Wifi adapter based on AR9271 kernel panics
by bifferos from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5901N)
Hi All,
I have a strange problem, I purchased one of the Atheros wifi adapters, and it gave kernel panics regularly on Slackware.
The adapter is: Alfa Network AWUS036NHA - USB WiFi Adapter, 150 Mbps, 802.11b/g/n, RP-SMA, AR9271L Atheros Chipset
I googled this but didn't find anything much, so I bought another one thinking it was faulty, and the same thing happened. So I switched Slackware to running inside Proxmox, and passed through the Atheros into the guest, but this time it panicked the host, so I had to hard-reset Proxmox. It did this a few times until I unplugged the adapter.
I can find problems like this described with this adapter but the only web references I can find are from years ago, so I don't understand what's going on when I see this problem so reliably, across different operating systems and across different host systems but nobody else seems to have a problem.
So is anyone else using USB wifi with Slackware? What are you using? Is it reliable?
Many thanks!
I have a strange problem, I purchased one of the Atheros wifi adapters, and it gave kernel panics regularly on Slackware.
The adapter is: Alfa Network AWUS036NHA - USB WiFi Adapter, 150 Mbps, 802.11b/g/n, RP-SMA, AR9271L Atheros Chipset
I googled this but didn't find anything much, so I bought another one thinking it was faulty, and the same thing happened. So I switched Slackware to running inside Proxmox, and passed through the Atheros into the guest, but this time it panicked the host, so I had to hard-reset Proxmox. It did this a few times until I unplugged the adapter.
I can find problems like this described with this adapter but the only web references I can find are from years ago, so I don't understand what's going on when I see this problem so reliably, across different operating systems and across different host systems but nobody else seems to have a problem.
So is anyone else using USB wifi with Slackware? What are you using? Is it reliable?
Many thanks!