setting up wireless card

**waterhead** · 04-03-2008

Do you have the rt61 module loaded? To find out run this command.

Code:

/sbin/lsmod

If not, you can load it with this command.

Code:

/sbin/modprobe rt61

**bchager** · 04-03-2008

I tryed /sbin/lsmod, this is the display for rt61
rt61 200968 0
rt61 25537 0
rt2x00 pci 14017 1 rt 61 pci
rt2x00 lib 18881 2 rt61pci,rt2x00pci
mac 8011 136005 3 rt61 pci, rt2x00pci, rt2x00 lib
cfg 8011 12105 1 mac 80211
eeprom_93 cx6 7361 1 rt61pci
crc_itu_t 6337 1 rt61pci
I tried /sbin/modprobe rt61 and still get nothing. do yuo think mabe i should try modprrobe rt2x00?

**waterhead** · 04-04-2008

I'm not positive about this, but I think that there are two versions of this driver. The one that comes in the kernel is rt61pci. The one from the downloaded driver is just rt61.

You could try to unload the old one first. (as root)

Code:

/sbin/modpobe -r rt61pci

Then load the other one. (also as root)

Code:

/sbin/modprobe rt61

If there is no output after this command, then it loaded the module without problem. If you are unable to connect with NetworkManager, try using the /sbin/iwconfig commands.

For more info on iwconfig try these.

Code:

/sbin/iwconfig --help
man iwconfig

**bchager** · 04-04-2008

what does this ask for " /sbin/ifconfig ra0 inet YOUR IP up " ?

**waterhead** · 04-04-2008

Originally Posted by bchager

what does this ask for " /sbin/ifconfig ra0 inet YOUR IP up " ?

Where did you get that from?

It appears to be a command to set a static IP address for the wireless. This is not a bad idea in a home LAN, but I let my router do the work. I assign my laptop to get the IP address using DHCP.

**bchager** · 04-05-2008

Originally Posted by waterhead

Where did you get that from?

It appears to be a command to set a static IP address for the wireless. This is not a bad idea in a home LAN, but I let my router do the work. I assign my laptop to get the IP address using DHCP.

this is #7 in the readme of the istalation Module

"# /sbin/insmod rt61.ko" this seemed to work
"# /sbin/ifconfig ra0 inet YOUR_IP up" I get an error message when Inter
this one Iguess I don't know how to
enter it

**MikeTbob** · 04-05-2008

More than likely, you just need to run this
/sbin/modprobe rt61
/sbin/ifconfig ra0 up
dhcp ra0

or whatever DHCP client your distro uses.

**bchager** · 04-10-2008

to birng you up to date after trying every thing you told me some one emailed me and told that fedora 8 was fixed for the Edimax card and after reading every thing on searialmokey I got the impression their drivers still weren't very stable. So I downloaded the fedora 8 dvd and installed it the wireless card was installed and works fine but sofar nothing else does. Thanks loads for sticking with me and all the help I hope some day when I grow up I will have learned fedora. lol i'm only 72

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