Acer Aspire 5310 Laptop Atheros Wireless is not Working

Hi there,

I recently installed Fedora 9 linux operating system and the installation part is completed with an ease, but the only unfortunate thing happening is it is unable to detect my wireless internet card, I am using Acer Aspire 5310 and I have no idea about what Atheros it has. I tried some of the solution but no positive signs.

My ethernet works perfectly fine but firefox web browser freezes. My laptop started working too slow. I have no idea what to change and what to perform.

Please help me in my problems:

How can I make my Atheros wireless work, it is not even detecting the one which is already?

I have information regarding Windows but, nothing about Linux.

Please help me in finding a solution regarding this?

Follow these steps:

1. Install the ndisgtk program from the package Synaptic Package Manager.
   
2. Install Windows XP atheros driver from acer.com.cn, pick Wireless Atheros driver.
   
3. Make a folder in documents file, (I named it Wireless driver).
   
4. Move the downloaded .zip file from desktop to the new wireless folder.
   
5. Right click on the .zip file, (and choose extra here).
   
6. Go to System>Administration>Windows Wirless Drivers, (NDISWRAPPER will open now, (after password is given)).
   
7. Choose Install Driver.
   
8. Goto location line, click on the right folder tab and browse to:
9. Document>Wireless driver>Wireless_Atheros_XP32_XP64_WHQL_(5.3.0.45_l ogo)>XP32_XP64_WHQL_5-3-0-45_(Negative-Pole)70510>net5211.inf
   
10. Choose to intall.
    
11. The driver should now appear in the list on the left.
    
12. Select the driver, (Left click to highlight), and choose the configure network button, (This will take a few moments).
    
13. Reboot, Choose the network manager on the tool bar.
    
14. Select the wireless network.

i guess your wireless driver has gone corrupted so you can get it from the below provided site:

http://down2.driversdown.com/Noteboo...XB62(WHQL).zip

OR

http://tinyurl.com/265hyw

Check this one:

• Remove any Previously installed versions of ndiswrapper and type:

sudo rmmod ndiswrapper
sudo ndiswrapper -e bcmwl5
sudo apt-get remove ndiswrapper-utils

• By compiling tools to the latest kernal headers which you dont have them already, and also the source code for ndiswrappe and type:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r`
Get the latest ndiswrapper from sourceforge.

• You can download it from this url:

http://internap.dl.sourceforge.net/s...er-1.47.tar.gz.

tar -xzvf ndiswrapper-1.47.tar.gz

• Now black list the useless bcm43xx firmware drivers which they try to load in the default fedora 9 install.

sudo echo blacklist bcm43xx >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

• Restart your laptop.

Compile ndiswrapper by going to the directory (home) where you extracted it and type:

sudo make uninstall

• Continue doing above code until it prompts no files or directories found.
  
• Then Type:

sudo make
sudo make install

• I am assuming that it worked without errors, so now go to the directory where you have the R151517.EXE file and type:

unzip -a R151517.EXE

• Enter the DRIVER directory and type:

sudo ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf
sudo ndiswrapper -l

• Check whether the driver present for hardware detection and type:

sudo ndiswrapper -m
sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
sudo echo ndiswrapper >> /etc/modules

• reboot now and try for the check by typing:

sudo iwlist scanning