Sigh. I feel like I'm close to the answer, but it's frustrating.
I have located the firmware via other tutorials, and have done:'
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sudo wget [linuxwireless.org]
sudo cp htc_9271.fw /lib/firmware
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But it didn't change anything. Interestingly enough, when I do iwconfig, it shows the wlan1. But even when I edit piratebox.conf and hostapd.conf to use wlan1, it shows no available access point.
iwconfig
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn Mode:Master Tx-Power=1496 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:on
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wlan1 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=0 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
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Also, when I do lsusb it SHOWS the atheros adapter there.
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0cf3:9271 Atheros Communications, Inc. AR9271 802.11n
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 154b:005b PNY Flash Drive
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0424:ec00 Standard Microsystems Corp. SMSC9512/9514 Fast Ethernet Adapter
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:9514 Standard Microsystems Corp. SMC9514 Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Does "driver=nl80211" need to be something related to the firmware I downloaded? I can't seem to find any info on that oddly enough... or maybe it's looking me in the face?
I have located the firmware via other tutorials, and have done:'
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sudo wget [linuxwireless.org]
sudo cp htc_9271.fw /lib/firmware
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But it didn't change anything. Interestingly enough, when I do iwconfig, it shows the wlan1. But even when I edit piratebox.conf and hostapd.conf to use wlan1, it shows no available access point.
iwconfig
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn Mode:Master Tx-Power=1496 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:on
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wlan1 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=0 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
_________________________________________________________
Also, when I do lsusb it SHOWS the atheros adapter there.
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0cf3:9271 Atheros Communications, Inc. AR9271 802.11n
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 154b:005b PNY Flash Drive
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0424:ec00 Standard Microsystems Corp. SMSC9512/9514 Fast Ethernet Adapter
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:9514 Standard Microsystems Corp. SMC9514 Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Does "driver=nl80211" need to be something related to the firmware I downloaded? I can't seem to find any info on that oddly enough... or maybe it's looking me in the face?