Wireless card or NIC not working?!?

**flipjargendy** · 04-04-2005

Ok, i've been trying to figure this out for a couple of days now, i have to give up and ask for help.

First where is are the files (likely /etc/*) where i can change options and settings and everything for my network card and wireless card, i'd assume they'd be in the same file. eth0, eth1, eth2 and on i'm guessing is what i'll have to configure.

My Network Card is Reltek RTL8169/8110 Family Gigabit Ethernet NIC
My Wireless Card seems to be a little bit more rare, it's an O2Micro OZ711M1 MemoryCardBus Controller.

Even with the correct driver that Fedora 3 has for my NIC it does not work. It does but it cannot find the IP. When i do this it cannot connect at all. i'm attempting to from a router that the modem is hooked up too. Even when i hook up directly to the modem with an RJ45 it still does not work.

i would really appreciate any help i can get, i don't want to have to rely on Windows to go on the internet. Thanks.

**lakerdonald** · 04-04-2005

Are you using DHCP?

**flipjargendy** · 04-04-2005

If that is default, then most likely i am.

**Flatline** · 04-04-2005

The results from

Code:

ifconfig

and

Code:

iwconfig

would be helpful. You said your wireless card is rare, so

Code:

lspci

might also be a good one to run so that we can take a look at the chipset.

**flipjargendy** · 04-04-2005

Here are the printouts from the terminal:

Code:

ifconfig&#58;

lo      Link encam&#58; Local Loopback
         inet addr&#58; 127.0.0.1 Mask 255.0.0.0
         inet6 addr&#58; &#58;&#58;1/128 Scope&#58; Host
         UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU&#58; 16436 Metric&#58; 1
         RX packets&#58; 5091 errors&#58;0 dropped&#58;0 overruns&#58;0 frames&#58;0
         TX packets&#58; 5091 errors&#58;0 dropped&#58;0 overruns&#58;0 carried&#58;0
         collisions&#58;0 txqueuelen&#58;0
         RX bytes&#58; 6362438 &#40;6.0 MiB&#41; TX bytes&#58; 6362438 &#40;6.0 MiB&#41;

Code:

iwconfig&#58;

lo      no wireless extensions.

eth0  no wireless extensions.

sit0   no wireless extensions.

Since lspci printed out so much and i don't think all of it is relevant i will only print the devices that are associated with networking and devices that i don't recagnize. If i need to type more information let me know.

Code:

lspci&#58;

00&#58;00.0 Silicon Integrated Systems &#91;SiS&#93; SiS 645xx &#40;rev 51&#41;
00&#58;01.0 PCI bridge&#58; Silicon Integrated Systems &#91;SiS&#93; Unknown device 0003
00&#58;02.0 ISA bridge&#58; Silicon Integrated Systems &#91;SiS&#93; SiS963 &#91;MuTIOL Media IO&#93; &#40;rev 12&#41;
00&#58;02.1 SMBus&#58; Silicon Integrated Systems &#91;SiS&#93; SiS961/2 SMBus Controller
00&#58;02.3 FireWire &#40;IEEE 1394&#41; ..... don't need
00&#58;02.5 IDE interface&#58; Silicon Integrated Systems &#91;SiS&#93; AC'97 Modem Controller &#40;rev a0&#41;
00&#58;02.7 Multimedia audio controller&#58; ...... don't need
00&#58;03.0 USB Controller... don't need
00&#58;03.1 USB Controller... don't need
00&#58;03.2 USB Controller... don't need
00&#58;03.3 USB Controller... don't need
00&#58;09.0 CardBus bridge&#58; O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711M1 SmartCardBus MultiMediaBay Controller &#40;rev 20&#41;
00&#58;09.1 CardBus bridge&#58; O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711M1 SmartCardBus MultiMediaBay Controller &#40;rev 20&#41;
00&#58;09.2 System peripheral&#58; O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711Mx Multimedia Bay Accelerator
00&#58;0a.0 Ethernet controller&#58; Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. TRL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet &#40;rev 10&#41;
01&#58;00.0 VGA compatible conroller&#58; nVidia... don't need
02&#58;00.0 Ethernet controller Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC &#40;rev 01&#41;

i've only left out my USB ports my firewire port and my video and sound cards.

**lakerdonald** · 04-04-2005

okay you have an Atheros Chipset on the wireless card? That might be a prism54 driver. What does ifconfig -a say?

**flipjargendy** · 04-05-2005

Here is the printout for ifconfig -a.

Code:

eth0   Link encap&#58;Ethernet HWaddr 00&#58;03&#58;0D&#58;22&#58;B7&#58;29
   BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU&#58;1500 Metric&#58;1
   RX packets&#58;0 errors&#58;0 dropped&#58;0 overruns&#58;0 frames&#58;0
   TX packets&#58;4 errors&#58;0 dropped&#58;0 overruns&#58;0 carried&#58;0
   collisions&#58;0 txqueuelen&#58;1000
   RX bytes&#58;0 &#40;0.0 b&#41; TX bytes 308 &#40;308.0 b&#41;
   Interrupt&#58;10 Base address&#58;0x6c00

lo   Link encap&#58; Local Loopback
     inet addr&#58;127.0.0.1 Mask&#58; 255.0.0.0
     inet6 addr&#58; &#58;&#58;1/128 Scope&#58;Host
     UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU&#58;16436 Metric&#58;1
     RX packets&#58; 1815 errors&#58;0 dropped&#58;0 overruns&#58;0 frame&#58;0
     TX packets&#58; 1815 errors&#58;0 dropped&#58;0 overruns&#58;0 carried&#58;0
     collisions&#58;0 txqueuelen&#58;0
     RX bytes&#58;1600144 &#40;1.5 MiB&#41; TXS bytes&#58;1600144 &#40;1.5 MiB&#41;

sit0   Link encap&#58;IPv6-in-IPv4
        NOARP MTU&#58;1480 Metric&#58;1
        RX packets&#58;0 errors&#58;0 dropped&#58;0 overruns&#58;0 frames&#58;0
        TX packets&#58;0 errors&#58;0 dropped&#58;0 overruns&#58;0 carried&#58;0
        collisions&#58;0 txqueuelen&#58;0
        RX bytes&#58;0 &#40;0.0 b&#41; TX bytes&#58; 0 &#40;0.0 b&#41;

**lakerdonald** · 04-05-2005

How many NICs do you have on that box?

**flipjargendy** · 04-05-2005

i've only had the one that's built with it. And i also have only had the one wireless card.

**lakerdonald** · 04-05-2005

Okay, then it has not been recognized by Linux. I'll look up the chipset later.

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