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09-12-2009
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| I can't connect to Wifi using Fedora 10. Help please.
Hello guys,
I've bought a MSI wind netbook last week with the card RTL8187SE. I installed fedora 10 and did some updates and it was fine, but i cant detect any wireless connection. I tried to install the card driver using ndiswrapper, got some tutorials, and i followed this video on how to install driver using ndiswrapper.
hyyp://xxx.linuxjournal.com/content/how-install-and-use-ndiswrapper-video (change x to w, and y to t)
i think i installed the driver succesfully, but the problem now is i dont know how to configured the wireless thing. my school has a wifi with a key, i know the key and i want to connect to it, i tried to create a new wireless connection with the key, but when i try to connect, its always says on the status "connecting", and never connected. | 
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09-12-2009
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09-17-2009
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| Code: lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Memory Controller Hub [8086:27ac] (rev 03)
Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27ae] (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)
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:27d0] (rev 02)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:27d2] (rev 02)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:27c8] (rev 02)
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:27c9] (rev 02)
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:27ca] (rev 02)
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.3 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:27cb] (rev 02)
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:27cc] (rev 02)
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
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)
Kernel modules: iTCO_wdt, intel-rng
00:1f.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller [8086:27c4] (rev 02)
Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:27da] (rev 02)
Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
Kernel modules: i2c-i801
01:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 02)
Kernel driver in use: r8169
Kernel modules: r8169
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8187SE Wireless LAN Controller [10ec:8199] (rev 22)
Kernel driver in use: ndiswrapper
Code: lsmod:
Module Size Used by
vfat 12544 1
fat 42784 1 vfat
fuse 49436 2
i915 53764 2
drm 158388 3 i915
bridge 43796 0
stp 6148 1 bridge
bnep 14848 2
sco 12932 2
l2cap 21504 3 bnep
bluetooth 48736 5 bnep,sco,l2cap
sunrpc 156052 3
ip6t_REJECT 7296 2
nf_conntrack_ipv6 15864 2
ip6table_filter 6400 1
ip6_tables 14736 1 ip6table_filter
ipv6 230516 24 ip6t_REJECT,nf_conntrack_ipv6
cpufreq_ondemand 9996 2
acpi_cpufreq 12172 0
dm_multipath 17292 0
uinput 10624 0
snd_hda_intel 354196 3
snd_seq_dummy 6660 0
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
snd_pcm_oss 42624 0
snd_mixer_oss 16896 1 snd_pcm_oss
iTCO_wdt 13732 0
snd_pcm 65924 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
iTCO_vendor_support 6916 1 iTCO_wdt
snd_timer 22024 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
i2c_i801 12048 0
i2c_core 21396 2 drm,i2c_i801
usb_storage 86792 0
pcspkr 6272 0
snd_page_alloc 11016 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
snd_hwdep 10628 1 snd_hda_intel
snd 50616 16 snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_hwdep
soundcore 9416 1 snd
wmi 9768 0
video 20628 0
r8169 32132 0
mii 8192 1 r8169
output 6528 1 video
ndiswrapper 154900 0
ata_generic 8452 0
pata_acpi 7680 0
Code: kernel: 2.6.27.30-170.2.82.fc10.i686
Code: demsg:
firmware: requesting intel-ucode/06-1c-02
firmware: requesting intel-ucode/06-1c-02s
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09-17-2009
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| Hmm, that looks ok. Have you tried connecting to any other networks? It may be having a problem with the encryption your school uses, which is probably WPA2.
You might also try replacing networkmanager with wicd. It sometimes works better. Wicd on Fedora 10 - Wicd Wiki | |
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09-17-2009
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| In Fedora you need to configure the wireless card. Open the "Network" program from the menu. Click on the wireless to highlight it, and then click Edit.
Check the box for using NetworkManager and don't enable the wireless at boot. Use DHCP for the connection, and save the configuration. After re-boot, NetworkManager should be able to connect to wireless networks.
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09-18-2009
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| the key is 40-bit so do you think that it is a WEP key?
how should i configure the wireless connection? there's a lot of stuffs in creating wireless network in my network manager, wep/wpa, open/shared, index, and stuffs. so what should i do?
hello waterhead, the default setting uses network manager and disable the wireless at boot and its using DHCP.
btw, so i installed the driver successfully? i dont really know if i did it right.
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09-18-2009
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| The wireless connection settings are determined by the Access Point/Router. When you click on the NetworkManager icon in the task bar it should show any available networks.
To see if the driver installed correctly, run these commands.
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| Hello waterhead. Code: ifconfig:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:24:21:65:92:21
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:16 Base address:0xe000
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:800 (800.0 b) TX bytes:800 (800.0 b)
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:21:85:ED:08:A9
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:17 Memory:dfc00000-dfc04000
Code: iwconfig:
lo no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.457 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:54 Mb/s Tx-Power:20 dBm Sensitivity=0/3
RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
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
eth0 no wireless extensions.
pan0 no wireless extensions.
Code: iwlist scan:
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.
wlan0 No scan results
eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
pan0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
so did i installed the driver correctly? if no, could you please tell me what is the best way to install the driver, and how should i do it?
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| This: Code: wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:21:85:ED:08:A9
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:17 Memory:dfc00000-dfc04000
And this Code: wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.457 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:54 Mb/s Tx-Power:20 dBm Sensitivity=0/3
RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
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
Is your wireless. It looks to be working perfectly.
This indicates that there are no wireless networks to connect to: Code: iwlist scan:
wlan0 No scan results
This sometimes is inaccurate.
It seems that the driver is installed, otherwise there would not be a wlan0 device. When you click on the NetworkManager icon (next to the Date/Time), does it list any networks? Do you know for sure that there is an available network?
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| Thanks waterhead.
there's a wifi connection in my school, but when i tried to do iwlist scan, it says no available network, but there is. Code: wlan0 No scan results
When i click NetworkManager icon, there's no list or wireless connection available, but actually there's wifi in my school with 40-bit key, but i know the key.
So what is the best way i can do so that i can connect to a wireless connection?
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