Atheros AR9485WB-EG wireless adapter on Linux Mint
I have a new ASUS X552C laptop. It is working like a charm, but I ran into a problem when I decided to install Linux Mint. It seems like my Atheros AR9485WB-EG wireless card is not recognized by the kernel! It works very well on Windows 8 but not on Linux.
On the Panel the wireless switch is always off and can’t be turned on.
I really don’t know what the problem is? Shouldn’t it be supported?
Any suggestions about how to get my wireless working in Linux Mint?
3 Answers 3
While I am trying all possible combination keys to turn on wireless I found the following:
On my keyboard F2 has the wireless tower symbol and that is not working when I press Fn+F2 . However, F1 has ‘Z’ symbol referring to snooze state so when I tried it Fn+F1 laptop goes to a quick snooze and when press power button to wake it up, voila wireless is working ! and I should do that every time booting into Linux.
I don’t know what is happening but that is it, anyone can give a further explanation ?
So then its driver is OK on Linux I guess
Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter not working on Ubuntu 13.10
Solution 1
Hi I recently installed Ubuntu 13.10 on my laptop alongside windows. I have an Atheros AR9485 adapter. It worked well for a few weeks and now won’t work anymore although it still works for the windows. I have tried out some of the solutions suggested but it still doesn’t work. This so what I have so far done and the answers I get;
Here I find the directory modprobe.d but modprobe does not exist so I try
Then I go back to the /etc and try
I find the file iwlwifi.conf
I had read a solution that was giving the steps below if I had succeeded. I tried to look for the .conf file and edited it as directed in the last part of this solution but it didn’t work and I was unable to go beyond that;
Looks like this hardware has some problem with N configuration in WiFi. Please try:
Now try to reconnect, if it helps follow below steps
Look into /etc/modprobe.d whether there are any file like intel-5100-iwlwifi-disable11n.conf then edit the file.
Edit the line that says
If no file exists, create a new file
Solution 2:
When solution 1 failed, I tried solution 2 as shown here below;
lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net
The last command did not give an output so I could not follow the instructions that were to come as shown below;
Deactivate the hardware encryption of the driver:
Any help either along these steps or any other solution will be appreciated.
Driver Scape
Windows Driver Download Center
Use the links on this page to download the latest version of Qualcomm Atheros AR9485WB-EG Wireless Network Adapter drivers. All drivers available for download have been scanned by antivirus program. Please choose the relevant version according to your computer’s operating system and click the download button.
Your machine is currently running: Windows (Detect)
Qualcomm Atheros AR9485WB-EG Wireless Network Adapter Drivers Download
- Description: Scan your system for out-of-date and missing drivers
- File Version: 8.5
- File Size: 2.33M
- Supported OS: Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP
- Driver Version: 10.0.0.308
- Release Date: 2014-12-11
- File Size: 144.71M
- Supported OS: Windows 10 32 & 64bit, Windows 8.1 32 & 64bit, Windows 7 64bit
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- Driver Version: 10.0.0.303
- Release Date: 2014-11-24
- File Size: 50.45M
- Supported OS: Windows 10 32 & 64bit, Windows 8.1 32 & 64bit, Windows 7 32 & 64bit, Windows Vista 32 & 64bit, Windows XP
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- Driver Version: 10.0.0.298
- Release Date: 2014-08-22
- File Size: 77.7M
- Supported OS: Windows 10 32 & 64bit, Windows 8.1 32 & 64bit, Windows 7 32 & 64bit, Windows Vista 32 & 64bit
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- Driver Version: 10.0.0.287
- Release Date: 2014-03-25
- File Size: 22.26M
- Supported OS: Windows 10 32 & 64bit, Windows 8.1 32 & 64bit, Windows 8 32 & 64bit
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- Driver Version: 10.0.0.276
- Release Date: 2013-12-12
- File Size: 233.51M
- Supported OS: Windows 10 32 & 64bit, Windows 8.1 32 & 64bit, Windows 8 32 & 64bit
Please enter verification code, then click the download button.