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#1

hi all, am trying to setup my wifi on my laptop Acer aspire e5 511-P-05H . i install debian os in it . m attaching my Wireless info script result ... pls help

########## wireless info START ##########

Report from: 07 Dec 2014 02:52 IST +0530

Booted last: 07 Dec 2014 02:49 IST +0530

Script from: 20 Sep 2014 23:04 UTC +0000

release ###########################

Distributor ID: Debian Description: Debian GNU/Linux 7.7 (wheezy) Release: 7.7 Codename: wheezy

kernel ############################

Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.63-2+deb7u1 x86_64 unknown unknown GNU/Linux

Parameters: ro, initrd=/install/initrd.gz, quiet

desktop ###########################

sed: can't read /root/.dmrc: No such file or directory Could not be determined.

lspci #############################

01:00.1 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller [10ec:8168] (rev 12) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0905] Kernel driver in use: r8169

02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9565 Wireless Network Adapter [168c:0036] (rev 01) Subsystem: Lite-On Communications Inc Device [11ad:0642]

lsusb #############################

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 003 Device 002: ID 8087:07e6 Intel Corp. Bus 003 Device 003: ID 046d:c05a Logitech, Inc. Optical Mouse M90 Bus 003 Device 004: ID 05e3:0608 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB-2.0 4-Port HUB Bus 003 Device 005: ID 064e:9400 Suyin Corp. Bus 003 Device 006: ID 04ca:300b Lite-On Technology Corp.

PCMCIA card info ##################
rfkill ############################

0: hci0: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 1: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 2: acer-bluetooth: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no

lsmod #############################

acer_wmi 26081 0 sparse_keymap 12760 1 acer_wmi rfkill 19012 4 bluetooth,acer_wmi wmi 13243 1 acer_wmi

interfaces ########################

auto lo iface lo inet loopback

ifconfig ##########################

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr <MAC 'eth0' [IF]> inet addr:192.168.0.102 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::f276:1cff:fe33:f441/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:108 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:130 errors:0 dropped:46 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:30705 (29.9 KiB) TX bytes:19165 (18.7 KiB) Interrupt:104 Base address:0x8000

iwconfig ##########################

lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

route #############################

Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 0.0.0.0 192.168.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 1000 0 0 eth0 192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0

resolv.conf #######################

nameserver 192.168.0.1

nm-tool ###########################

NetworkManager Tool

State: connected (global)

Type: Wired Driver: r8169 State: connected Default: yes HW Address: <MAC 'eth0' [IF]>

  • Device: eth0 [Wired connection 1] -------------------------------------------

Capabilities: Carrier Detect: yes Speed: 1000 Mb/s

Wired Properties Carrier: on

IPv4 Settings: Address: 192.168.0.102 Prefix: 24 (255.255.255.0) Gateway: 192.168.0.1

DNS: 192.168.0.1

NetworkManager.state ##############

[main] NetworkingEnabled=true WirelessEnabled=true WWANEnabled=true WimaxEnabled=true

NetworkManager.conf ###############

[main] plugins=ifupdown,keyfile

[ifupdown] managed=false

NetworkManager profiles ###########
iw reg get ########################

nl80211 not found.

iwlist channels ###################

lo no frequency information.

eth0 no frequency information.

iwlist scan #######################

lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

module infos ######################
module parameters #################
/etc/modules ######################

loop

modprobe options ##################

[/etc/modprobe.d/open-vm-tools.conf] install pcnet32 /sbin/modprobe -q --ignore-install vmxnet; /sbin/modprobe -q --ignore-install pcnet32 $CMDLINE_OPTS; /bin/true;

[/etc/modprobe.d/radeon-kms.conf] options radeon modeset=1

rc.local ##########################

exit 0

pm-utils ##########################
udev rules ########################

[/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules]

PCI device 0x10ec:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.0/0000:01:00.1 (r8169)

SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="<MAC 'eth0' [IF]>", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth0"

dmesg #############################

########## wireless info END ############

#2

We don't know much about Debian but we know that your relatively new wireless device isn't covered in your relatively old 3.2.xx kernel. In Ubuntu, we'd install linux-backports-modules-cw-3.8 or newer; so as to install the 3.8.xx or newer wireless drivers in your 3.2.xx kernel. As to how exactly to accomplish this in Debian is unknown to me.

<rant> I'm always a bit perplexed when users cling to a kernel version about three years behind the curve. I always wonder what features don't work in 3.16.xx; that is, Ubuntu 14.10, that magically *DO* work in 3.2.xx. Why doesn't my 1978 Ford have airbags, nav and get 35 mpg? </rant>

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