Wireless not quite working on Asus EeePC 4G Surf

[Alexander Todorov]

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Morning all,
i've been trying to make wireless work on my Asus EeePC, but no luck.

Below is some diagnostic output:

[root at localhost ~]# ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1F:C6:D8:E9:9F
~          inet addr:192.168.1.3  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
~          inet6 addr: fe80::21f:c6ff:fed8:e99f/64 Scope:Link
~          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
~          RX packets:97 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
~          TX packets:106 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:2
~          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
~          RX bytes:24327 (23.7 KiB)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
~          Memory:fbfc0000-fc000000

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
~          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
~          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
~          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
~          RX packets:1604 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
~          TX packets:1604 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
~          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
~          RX bytes:80360 (78.4 KiB)  TX bytes:80360 (78.4 KiB)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:15:AF:A7:87:5F
~          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
00-15-AF-A7-87-5F-F4-FF-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
~          UP BROADCAST RUNNING 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)

[root at localhost ~]# lsmod | grep ath
ath5k                 111240  0
mac80211              174312  1 ath5k
cfg80211               24584  2 ath5k,mac80211

[root at localhost ~]# tail -f /var/log/messages
Oct 13 10:06:26 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  wlan0: driver supports SSID
scans (scan_capa 0x01).
Oct 13 10:06:26 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  Found new 802.11 WiFi device
'wlan0'.
Oct 13 10:06:26 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  (wlan0): exported as
/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/net_00_15_af_a7_87_5f_0
Oct 13 10:06:30 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  (wlan0): device state change:
1 -> 2
Oct 13 10:06:30 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  (wlan0): bringing up device.
Oct 13 10:06:30 localhost kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
Oct 13 10:06:30 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  (wlan0): preparing device.
Oct 13 10:06:30 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  (wlan0): deactivating device.
Oct 13 10:06:30 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  (wlan0): device state change:
2 -> 3
Oct 13 10:06:30 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  (wlan0): supplicant interface
state change: 1 -> 2.

[root at localhost ~]# rpm -q kernel
kernel-2.6.26.5-45.fc9.i686


Now everything looks good except the line
Oct 13 10:06:30 localhost kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready

I have another laptop with Atheros card with the same software configuration (F9
+ latest updates) and it just works fine while on the eeepc NM doesn't detect
any wireless networks. I wasn't able to find any useful information on the web
except installing mad-wifi which I think is not needed with the latest kernel
anymore. Any help is appreciated.

Thanks,
Alexander.
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