NetGear, Inc. WNA3100(v1) Wireless-N 300 issues

[marcotini]

I have this Wi-Fi dongle and it's not working. I already follow this step, but still not working:

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sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

comment out 
deb http://http.debian.net/debian/ wheezy-backports main contrib non-free

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get remove firmware-atheros (if previously installed)

sudo apt-get install firmware-atheros

sudo reboot

How can I do? Thank you.

[DougieLawson]

What does an lsusb command show when it's plugged in (that's ell,ess,you,ess,bee)?

[marcotini]

This: NetGear, Inc. WNA3100(v1) Wireless-N 300

[MrEngman]

This: NetGear, Inc. WNA3100(v1) Wireless-N 300

That is not the complete line lsusb shows for a usb device. What about the ID? The USB ID is the important part.


MrEngman

[marcotini]

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Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:9514 Standard Microsystems Corp. 
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0424:ec00 Standard Microsystems Corp. 
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0846:9020 NetGear, Inc. WNA3100(v1) Wireless-N 300 [Broadcom BCM43231]
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 2001:3a03 D-Link Corp. DWL-G132 (no firmware) [Atheros AR5523]

I have also the another dongle, but neither of the two works.

[MrEngman]

It appears there may not be a linux driver for the WNA3100 https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Netgear_WNA3100. However it seems it may be possible to get it to work using something called the ndiswrapper.

Found this but I'm not sure if this will work on the Pi. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2221251

The Atheros wifi has a driver, ar5523, included in the raspbian image so you should be able to get that working.

I would suggest you try the Atheros wifi first as it should be the easiest to set up.

So to start getting the Atheros working unplug the WNA3100 and reboot the Pi. After logging in post the output of commands

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uname -a
cat /etc/network/interfaces
sudo cat /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
ifconfig
lsmod

Also you have both wifi adapters connected to the Pi without using a hub according to the output of lsusb. This can cause problems with the wifi connecting and working if you do not have a sufficiently powerful power supply and a very high quality cable connecting the power supply to the Pi. What is the specification of the power supply you are using?


MrEngman

[marcotini]

Here the results:

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pi@raspberrypi ~ $ uname -a
Linux raspberrypi 3.18.11-v7+ #781 SMP PREEMPT Tue Apr 21 18:07:59 BST 2015 armv7l GNU/Linux
pi@raspberrypi ~ $ cat /etc/network/interfaces
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto eth0
allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet manual

auto wlan0
allow-hotplug wlan0
iface wlan0 inet manual
wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

auto wlan1
allow-hotplug wlan1
iface wlan1 inet manual
wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

pi@raspberrypi ~ $ sudo cat /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
update_config=1
pi@raspberrypi ~ $ ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr b8:29:eb:27:b5:73  
          inet addr:192.168.0.3  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:173 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:199 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:19562 (19.1 KiB)  TX bytes:27264 (26.6 KiB)

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  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)

pi@raspberrypi ~ $ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
cfg80211              386508  0 
rfkill                 16651  1 cfg80211
snd_bcm2835            18649  0 
snd_pcm                73475  1 snd_bcm2835
snd_seq                53078  0 
snd_seq_device          5628  1 snd_seq
snd_timer              17784  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd                    51038  5 snd_bcm2835,snd_timer,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_seq_device
uio_pdrv_genirq         2958  0 
uio                     8119  1 uio_pdrv_genirq
pi@raspberrypi ~ $ 

For the power I use the plug of iPad (2A I believe).

[MrEngman]

The wifi driver is not being loaded but there are a couple of modules that have been loaded that I think are used by the wifi driver so need to find out why the driver does not load.

As far as I know the driver is ar5523.ko, so the command

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ls /lib/modules/3.18.11-v7+/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar5523/ar5523.ko

should show it is installed.

When you boot the Pi with the Atheros wifi plugged in do you see the red led flash at all? This would indicate your power supply may not be sufficient.

It is also possible that the firmware may need updating although I don't think so. You can check for any errors when the wifi driver tries to load using command dmesg | less. You can then scroll through the file using the up and down arrow keys. You should see the wifi detected and then after that see if there are any error messages about the wifi driver or firmware which may give a clue why it is not working.

If you are unsure about any errors find the reference to your Atheros wifi then post the remainder of the file.

To update the firmware if it needs updating you can run commands

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sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install firmware-atheros

although I think it will probably say it is already the newest version as it says when I tried to update it on a couple of my Pi's.


MrEngman

[marcotini]

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pi@raspberrypi ~ $ ls /lib/modules/3.18.11-v7+/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar5523/ar5523.ko
/lib/modules/3.18.11-v7+/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar5523/ar5523.ko

The led is on and the update is done...

When I execute dmesg | less I don't see any errors.