# Atheros support **URL:** \ **Category:** Rocky Linux Help & Support\ **Created:** [August 5, 2021, 1:47pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/atheros-support/3742 "2021-08-05T13:47:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NastyPhoenix](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/nastyphoenix/32/1169_2.png) [@NastyPhoenix](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/NastyPhoenix)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2021, 1:47pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/atheros-support/3742/1 "2021-08-05T13:47:47Z")
Hello After installation of rocky8.4 on an e520 machines it seems that my atheros AR5BX is not supported. I found it with lspci command but the ath5k module is not present. It is not an USB dongle but an internal card. I have to compile a new kernel or use modprobe ? rfkill list return 0: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN soft blocked no hard blocked no Any idea ? Regards ---
**Author:** ![iwalker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/iwalker/32/2599_2.png) [@iwalker](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/iwalker)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2021, 2:10pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/atheros-support/3742/2 "2021-08-05T14:10:55Z")
From googling, ath5k was deprecated in RHEL7 because they were really old. So I don’t think it will be available in any 8.x version. No kmod-ath5k exists anyway in the repos, as previously such was available in epel. There is ath9k as a module, since I modprobed it. But I expect that won’t work for your card if ath9k doesn’t support that. ---
**Author:** ![NastyPhoenix](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/nastyphoenix/32/1169_2.png) [@NastyPhoenix](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/NastyPhoenix)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2021, 2:13pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/atheros-support/3742/3 "2021-08-05T14:13:19Z")
Thanks for this answer. I will try some actions and let you know if something works. ---
**Author:** ![iwalker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/iwalker/32/2599_2.png) [@iwalker](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/iwalker)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2021, 2:14pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/atheros-support/3742/4 "2021-08-05T14:14:47Z")
Might be ELrepo and not epel: [https://centos.pkgs.org/8/elrepo-x86\_64/kmod-ath5k-0.0-1.el8.elrepo.x86\_64.rpm.html](https://centos.pkgs.org/8/elrepo-x86_64/kmod-ath5k-0.0-1.el8.elrepo.x86_64.rpm.html) You could always attempt installing that and see if it works? [ELRepo | HomePage](http://elrepo.org/tiki/HomePage) instructions on how to add the repo ---
**Author:** ![toracat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/toracat/32/68_2.png) [@toracat](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/toracat)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2021, 5:52pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/atheros-support/3742/5 "2021-08-05T17:52:59Z")
The current version that works in el8.4 is here: [https://elrepo.org/linux/elrepo/el8/x86\_64/RPMS/kmod-ath5k-0.0-5.el8\_4.elrepo.x86\_64.rpm](https://elrepo.org/linux/elrepo/el8/x86_64/RPMS/kmod-ath5k-0.0-5.el8_4.elrepo.x86_64.rpm) ---
**Author:** ![NastyPhoenix](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/nastyphoenix/32/1169_2.png) [@NastyPhoenix](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/NastyPhoenix)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2021, 7:54pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/atheros-support/3742/6 "2021-08-05T19:54:58Z")
My Wifi adapter is not working with this rpm but thanks for the answer. ---
**Author:** ![NastyPhoenix](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/nastyphoenix/32/1169_2.png) [@NastyPhoenix](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/NastyPhoenix)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2021, 7:56pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/atheros-support/3742/7 "2021-08-05T19:56:26Z")
Thanks a lot toracat it works like a charm. ---
**Author:** ![iwalker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/iwalker/32/2599_2.png) [@iwalker](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/iwalker)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2021, 8:00pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/atheros-support/3742/8 "2021-08-05T20:00:03Z")
Yep the info lower in my post had a link with instructions on how to add elrepo would mean you could do dnf install kmod-ath5k and it would have installed the 8.4 version I expect. But glad its working anyway. ---
**Author:** ![brian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/brian/32/5777_2.png) [@brian](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/brian)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 4:07am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/atheros-support/3742/9 "2023-08-25T04:07:10Z")