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Wifi qualcomm atheros qca6174 linux mint 18. Supported devices are listed at the end of this page. Ath9k is a linux kernel driver supporting atheros 802.11n pci/pci-e chips, introduced at linux 2.6.27. I'd spent all day looking for drivers, but the ones included in ubuntu 13.04 already support qualcomm atheros qca8172 network driver card. Select qualcomm atheros wifi drivers choose the driver depending on the operating system qualcomm is an american multinational semiconductor and telecommunications equipment company that designs and markets wireless telecommunications products and services. Password, qualcomm atheros / qualcomm atheros qca8172 network adapter. Will check email in the morning to see if there has been any response.Download Now QUALCOMM ATHEROS ASUS WIFI DRIVER Update: Second reboot has returned my Wi-Fi Networks device not ready notification.
I have tried to research it out but a lot of the advice was well over my head. The USB device may not have worked because of my complete lack of Linux knowledge. I confirmed the port was good by plugging in an external hdd and I confirmed the wireless adapter was good by running it on a windows machine. I tried plugging in an old Rosewill USB wireless device to at least get online so I could do some cut/pasting into this forum but I got absolutely no response from the computer when I plugged it in. Some threads suggest looking for a proprietary driver to use under system settings but the only entry I see there is Unknown: Unknown - Using Processor microcode firmware for Intel CPUs. Running “sudo lshw -C network” returns a response of a QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter. No info on what wireless chipset I’m using on the motherboard product page so I download the windows driver on to my windows box and start to install… it shows the product as Qualcomm Atheros 11acĪfter rebooting the Mate machine my notification icon does not show a wireless device at all now.
Install went smooth but the first time boot shows “Wireless - Device not ready”. Was pumped up watching the 16.04 talk on various Jupiter Broadcasting shows. I have an ASUS B150 Gaming/Wifi/Aura mb with a G4500 skylake.
Resources: irq:34 memory:f6800000-f69fffffīrand new Linux user here, hello everybody. Product: QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network AdapterĬapabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wirelessĬonfiguration: broadcast=yes driver=ath10k_pci driverversion=4.2.0-35-generic firmware=WLAN.RM.1.1-00141 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11abgn Product: Killer E220x Gigabit Ethernet ControllerĬapabilities: pm pciexpress msi msix bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiationĬonfiguration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=alx duplex=full ip=192.168.50.235 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100Mbit/s The following shows that ubuntu knows mine is there:
If you do not want to upgrade to 15.10, i bet once you upgrade to 16.04 later this month you should see it working. It picks up on the wireless card fine after the upgrade. I have ubuntu 15.10 installed and up to date. Ok found the difference, and btw mine works now.