rev 10)
03:00.0 0280: 168c:002a (rev 01)
On my laptop i have two button for power on/off, one for Bluetooth and other for Wireless adapter. When start back track 4 Bluetooth button is automatically on but Wireless adapter button is off. When i press Wireless adapter button don't work.
umm wlan0 is your interface, I don't know what you are on about
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