[solved] Netgear WNA1100 not working

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Tried to use Netgear WNA1100 on raspian. Found a lot of older threads talking about incorrect atheros FW. Acually the FW seems to be OK: I can call

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iwlist scan | grep -i essid

and see all the WLANs available in my space including my own SSID.

But when I try to connect I get DHCP request send out - but at the end I get a no DHCP response message. When I plug in the USB stick in my Mint 13 system I get a WLAN connection OOTB. So it's possible to use this stick with Linux in general - but with raspbian it doesn't work.

Would be great if somebody can help me on this. See following outputs. If you need other outputs just let me know.

uname

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Linux raspberrypi 3.6.11+ #474 PREEMPT Thu Jun 13 17:14:42 BST 2013 armv6l GNU/Linux

lsusb

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Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:9512 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 0a81:0205 Chesen Electronics Corp. PS/2 Keyboard+Mouse Adapter
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 04b4:6560 Cypress Semiconductor Corp. CY7C65640 USB-2.0 "TetraHub"
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0846:9030 NetGear, Inc. WNA1100 Wireless-N 150 [Atheros AR9271]

egrep "(usb|ath)" /var/log/messages

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Jul 29 21:47:20 raspberrypi kernel: [    0.940920] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
Jul 29 21:47:20 raspberrypi kernel: [    0.946505] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
Jul 29 21:47:20 raspberrypi kernel: [    0.952101] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
Jul 29 21:47:20 raspberrypi kernel: [    1.358548] usbcore: registered new interface driver smsc95xx
Jul 29 21:47:20 raspberrypi kernel: [    1.819332] dwc_otg bcm2708_usb: DWC OTG Controller
Jul 29 21:47:20 raspberrypi kernel: [    1.824466] dwc_otg bcm2708_usb: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
Jul 29 21:47:20 raspberrypi kernel: [    1.831951] dwc_otg bcm2708_usb: irq 32, io mem 0x00000000
Jul 29 21:47:20 raspberrypi kernel: [    1.845117] usb usb1: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
Jul 29 21:47:20 raspberrypi kernel: [    1.852066] usb usb1: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
Jul 29 21:47:20 raspberrypi kernel: [    1.859560] usb usb1: Product: DWC OTG Controller
Jul 29 21:47:20 raspberrypi kernel: [    1.864418] usb usb1: Manufacturer: Linux 3.6.11+ dwc_otg_hcd
Jul 29 21:47:20 raspberrypi kernel: [    1.870298] usb usb1: SerialNumber: bcm2708_usb
Jul 29 21:47:20 raspberrypi kernel: [    1.910150] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
Jul 29 21:47:20 raspberrypi kernel: [    1.931263] usbcore: registered new interface driver libusual
Jul 29 21:47:20 raspberrypi kernel: [    2.137576] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
Jul 29 21:47:20 raspberrypi kernel: [    2.172542] usbhid: USB HID core driver
Jul 29 21:47:20 raspberrypi kernel: [    2.384561] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using dwc_otg
Jul 29 21:47:20 raspberrypi kernel: [    2.622960] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0424, idProduct=9512
Jul 29 21:47:20 raspberrypi kernel: [    2.635281] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
Jul 29 21:47:20 raspberrypi kernel: [    2.942806] usb 1-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 3 using dwc_otg
