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Wifi support for TL-WN722N card on Tiny Core 3.5 (SOLVED)
syltc2011:
I have a usb wireless card (TP-LINK) TL-WN-722N which I want to use to support wireless connection for tiny core 3.5. I tried several approaches, such as install 'wicd-2.6' extension, using 'ndiswrapper', using 'madwifi'. All have no luck, I still could not get the card working, though I could see the card by using 'lsusb', but no show in 'ifconfig'.
I read some reference said I need to change kernel config & re-build the system, then compile the new 'ath9k_htc' driver with firmware loaded, this is beyond my knowledge... :'(
Any one could help! Many thanks in advance!! :)
Rich:
Hi syltc2011
I have not had to deal with a wireless setup yet, however, I believe you want to use
iwconfig, not ifconfig.
Arslan S.:
ath9k_htc support is added to main line linux after 2.6.35, tiny core kernel is 2.6.33 so you need to load compat-wireless-2.6.33.3-tinycore for latest linux wireless drivers
you better add it to onboot list and reboot your computer to make sure old drivers not loaded before
also i would like to hear if it helps because i am thinking of buying that wireless adapter too
syltc2011:
Hi Arslan,
I have installed wireless-2.6.33.3-tinycore, it is bundled in wicd-2.6 when I install it, also I config the wireless-2.6.33.3 onboot, and I do not have any old drivers installed since Tiny Core 3.5 is newly set up in my computer (I use VM 7.1.2).
actually I have checked the date of wireless-2.6.33.3 latest update date on tiny core extensions library, it was 2010/05/14, and I could find similar driver release for 2.6.32.16 from linuxwireless.org (http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/ath9k_htc#Get_the_driver) was around 2010/06/05, and the up-to-date drivers for AR9271 chipset is for 2.6.38-rc7 dated 2011/02/20, so I wonder if wireless-2.6.33.3 could support all AR9271?
Any ideas or suggestions?
for Rich, thanks for your help! but I could not see my wireless card in 'ifconfig', so I could not use 'iwconfig' to setup the connection. actually I know there is an easy way to use GUI based WicdNetworkManager to config the wireless.
Arslan S.:
i wanted to say you need to load compat-wireless-KERNEL.tcz because the driver in current tc kernel does not support your wireless chip
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/tinycorelinux/3.x/tcz/compat-wireless-2.6.33.3-tinycore.tcz.info
wireless-KERNEL.tcz and compat-wireless-KERNEL.tcz can be installed side by side but a reboot may be neccessary for the first time to make sure new drivers from compat-wireless-KERNEL.tcz is loaded instead of old ones from wireless-KERNEL.tcz
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