I am (once again) struggling with wlan problems. Just installed Debian 9.3 with LXQT to my girlfriend's old mini laptop. Wired ethernet works, though there is some problem with that also, as it doesn't reconnect every time I re-plug the cable after trying wireless.
The computer is Packard Bell Dot S.
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root@Pentu:/home/ninni# lshw -short
H/W path Device Class Description
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system DOTS E2 (NetTopSku)
/0 bus SJE02_PT_E
/0/0 memory 1MiB BIOS
/0/15 memory 1GiB System Memory
/0/15/0 memory 1GiB SODIMM DDR3 Synch
/0/1d processor Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU
/0/1d/1e memory 512KiB L2 cache
/0/1d/1f memory 32KiB L1 cache
/0/100 bridge Atom Processor D4xx/D5
/0/100/2 display Atom Processor D4xx/D5
/0/100/2.1 display Atom Processor D4xx/D5
/0/100/1b multimedia NM10/ICH7 Family High
/0/100/1c bridge NM10/ICH7 Family PCI E
/0/100/1c/0 enp1s0 network AR8152 v1.1 Fast Ether
/0/100/1c.1 bridge NM10/ICH7 Family PCI E
/0/100/1c.1/0 wlp2s0 network AR9285 Wireless Networ
/0/100/1d bus NM10/ICH7 Family USB U
/0/100/1d/1 usb2 bus UHCI Host Controller
/0/100/1d.1 bus NM10/ICH7 Family USB U
/0/100/1d.1/1 usb3 bus UHCI Host Controller
/0/100/1d.2 bus NM10/ICH7 Family USB U
/0/100/1d.2/1 usb4 bus UHCI Host Controller
/0/100/1d.3 bus NM10/ICH7 Family USB U
/0/100/1d.3/1 usb5 bus UHCI Host Controller
/0/100/1d.7 bus NM10/ICH7 Family USB2
/0/100/1d.7/1 usb1 bus EHCI Host Controller
/0/100/1d.7/1/4 multimedia WebCam
/0/100/1e bridge 82801 Mobile PCI Bridg
/0/100/1f bridge NM10 Family LPC Contro
/0/100/1f.2 storage NM10/ICH7 Family SATA
/0/100/1f.3 bus NM10/ICH7 Family SMBus
/0/1 scsi0 storage
/0/1/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 250GB ST9250315AS
/0/1/0.0.0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 231GiB EXT4 volume
/0/1/0.0.0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 1012MiB Extended parti
/0/1/0.0.0/2/5 /dev/sda5 volume 1012MiB Linux swap vol
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root@Pentu:/home/ninni# lspci -k
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Atom Processor D4xx/D5xx/N4xx/N5xx DMI Bridge
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Atom Processor D4xx/D5xx/N4xx/N5xx DMI Bridge
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Atom Processor D4xx/D5xx/N4xx/N5xx Integrated Graphics Controller
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Atom Processor D4xx/D5xx/N4xx/N5xx Integrated Graphics Controller
Kernel driver in use: i915
Kernel modules: i915
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Atom Processor D4xx/D5xx/N4xx/N5xx Integrated Graphics Controller
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Atom Processor D4xx/D5xx/N4xx/N5xx Integrated Graphics Controller
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci_hcd
00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci_hcd
00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci_hcd
00:1d.3 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci_hcd
00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] NM10/ICH7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller
Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci
Kernel modules: ehci_pci
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation NM10 Family LPC Controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] NM10 Family LPC Controller
Kernel driver in use: lpc_ich
Kernel modules: lpc_ich
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] NM10/ICH7 Family SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
Kernel driver in use: ahci
Kernel modules: ahci
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family SMBus Controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] NM10/ICH7 Family SMBus Controller
Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
Kernel modules: i2c_i801
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR8152 v1.1 Fast Ethernet (rev c1)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] AR8152 v1.1 Fast Ethernet
Kernel driver in use: atl1c
Kernel modules: atl1c
02:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
Subsystem: Lite-On Communications Inc AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
Kernel driver in use: ath9k
Kernel modules: ath9k
Hitting Fn + F3 turns it "1 Found, 1 Powered", but nothing else changes. ip a gives this result after reboot:
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1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 ::1/128 scope host
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: enp1s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,DYNAMIC,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP group default qlen 1000
link/ether b8:70:f4:a5:3a:e8 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 192.168.8.106/24 brd 192.168.8.255 scope global enp1s0
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 fd04:4f4c:f922:9d00:ba70:f4ff:fea5:3ae8/64 scope global mngtmpaddr dynamic
valid_lft 6663sec preferred_lft 3063sec
inet6 fe80::ba70:f4ff:fea5:3ae8/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
3: wlp2s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000
link/ether d0:df:9a:37:25:3c brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
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3: wlp2s0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,DYNAMIC,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state DOWN group default qlen 1000
link/ether d0:df:9a:37:25:3c brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
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root@Pentu:/home/ninni# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
wlp2s0 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=0 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
enp1s0 no wireless extensions.
