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system · 5 March 2013 22:30

Have you got any way to transfer the file if you download it on another PC ?

I was gonna ask you that question, how can I do that ?

system · 5 March 2013 22:41

Firmware files aren’t normally all that big, could I extract it copy it to a usb pendrive make a directory in the nas and copy the file to that directory via the terminal ?

SeZo · 5 March 2013 22:58

You could download firmware-atheros to your (internet connected) PC then unpack it there.
From the resulting set of files copy ar9170.fw to the NAS (via USB stick) to the folder /lib/firmware/ar9170.fw
Reboot and see in dmesg if it loaded the correct driver for the wireless

system · 5 March 2013 23:01

You could download firmware-atheros to your (internet connected) PC then unpack it there. From the resulting set of files copy ar9170.fw to the NAS (via USB stick) to the folder /lib/firmware/ar9170.fw Reboot and see in dmesg if it loaded the correct driver for the wireless

Ok I’ve downloaded and extracted the .deb file there are 2 files inside (md5sum & control),I copied control to a usb and plugged that into the NAS, that’s where I’m stuck

Mark_Greaves_PCNetSp · 5 March 2013 23:01

You could yes … just get the 5 .fw files from the /lib/firmware in the .deb to the /lib/firmware directory on the NAS box.

But it would be just as easy to copy the firmware-atheros_0.28+squeeze1_all.deb file to the NAS box … then run:

dpkg -i /path/to/firmware-atheros_0.28+squeeze1_all.deb

(as root)

Mark_Greaves_PCNetSp · 5 March 2013 23:03

Ok I've downloaded and extracted the .deb file there are 2 files inside (md5sum & control),I copied control to a usb and plugged that into the NAS, that's where I'm stuck

It didn’t extract properly then … there should be 3 directories in the .deb
DEBIAN
lib
usr

Just do what I said above.

[EDIT]

Sorry for not responding … I thought you’d gone.

system · 5 March 2013 23:04

ok but what would the path be, it just shows up as sdb but I can’t seem to cd to it ?

Mark_Greaves_PCNetSp · 5 March 2013 23:05

What’s the output from:

fdisk -l

?

system · 5 March 2013 23:08

fdisk -l

Any particular part you’re looking for because the output is huge ?

Mark_Greaves_PCNetSp · 5 March 2013 23:11

is there a partition called /dev/sdb1 ?

are there any other sdbN partitions ?

Is sdb the USB stick ?

system · 5 March 2013 23:15

is there a partition called /dev/sdb1 ?

yes

are there any other sdbN partitions ?

None that I see

Is sdb the USB stick ?

Yes

Mark_Greaves_PCNetSp · 5 March 2013 23:17

OK, run:

mkdir /mnt/usbstick

then

mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/usbstick

then

cd /mnt/usbstick

then

dpkg -i firmware-atheros_0.28+squeeze1_all.deb

and tell me if it installed without error … do not unplug the USB stick yet.

system · 5 March 2013 23:22

after the last command “cannot access archive: no such file of directory”

Mark_Greaves_PCNetSp · 5 March 2013 23:23

What’s the output from:

ls -a /mnt/usbstick

system · 5 March 2013 23:24

I see where I went wrong trying again

system · 5 March 2013 23:32

got the same error again here’s the output you asked for

ls -a /mnt/usbstick

. … control firmware-atheros_0.28+squeeze1_all.deb

system · 5 March 2013 23:36

ok I got it i was typing it wrong

Mark_Greaves_PCNetSp · 5 March 2013 23:38

did it install without errors ?

system · 5 March 2013 23:38

did it install without errors ?

Yes

Mark_Greaves_PCNetSp · 5 March 2013 23:42

OK, run:

umount /mnt/usbstick

(umount NOT unmount )
if no errors … you can safely unplug the USB stick.

Then run:

modprobe -r ar9170usb

then

modprobe ar9170usb

now is wlan0 mentioned when you run:

ip link