Jul 29 21:47:20 raspberrypi kernel: [    3.073318] usb 1-1.1: New USB device found, idVendor=0424, idProduct=ec00
Jul 29 21:47:20 raspberrypi kernel: [    3.096653] usb 1-1.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
Jul 29 21:47:20 raspberrypi kernel: [    3.207785] smsc95xx 1-1.1:1.0: eth0: register 'smsc95xx' at usb-bcm2708_usb-1.1, smsc95xx USB 2.0 Ethernet, b8:27:eb:b4:e8:74
Jul 29 21:47:20 raspberrypi kernel: [    3.322849] usb 1-1.2: new low-speed USB device number 4 using dwc_otg
Jul 29 21:47:20 raspberrypi kernel: [    3.442189] usb 1-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=0a81, idProduct=0205
Jul 29 21:47:20 raspberrypi kernel: [    3.470161] usb 1-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
Jul 29 21:47:20 raspberrypi kernel: [    3.499963] usb 1-1.2: Product: PS2 to USB Converter
Jul 29 21:47:20 raspberrypi kernel: [    3.514095] usb 1-1.2: Manufacturer: CHESEN
Jul 29 21:47:20 raspberrypi kernel: [    3.551535] input: CHESEN PS2 to USB Converter as /devices/platform/bcm2708_usb/usb1/1-1/1-1.2/1-1.2:1.0/input/input0
Jul 29 21:47:20 raspberrypi kernel: [    3.590638] hid-generic 0003:0A81:0205.0001: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [CHESEN PS2 to USB Converter] on usb-bcm2708_usb-1.2/input0
Jul 29 21:47:20 raspberrypi kernel: [    3.639235] input: CHESEN PS2 to USB Converter as /devices/platform/bcm2708_usb/usb1/1-1/1-1.2/1-1.2:1.1/input/input1
Jul 29 21:47:20 raspberrypi kernel: [    3.679516] hid-generic 0003:0A81:0205.0002: input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [CHESEN PS2 to USB Converter] on usb-bcm2708_usb-1.2/input1
Jul 29 21:47:20 raspberrypi kernel: [    3.812909] usb 1-1.3: new high-speed USB device number 5 using dwc_otg
Jul 29 21:47:20 raspberrypi kernel: [    3.953454] usb 1-1.3: New USB device found, idVendor=04b4, idProduct=6560
Jul 29 21:47:20 raspberrypi kernel: [    3.971083] usb 1-1.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
Jul 29 21:47:20 raspberrypi kernel: [    4.302859] usb 1-1.3.4: new high-speed USB device number 6 using dwc_otg
Jul 29 21:47:20 raspberrypi kernel: [    4.454413] usb 1-1.3.4: New USB device found, idVendor=0846, idProduct=9030
Jul 29 21:47:20 raspberrypi kernel: [    4.492008] usb 1-1.3.4: New USB device strings: Mfr=16, Product=32, SerialNumber=48
Jul 29 21:47:20 raspberrypi kernel: [    4.531228] usb 1-1.3.4: Product: WNA1100
Jul 29 21:47:20 raspberrypi kernel: [    4.554941] usb 1-1.3.4: Manufacturer: NETGEAR WNA
Jul 29 21:47:20 raspberrypi kernel: [    4.569165] usb 1-1.3.4: SerialNumber: 12345
Jul 29 21:47:20 raspberrypi kernel: [    5.837638] usb 1-1.3.4: ath9k_htc: Firmware htc_9271.fw requested
Jul 29 21:47:20 raspberrypi kernel: [    6.138114] usbcore: registered new interface driver ath9k_htc
Jul 29 21:47:20 raspberrypi kernel: [    7.814669] usb 1-1.3.4: ath9k_htc: Transferred FW: htc_9271.fw, size: 51272
Jul 29 21:47:20 raspberrypi kernel: [    8.050831] ath9k_htc 1-1.3.4:1.0: ath9k_htc: HTC initialized with 33 credits
Jul 29 21:47:20 raspberrypi kernel: [    8.319146] ath9k_htc 1-1.3.4:1.0: ath9k_htc: FW Version: 1.3

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Today I plugged the WLAN stick in another Pi running raspbian - and all of the sudden it worked
Put it back to the other Pi - works also perfekt
I don't have any clue what was the reason for the issue. I remember I deleted some mac/ip mappings in my router but don't think this fixed it

Anyhow: It's possible to use WNA1100 with Raspbian OOTB if you clean up your router cache (just kidding).