How do I install a driver for an Atheros AR9285?
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How to install the driver for Atheros AR9285 in Ubuntu 11.10.
Still no package for 11.10 according to this
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Device/Atheros/AR9285
Here is the output of the commands
marc@fer-VPCYA1V9E:~$ sudo lshw -class network
*-network DISABLED
description: Wireless interface
product: AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 01
serial: 4c:0f:6e:d6:65:cc
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath9k driverversion=3.0.0-12-generic firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
resources: irq:16 memory:d3400000-d340ffff
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: AR8131 Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Atheros Communications
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: c0
serial: 54:42:49:a2:1f:bc
capacity: 1Gbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=atl1c driverversion=1.0.1.0-NAPI firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair
resources: irq:43 memory:d2400000-d243ffff ioport:1000(size=128)
And the second command
marc@fer-VPCYA1V9E:~$ rfkill list
0: sony-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: sony-bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
2: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
3: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
4: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
Is there a way to make it work?
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