wi fi related problem on rhce

[bikku]

hi
how i can configure wi fi on rhel
help me in this matter
i can eaisly configure wifi on ubuntu but failed for rhel
i entered ip ,n/w key
but i am not able to ping from router
what to do?

[ved]

Read this link
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/wir...tart-here.html

[coopstah13]

RHEL isn't meant for desktop/laptop use, so its wireless support isn't very good

you may be able to get it working, we can decide after you follow instructions in link provided by ved

[waterhead]

Wireless in Linux uses kernel drivers. The kernel in RHEL is rather old, and only supports a few wireless devices. It is not possible for a regular user to add support for unsupported wireless chips to this old kernel.

If you want a Red Hat distro, but with excellent wireless support, use the Red Hat Fedora distro.

[bikku]

continued....................
hi , have wi fi related problem on rhce
i have no idea where is the problem but i attached some txt files with this thread
please check it out.

one thing to tell you that dmesg file was large in size that's why it i divided into two parts..

[coopstah13]

you forgot to post output of lspci command

but as stated before, it is unlikely that you will get your wifi working on RHEL5 due to old kernel and it not being intended for portable system

you probably will be better off installing it in virtual machine in ubuntu instead

[PrinceSharma]

I suspect you will have to even upgrade your kernel to get wifi working on your laptop as it is really not meant for home use, though it is quite possible get it working but rather than wasting your precious time and energy, you may simply go for Fedora, if you really want to work on RH based system.