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root@Pentu:/home/ninni# iwlist scan
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.
wlp2s0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 84:00:2D:20:38:44
Channel:1
Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
Quality=23/70 Signal level=-87 dBm
Encryption key:on
ESSID:"revelation"
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=0000018bb7b34502
Extra: Last beacon: 12ms ago
IE: Unknown: 000A726576656C6174696F6E
IE: Unknown: 010882848B962430486C
IE: Unknown: 030101
IE: Unknown: 2A0100
IE: Unknown: 2F0100
IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: Unknown: 32040C121860
IE: Unknown: 0B050100280000
IE: Unknown: 2D1ABC191BFFFF000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown: 3D1601080400000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown: 4A0E14000A002C01C800140005001900
IE: Unknown: 7F080500080000000040
IE: Unknown: DD790050F204104A0001101044000102103B00010310470010C550D9D71D45D0DC488DDB56A37EAD5A10210005436973636F10230005436973636F1024000631323334353610420007303030303030311054000800060050F204000110110006623766396530100800022008103C0001031049000600372A000120
IE: Unknown: DD090010180201000C0000
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101800003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
IE: Unknown: 46057208010000
Cell 02 - Address: 04:4F:4C:F9:22:9E
Channel:11
Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
Quality=70/70 Signal level=-33 dBm
Encryption key:on
ESSID:"4G-Gateway-229E"
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=0000005bf216a226
Extra: Last beacon: 12ms ago
IE: Unknown: 000F34472D476174657761792D32323945
IE: Unknown: 010882840B162430486C
IE: Unknown: 03010B
IE: Unknown: 2A0100
IE: Unknown: 32040C121860
IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
Group Cipher : CCMP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: Unknown: 0B0500000F0000
IE: Unknown: 46053208010000
IE: Unknown: 2D1AFE191BFFFF000001000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown: 3D160B0F0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown: 4A0E14000A002C01C800140005001900
IE: Unknown: 7F080500080000000040
IE: Unknown: DD7A0050F204104A0001101044000102103B00010310470010D96C7EFC2F8938F1EFBD6E5148BFA81210210006487561776569102300064875617765691024000631323334353610420004313233341054000800060050F2040001101100084875617765694150100800022008103C0001031049000600372A000120
IE: Unknown: DD090010180200000C0000
IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101840003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
Cell 03 - Address: 24:DF:6A:4A:6C:6E
Channel:9
Frequency:2.452 GHz (Channel 9)
Quality=43/70 Signal level=-67 dBm
Encryption key:on
ESSID:"DNA-Mokkula-2G-AANR2D"
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=00000001dcba3183
Extra: Last beacon: 348ms ago
IE: Unknown: 0015444E412D4D6F6B6B756C612D32472D41414E523244
IE: Unknown: 010882848B962430486C
IE: Unknown: 050400010000
IE: Unknown: 030109
IE: Unknown: 200100
IE: Unknown: 23021100
IE: Unknown: 2A0100
IE: Unknown: 2F0100
IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
Group Cipher : CCMP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: Unknown: 32040C121860
IE: Unknown: 2D1ABC011BFFFF000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown: 3D1609080000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown: 4A0E14000A002C01C800140005001900
IE: Unknown: 7F0101
IE: Unknown: DD050050F20500
IE: Unknown: DD300050F204104A00011010440001021049000600372A0001201054000800060050F20400011011000842726F6164636F6D
IE: Unknown: DD090010180200000C0000
IE: Unknown: DD180050F202010187000132000027A4000042435E0062322F00
