I currently have Lunux Mint 17.2 Cinnamon 64bit kernel 3.16.0-38 generic.
I have a Atheros AR9287 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI Express) that works fine. It is 2.4 GHz.
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steve@Acer ~ $ inxi -Fxz
System: Host: Acer Kernel: 3.16.0-38-generic x86_64 (64 bit, gcc: 4.8.2)
Desktop: Cinnamon 2.6.13 Distro: Linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela
Machine: System: Acer product: Aspire 5253 version: V1.16
Mobo: Acer model: JE50-BZ Bios: Acer version: V1.16 date: 11/21/2011
CPU: Dual core AMD C-50 (-MCP-) cache: 1024 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4a ssse3 svm) bmips: 3989.54
Clock Speeds: 1: 800.00 MHz 2: 1000.00 MHz
Graphics: Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Wrestler [Radeon HD 6250] bus-ID: 00:01.0
X.Org: 1.15.1 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1366x768@60.0hz
GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on AMD PALM GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 10.1.3 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio: Card-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Wrestler HDMI Audio driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:01.1
Card-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:14.2
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.16.0-38-generic
Network: Card-1: Qualcomm Atheros AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit Ethernet driver: atl1c ver: 1.0.1.1-NAPI port: 2000 bus-ID: 06:00.0
IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
Card-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR9287 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) driver: ath9k bus-ID: 07:00.0
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives: HDD Total Size: 500.1GB (2.0% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: WDC_WD5000BPVT size: 500.1GB
Partition: ID: / size: 455G used: 9.3G (3%) fs: ext4 ID: /boot size: 236M used: 84M (38%) fs: ext2
ID: swap-1 size: 4.00GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap
RAID: No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 50.8C mobo: N/A gpu: 50.0
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 174 Uptime: 1:07 Memory: 1004.5/3680.2MB Runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.8.4
Client: Shell (bash 4.3.11) inxi: 1.9.17
steve@Acer ~ $ Code: Select all
sudo /usr/lib/linuxmint/mintWifi/mintWifi.py
[sudo] password for steve:
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* I. scanning WIFI PCI devices...
-- Qualcomm Atheros AR9287 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
==> PCI ID = 168c:002e (rev 01)
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* II. querying ndiswrapper...
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* III. querying iwconfig...
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"QuickCountry_RE"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: F8:7B:8C:20:06:09
Bit Rate=1 Mb/s Tx-Power=16 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=67/70 Signal level=-43 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:64 Missed beacon:0
lo no wireless extensions.
wlan1 unassociated Nickname:"<WIFI@REALTEK>"
Mode:Managed Frequency=5.785 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Sensitivity:0/0
Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
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* IV. querying ifconfig...
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 1c:75:08:e5:e3:6c
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:1266 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1266 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:144778 (144.7 KB) TX bytes:144778 (144.7 KB)
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 88:9f:fa:57:68:56
inet addr:192.168.0.9 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: 2605:6000:f510:9f00:8a9f:faff:fe57:6856/64 Scope:Global
inet6 addr: fe80::8a9f:faff:fe57:6856/64 Scope:Link
inet6 addr: 2605:6000:f510:9f00:4073:f491:b6f9:435b/64 Scope:Global
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:67492 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:58185 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:73368024 (73.3 MB) TX bytes:54113379 (54.1 MB)
wlan1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 74:da:38:1e:82:d1
inet6 addr: fe80::76da:38ff:fe1e:82d1/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:7 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:27 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:1064 (1.0 KB) TX bytes:1240 (1.2 KB)
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* V. querying DHCP...
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* VI. querying nslookup google.com...
Server: 192.168.0.2
Address: 192.168.0.2#53
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: google.com
Address: 64.233.160.113
Name: google.com
Address: 64.233.160.100
Name: google.com
Address: 64.233.160.101
Name: google.com
Address: 64.233.160.102
Name: google.com
Address: 64.233.160.139
Name: google.com
Address: 64.233.160.138
steve@Acer ~ $
I want to use the higher speed and capability of 5GHz of the Edimax.
I can install the Edimax on a Linux Mint 17.1 Toshiba 32bit Netbook and it worked fine.
I want to use the higher end Acer but the Edimax won't stay running.