Problems in f44 with WIFI Adapters
Robert McBroom via test <[email protected]> Thu, 11 Jun 2026 23:11:41 -0400
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Atheros AR928X WIFI adapter is not found on f44 test. Connects on f43
installation on the same machine.
Fully updated f44 from rawhide
:~# dnf install atheros-firmware
Updating and loading repositories:
Fedora 44 - x86_64 - Updates 100% | 24.0
KiB/s | 12.8 KiB | 00m01s
Fedora 44 - x86_64 100% | 512.0 KiB/s | 1.5
KiB | 00m00s
Repositories loaded.
Package "atheros-firmware-20260519-1.fc44.noarch" is already installed.
~# lspci -nnk | grep -iA3 network
05:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Qualcomm Atheros AR928X Wireless
Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [168c:002a] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Qualcomm Atheros Device [168c:1000]
Kernel driver in use: ath9k
Kernel modules: ath9k
:~# nmcli
eno1: connected to eno1
"Intel I218-LM"
ethernet (e1000e), 18:60:24:B1:DC:82, hw, mtu 1500
ip4 default
inet4 10.41.1.168/24
route4 10.41.1.0/24 metric 100
route4 default via 10.41.1.1 metric 100
inet6 fe80::1a60:24ff:feb1:dc82/64
route6 fe80::/64 metric 1024
lo: connected (externally) to lo
"lo"
loopback (unknown), 00:00:00:00:00:00, sw, mtu 65536
inet4 127.0.0.1/8
inet6 ::1/128
wlp5s0: unmanaged
"Qualcomm Atheros AR928X"
wifi (ath9k), 00:26:82:5F:48:61, plugin missing, hw, mtu 1500
DNS configuration:
servers: 10.41.1.1
domains: lan
Same problem with a Realtek dongle
wlp0s20u13u1: unmanaged
"Realtek RTL8188FTV 1T1R 2.4G"
wifi (rtl8xxxu), 00:2E:2D:F0:67:E9, plugin missing, hw, mtu 1500
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<p>Atheros
<span style="font-family:monospace"><span
style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;">AR928X WIFI
adapter is not found on f44 test. Connects on f43 installation
on the same machine.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:monospace"><span
style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;">Fully updated
f44 from rawhide</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:monospace"><span
style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;">:~# dnf
install atheros-firmware<br>
Updating and loading repositories:<br>
Fedora 44 - x86_64 - Updates
100% | 24.0 KiB/s | 12.8 KiB |
00m01s<br>
Fedora 44 - x86_64
100% | 512.0 KiB/s | 1.5 KiB |
00m00s<br>
Repositories loaded.<br>
Package "atheros-firmware-20260519-1.fc44.noarch" is already
installed.<br>
</span><br>
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:monospace">~# lspci -nnk | grep -iA3
network<br>
05:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Qualcomm Atheros AR928X
Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [168c:002a] (rev 01)<br>
Subsystem: Qualcomm Atheros Device [168c:1000]<br>
Kernel driver in use: ath9k<br>
Kernel modules: ath9k<br>
<br>
</span><font size="2">:~# nmcli<br>
eno1: connected to eno1<br>
"Intel I218-LM"<br>
ethernet (e1000e), 18:60:24:B1:DC:82, hw, mtu 1500<br>
ip4 default<br>
inet4 10.41.1.168/24<br>
route4 10.41.1.0/24 metric 100<br>
route4 default via 10.41.1.1 metric 100<br>
inet6 fe80::1a60:24ff:feb1:dc82/64<br>
route6 fe80::/64 metric 1024<br>
<br>
lo: connected (externally) to lo<br>
"lo"<br>
loopback (unknown), 00:00:00:00:00:00, sw, mtu 65536<br>
inet4 127.0.0.1/8<br>
inet6 ::1/128<br>
<br>
wlp5s0: unmanaged<br>
"Qualcomm Atheros AR928X"<br>
wifi (ath9k), 00:26:82:5F:48:61, plugin missing, hw, mtu
1500<br>
<br>
DNS configuration:<br>
servers: 10.41.1.1<br>
domains: lan<br>
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<p><font size="2">Same problem with a Realtek dongle</font></p>
<p><font size="2">wlp0s20u13u1: unmanaged<br>
"Realtek RTL8188FTV 1T1R 2.4G"<br>
wifi (rtl8xxxu), 00:2E:2D:F0:67:E9, plugin missing, hw,
mtu 1500<br>
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