bt4 atheros 5007 issue

[krs231]

hi,
i got problem with atheros on bt. after reading lot of guides, howtos and topics whit similar problems i cant get my wifi works.
just take a look:

root@bt:~# lspci -v | grep Ethernet
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation MCP77 Ethernet (rev a2)
07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
root@bt:~# ifconfig wlan0 up
root@bt:~# ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1d:72:79:99:1f
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Interrupt:21 Base address:0x8000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:23:4d:2e:25:ce
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-23-4D-2E-25-CE-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
UP RUNNING MTU:0 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

root@bt:~# iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0 Scan completed :

Cell 05 - Address: 00:21:04:CB:35:9A
Channel:11
Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
Quality=70/70 Signal level=-40 dBm
Encryption key:on
ESSID:"BTHomeHub2-PTWS"
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
Bit Rates:24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=00000001b286490d
Extra: Last beacon: 56ms ago
IE: Unknown: 000F4254486F6D65487562322D50545753
IE: Unknown: 010882848B960C121824
IE: Unknown: 03010B
IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: Unknown: 2A0100
IE: Unknown: 32043048606C
IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101860003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F 00
IE: Unknown: 2D1A4C101BFFFF000000000000000000000000000000000000 000000
IE: Unknown: 3D160B080800000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown: DD0900037F01010020FF7F
IE: Unknown: DD0A00037F04010020000000

root@bt:~# iwconfig wlan0 mode managed essid 'BTHomeHub2-PTWS' key ap_key
root@bt:~# iwconfig wlan0 ap 00:21:04:CB:35:9A
root@bt:~# dhclient wlan0
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.1
Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit DHCP | Internet Systems Consortium

Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:23:4d:2e:25:ce
Sending on LPF/wlan0/00:23:4d:2e:25:ce
Sending on Socket/fallback
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 14
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 13
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 15
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 2
No DHCPOFFERS received.
No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.

root@bt:~#

if some one had simillar problem or know how to resolve it ill be grateful.

[espreto]

Use wicd to connect! Have you tried?

Regards,

[krs231]

yes i tried.
wpa_supplicant helps me out.