Cannot connect to wifi Fedora 10 and Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network connection

[joseph14]

Hey guys, I'm new to linux and I'm having trouble connecting to my wireless router. I've consulted alot of different forums but nothing has been working for me.

here is what I'm finding on the terminal:

iwconfig
wlan0 IEEE 802.11abg ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=15 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

Power Management if off apparently, although the led on my laptop is on.
Also, when I cannot activate my wireless card in network connections.

Any help is very much appreciated.

[waterhead]

We need some more information to help you. Please read the post, linked to below, and provide the info that it explains how to find.

Wireless Setup - Start Here

It is possible that it is just "turned off". If there is a on/off switch, try booting with it in a different position. If there are shortcut keys to enable/disable the wireless, try them too.

[joseph14]

/sbin/lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub [8086:27a0] (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27a2] (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27a6] (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller [8086:27d8] (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:27d0] (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:27d2] (rev 02)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3 [8086:27d4] (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:27c8] (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:27c9] (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:27ca] (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:27cb] (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:27cc] (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:27b9] (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller [8086:27c4] (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:27da] (rev 02)
04:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection [8086:4222] (rev 02)
05:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 01)
06:04.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 Cardbus Controller [104c:8039]
06:04.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller [104c:803a]
06:04.2 Mass storage controller [0180]: Texas Instruments 5-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD) [104c:803b]
06:04.3 SD Host controller [0805]: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 SDA Standard Compliant SD Host Controller [104c:803c]

lsmod
Module Size Used by
vfat 12672 1
fat 42784 1 vfat
fuse 49436 6
i915 53380 2
drm 158260 3 i915
sco 12932 2
bridge 43668 0
stp 6148 1 bridge
bnep 14848 2
l2cap 21504 3 bnep
bluetooth 48608 5 sco,bnep,l2cap
sunrpc 155924 3
ip6t_REJECT 7296 2
nf_conntrack_ipv6 15864 2
ip6table_filter 6400 1
ip6_tables 14736 1 ip6table_filter
ipv6 230132 20 ip6t_REJECT,nf_conntrack_ipv6
cpufreq_ondemand 9996 1
acpi_cpufreq 12172 2
dm_multipath 17164 0
uinput 10624 0
tuner_simple 15120 0
tuner_types 17408 1 tuner_simple
tda9887 13060 0
tda8290 13188 0
wm8775 9260 0
arc4 5760 2
ecb 6528 2
crypto_blkcipher 18052 1 ecb
tuner 24776 0
cx25840 26672 0
pvrusb2 116384 0
dvb_core 68456 1 pvrusb2
cx2341x 13700 1 pvrusb2
v4l2_common 12800 5 wm8775,tuner,cx25840,pvrusb2,cx2341x
sdhci_pci 10624 0
snd_hda_intel 351124 3
sdhci 17540 1 sdhci_pci
snd_seq_dummy 6660 0
uvcvideo 50184 0
compat_ioctl32 5120 1 uvcvideo
snd_seq_oss 30364 0
snd_seq_midi_event 9600 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 48576 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 10124 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
iTCO_wdt 13732 0
iTCO_vendor_support 6916 1 iTCO_wdt
snd_pcm_oss 42496 0
snd_mixer_oss 16896 1 snd_pcm_oss
firewire_ohci 22532 0
snd_pcm 65924 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
videodev 32000 3 tuner,pvrusb2,uvcvideo
v4l1_compat 15876 3 pvrusb2,uvcvideo,videodev
tifm_7xx1 9216 0
snd_timer 22024 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 11016 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
mmc_core 43676 1 sdhci
usb_storage 82440 1
r8169 32132 0
firewire_core 35616 1 firewire_ohci
crc_itu_t 5760 1 firewire_core
yenta_socket 24972 1
rsrc_nonstatic 13568 1 yenta_socket
tifm_core 10268 1 tifm_7xx1
snd_hwdep 10500 1 snd_hda_intel
mii 8192 1 r8169
tveeprom 14596 1 pvrusb2
video 20244 0
i2c_i801 12048 0
i2c_core 21396 11 drm,tuner_simple,tda9887,tda8290,wm8775,tuner,cx25 840,pvrusb2,v4l2_common,tveeprom,i2c_i801
snd 50616 16 snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,sn d_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd _timer,snd_hwdep
output 6528 1 video
soundcore 9416 1 snd
pcspkr 6272 0
iwl3945 129628 0
lirc_mceusb2 15620 0
lirc_dev 14232 1 lirc_mceusb2
mac80211 173668 1 iwl3945
cfg80211 23816 2 iwl3945,mac80211
serio_raw 8836 0
joydev 12736 0
rfkill 11288 2 iwl3945
input_polldev 7176 0
ata_generic 8452 0
pata_acpi 7680 0

[waterhead]

The wireless driver (iwl3945) is loading, so that's not the problem. Post the output of the other commands listed in the linked post. If you surround it with code or quote tags, it may be easier.

Edit: Off Topic - by looking at the modules that are loading, I'd bet money that this is a MythTV box.

[joseph14]

dmesg
bus: 06 index 2 mmio: [a4000000, a7ffffff]
bus: 06 index 3 io port: [0, ffff]
bus: 06 index 4 mmio: [0, ffffffffffffffff]
bus: 07 index 0 io port: [5000, 50ff]
bus: 07 index 1 io port: [5400, 54ff]
bus: 07 index 2 mmio: [a4000000, a7ffffff]
bus: 07 index 3 mmio: [a8000000, abffffff]
NET: Registered protocol family 2
sorry one sec

[joseph14]

alright i'll admit it, im having a hard time posting this stuff, what should i do so i dont get this message that i have too many images in my message

[waterhead]

It's hard to show how to post, without the forum software interpreting it wrong. Check out this site on posting vB code in a forum.

Webmaster Forum - vB Code List

If you also use the recommendation to output the commands as text files, that may make it easier too. I would still prefer you post info rather than a link to a text file.

[waterhead]

I located the vB help page from Linux Forums. I'd rather keep you here!

Linux Forums - BB Code List

[joseph14]

sorry i had to split up the info into attachments, but thats the only way i know how.

so I'm gonna keep splitting them up until i get it all posted on here

[joseph14]

here is number 2