RHEL5 and Wirelss Adpator

[Linuxeg]

Hello

I've a Toshiba Portege laptop with RHEL5 installed

I've a problem for configuring the D-Link wireless or the Intel PRO/Wireless 4965 adaptor

According to my notebook I've the following

# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 011: ID 07d1:3a0d D-Link System DWA-120 Wireless 108G Adapter
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0930:0c05 Toshiba Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 08ff:1600 AuthenTec, Inc. AES1600

# lsmod
Module Size Used by
usbnet 19913 0
hfsplus 75589 0
i915 24001 2
drm 65493 3 i915
autofs4 24261 2
hidp 23105 2
rfcomm 42457 0
l2cap 29505 10 hidp,rfcomm
bluetooth 53797 5 hidp,rfcomm,l2cap
sunrpc 144765 1
cpufreq_ondemand 12493 2
acpi_cpufreq 13897 1
dm_mirror 23109 0
dm_multipath 24013 0
scsi_dh 11713 1 dm_multipath
raid1 25409 1
video 21193 0
toshiba_acpi 9941 0
hwmon 7365 0
backlight 10049 1 video
sbs 18533 0
i2c_ec 9025 1 sbs
i2c_core 23745 1 i2c_ec
button 10705 0
battery 13637 0
asus_acpi 19289 0
ac 9157 0
ipv6 261473 16
xfrm_nalgo 13381 1 ipv6
parport_pc 29157 0
lp 15849 0
parport 37513 2 parport_pc,lp
sr_mod 19941 0
cdrom 36577 1 sr_mod
joydev 13313 0
snd_hda_intel 343537 3
sg 36189 0
snd_seq_dummy 7877 0
testmgr_cipher 6849 0
snd_seq_oss 32577 0
snd_seq_midi_event 11073 1 snd_seq_oss
testmgr 44593 1 testmgr_cipher
snd_seq 49585 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
aead 11841 1 testmgr
snd_seq_device 11725 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
crypto_blkcipher 17601 1 testmgr
crypto_algapi 22849 3 testmgr,aead,crypto_blkcipher
crypto_api 12609 5 xfrm_nalgo,testmgr,aead,crypto_blkcipher,crypto_al gapi
snd_pcm_oss 42817 0
snd_mixer_oss 19009 1 snd_pcm_oss
arc4 6209 2
snd_pcm 72133 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
tpm_infineon 12905 0
sdhci 21337 0
tpm 19041 1 tpm_infineon
mmc_core 27457 1 sdhci
iwlagn 94297 0
tpm_bios 11073 1 tpm
e1000e 102801 0
snd_timer 24517 3 snd_seq,snd_pcm
iwlcore 86085 1 iwlagn
snd_page_alloc 14281 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
pcspkr 7105 0
mac80211 137545 2 iwlagn,iwlcore
snd_hwdep 12869 1 snd_hda_intel
usb_storage 76449 0
snd 55237 13 snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,s nd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_hwd ep
cfg80211 30793 3 iwlagn,iwlcore,mac80211
soundcore 11553 1 snd
serio_raw 10693 0
dm_raid45 66509 0
dm_message 6977 1 dm_raid45
dm_region_hash 15681 1 dm_raid45
dm_log 14529 3 dm_mirror,dm_raid45,dm_region_hash
dm_mod 62201 4 dm_mirror,dm_multipath,dm_raid45,dm_log
dm_mem_cache 9537 1 dm_raid45
ahci 34377 8
libata 156677 1 ahci
sd_mod 25153 9
scsi_mod 141589 6 scsi_dh,sr_mod,sg,usb_storage,libata,sd_mod
ext3 124233 4
jbd 56937 1 ext3
uhci_hcd 25421 0
ohci_hcd 24681 0
ehci_hcd 33357 0

#dmseg
PCI: Enabling device 0000:02:00.0 (0000 -> 0002)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:00.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 177
PM: Writing back config space on device 0000:02:00.0 at offset 1 (was 100002, writing 100006)
iwlagn: iwlwifi-4965-2.ucode firmware file req failed: Reason -2
iwlagn: Could not read microcode: -2
ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:02:00.0 disabled
eth0: Link is Down
eth0: Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX/TX
eth0: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO
eth0: Link is Down
eth0: Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX/TX
eth0: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO
eth0: Link is Down
eth0: Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX/TX
eth0: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO
eth0: Link is Down
eth0: Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX/TX
eth0: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO
eth0: Link is Down
eth0: Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX/TX
eth0: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO
eth0: Link is Down
eth0: Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX/TX
eth0: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO
eth0: Link is Down
eth0: Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX/TX
eth0: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO
eth0: Link is Down
eth0: Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX/TX
eth0: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO
eth0: Link is Down
eth0: Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX/TX
eth0: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO
eth0: Link is Down
eth0: Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX/TX
eth0: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO
eth0: Link is Down
eth0: Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX/TX
eth0: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO
inode_doinit_with_dentry: context_to_sid(unconfined_u:object_r:mozilla_home_ t:s0) returned 22 for dev=sda7 ino=233124
eth0: Link is Down
eth0: Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX/TX
eth0: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO
eth0: Link is Down
eth0: Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX/TX
eth0: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO
eth0: Link is Down
eth0: Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX/TX
eth0: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO
eth0: Link is Down
eth0: Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX/TX
eth0: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO
inode_doinit_with_dentry: context_to_sid(unconfined_u:object_r:gnome_home_t: s0) returned 22 for dev=sda7 ino=233055
usb 1-7: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 11
usb 1-7: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice


#dmesg | grep firmware
iwlagn: iwlwifi-4965-2.ucode firmware file req failed: Reason -2
iwlagn: iwlwifi-4965-2.ucode firmware file req failed: Reason -2
iwlagn: iwlwifi-4965-2.ucode firmware file req failed: Reason -2
iwlagn: iwlwifi-4965-2.ucode firmware file req failed: Reason -2

#uname -r
2.6.18-128.el5


# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82573L Gigabit Ethernet Controller
02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN [Kedron] Network Connection (rev 61)
03:0b.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 Cardbus Controller
03:0b.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCIxx12 OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
03:0b.3 SD Host controller: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 SDA Standard Compliant SD Host Controller


Also I've an Intel RO/Wireless 4965 and it doesn't work too

Had any one solved these problems out

Many Thanks

[waterhead]

The problem is that RHEL is an Enterprise distro, intended for office and server use. It has very poor or no wireless support, because it is not needed in those environments. However, it does appear to be loading the correct driver for your card:

Module                  Size  Used by
iwlagn                 94297  0

Your card reqires firmware, which should be placed into the /lb/firmware folder. You want the microcode image for 4965, which can be downloaded from here:

Intel® Wireless WiFi Link drivers for Linux*
You must unpack the file before putting the image file in the /lib/firmare folder.

It is still possible that the driver won't work for your card (I had this problem with the Atheros ath5k driver). You then should download and compile the latest drivers. They can be otained here:

Download - Linux Wireless

To compile driver modules on Red Hat, you will also need to install these:

kernel-devel
kernel-headers
gcc
make

[waterhead]

Oh, and for the D-Link USB wireless, It looks like you would have to use NDISwrapper for that.

NDISwrapper uses the Windows XP driver to make it work in Linux. It's a bit of a hack, but sometimes it is the only way. The most important thing is to get it to work.