enp1s0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
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auto wlp2s0
iface wlp2s0 inet dhcp
wireless-essid 4G-Gateway-229E
wireless-mode Master
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root@Pentu:/home/ninni# lsmod | grep ath9k
ath9k 94208 0
ath9k_common 32768 1 ath9k
ath9k_hw 446464 2 ath9k,ath9k_common
ath 32768 3 ath9k_hw,ath9k,ath9k_common
mac80211 671744 1 ath9k
cfg80211 589824 4 mac80211,ath9k,ath,ath9k_common
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root@Pentu:/home/ninni# lsmod | grep acer_wmi
acer_wmi 20480 0
sparse_keymap 16384 1 acer_wmi
rfkill 24576 6 bluetooth,acer_wmi,cfg80211
video 40960 2 acer_wmi,i915
wmi 16384 1 acer_wmi
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root@Pentu:/home/ninni# lsmod
Module Size Used by
bnep 20480 2
8021q 32768 0
garp 16384 1 8021q
mrp 20480 1 8021q
stp 16384 1 garp
llc 16384 2 garp,stp
xt_connmark 16384 2
iptable_nat 16384 0
nf_conntrack_ipv4 16384 3
nf_defrag_ipv4 16384 1 nf_conntrack_ipv4
nf_nat_ipv4 16384 1 iptable_nat
nf_nat 28672 1 nf_nat_ipv4
nf_conntrack 114688 4 nf_conntrack_ipv4,xt_connmark,nf_nat_ipv4,nf_nat
iptable_mangle 16384 1
iptable_filter 16384 0
bluetooth 552960 9 bnep
uvcvideo 90112 0
videobuf2_vmalloc 16384 1 uvcvideo
videobuf2_memops 16384 1 videobuf2_vmalloc
videobuf2_v4l2 24576 1 uvcvideo
videobuf2_core 36864 2 uvcvideo,videobuf2_v4l2
videodev 176128 3 uvcvideo,videobuf2_core,videobuf2_v4l2
media 40960 2 uvcvideo,videodev
snd_hda_codec_realtek 86016 1
snd_hda_codec_generic 69632 1 snd_hda_codec_realtek
iTCO_wdt 16384 0
acer_wmi 20480 0
snd_hda_intel 36864 3
sparse_keymap 16384 1 acer_wmi
arc4 16384 2
iTCO_vendor_support 16384 1 iTCO_wdt
ath9k 94208 0
ath9k_common 32768 1 ath9k
snd_hda_codec 135168 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_realtek
ath9k_hw 446464 2 ath9k,ath9k_common
ath 32768 3 ath9k_hw,ath9k,ath9k_common
i915 1232896 10
snd_hda_core 81920 4 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_realtek
joydev 20480 0
evdev 24576 15
snd_hwdep 16384 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 110592 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_core
serio_raw 16384 0
pcspkr 16384 0
mac80211 671744 1 ath9k
coretemp 16384 0
snd_timer 32768 1 snd_pcm
cfg80211 589824 4 mac80211,ath9k,ath,ath9k_common
snd 86016 13 snd_hda_intel,snd_hwdep,snd_hda_codec,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_pcm
sg 32768 0
rfkill 24576 6 bluetooth,acer_wmi,cfg80211
soundcore 16384 1 snd
lpc_ich 24576 0
mfd_core 16384 1 lpc_ich
drm_kms_helper 155648 1 i915
acpi_cpufreq 20480 1
tpm_tis 16384 0
drm 360448 12 i915,drm_kms_helper
battery 16384 0
i2c_algo_bit 16384 1 i915
shpchp 36864 0
tpm_tis_core 20480 1 tpm_tis
ac 16384 0
button 16384 1 i915
video 40960 2 acer_wmi,i915
tpm 45056 2 tpm_tis,tpm_tis_core
wmi 16384 1 acer_wmi
parport_pc 28672 0
ppdev 20480 0
lp 20480 0
parport 49152 3 lp,parport_pc,ppdev
ip_tables 24576 3 iptable_mangle,iptable_filter,iptable_nat
x_tables 36864 4 iptable_mangle,ip_tables,iptable_filter,xt_connmark
autofs4 40960 2
ext4 585728 1
crc16 16384 2 bluetooth,ext4
jbd2 106496 1 ext4
crc32c_generic 16384 2
fscrypto 28672 1 ext4
ecb 16384 0
glue_helper 16384 0
lrw 16384 0
gf128mul 16384 1 lrw
ablk_helper 16384 0
cryptd 24576 1 ablk_helper
aes_x86_64 20480 0
mbcache 16384 2 ext4
sd_mod 45056 3
ahci 36864 2
libahci 32768 1 ahci
libata 249856 2 ahci,libahci
scsi_mod 225280 3 sd_mod,libata,sg
psmouse 135168 0
i2c_i801 24576 0
i2c_smbus 16384 1 i2c_i801
uhci_hcd 45056 0
ehci_pci 16384 0
ehci_hcd 81920 1 ehci_pci
usbcore 249856 4 uvcvideo,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd,ehci_pci
atl1c 49152 0
usb_common 16384 1 usbcore
fjes 28672 0
thermal 20480 0
fan 16384 0