Hi ALL,

I have a Linksys WRT54G router and Fujitsu notebook with Atheros AR5001X Wireless Network Adapter. Now my problem is,my notebook do not detect any wireless signal. It displays "wireless connection unavailable." I had try use another notebook and it CAN detect the wireless perfectly fine. Is there anyone can help me up...


Million Thanks

Has it ever worked before?
Did you try the Atheros AR5001X Wireless Network Adapter in the other notebook? (or used it's own adapter) If not , possible hardware failure? If so, (and it worked) check the software/ configuation settings on your laptop....... radio set to off? locked on the wrong channel? wrong Spid? is the router set to filter by mac?
If you have control of both the router and laptop I recommend restarting with the basic open settings ~ all security set to off, once you get a connection re apply the security settings one by one.

the wireless signal might be disabled by default.... or you may need a key to catch on to the signal
just a thought!

I have the same problem (look for the 22 dollar "Atheros" cards on Ebay, same one). I never noticed it before because I've been using Wildpackets' 3.xx drivers (don't try 4.xx, same problem apparently) the whole time and could connect to anything wireless. When I wanted superAG/superG support and Xtended Range, I realized that only real Atheros drivers (and not wildpackets) would suit. I CAN detect and connect to wireless networks with the genuine drivers, but using them, I CAN'T detect my WRT54g anymore. This pisses me off but I have a USB adaptor to connect to the AP (when I don't want to switch back to wildp. on my atheros). It's a great hacking card, assuming you can get linux to work (all above info is for XP, don't worry). If somebody finds better drivers (with functionality) let me know: markermanx5@netscape.net.

By the way, please do not post stupid suggestions like disabling WEP/WPA. The network is there! Even my dopey canary wireless detector sees it.

I have the same problem (look for the 22 dollar "Atheros" cards on Ebay, same one). I never noticed it before because I've been using Wildpackets' 3.xx drivers (don't try 4.xx, same problem apparently) the whole time and could connect to anything wireless. When I wanted superAG/superG support and Xtended Range, I realized that only real Atheros drivers (and not wildpackets) would suit. I CAN detect and connect to wireless networks with the genuine drivers, but using them, I CAN'T detect my WRT54g anymore. This pisses me off but I have a USB adaptor to connect to the AP (when I don't want to switch back to wildp. on my atheros). It's a great hacking card, assuming you can get linux to work (all above info is for XP, don't worry). If somebody finds better drivers (with functionality) let me know: markermanx5@netscape.net.

By the way, please do not post stupid suggestions like disabling WEP/WPA. The network is there! Even my dopey canary wireless detector sees it.

I just found another posting about this on this site (they too wanted to play with WEP settings, go figure):
other post
IF something changes just search for "Atheros"