[SOLVED] I can't connect to Wifi using Fedora 10. Help please.

[waterhead]

There is the option in NetworkManager to create a new connection. Try that or the "Connect to a hidden network" option.

I am afraid that if it can't connect, something may be wrong. Maybe the configuration isn't correct.

[HDLA]

the key on my school's wifi is 37d4a08184, so it should be WEP?

there's a lot of options in NetworkManager icon in creating new wireless connection, there's WEP/WPA, open/shared option, index option 1-4 etc. so what should i choose in creating a wireless connection?

[waterhead]

I have no idea. Can you get this info from someone that already has a connection?

[HDLA]

Can you get this info from someone that already has a connection?

My classmates were using windows and it just connect automatically. And they dont know if its WEP/ WPA etc. either.

[waterhead]

Yes, but look at the connection details to see what it says.

[HDLA]

Hello waterhead.

I went to my friend's place this morning and he has a wireless network, so i did create new wireless connection from networkmanagericon, set the correct password/key , network name and type of network( it's WPA2). After a few seconds, the icon from the system tray says "connecting", but authentication pop up always appear, so i always put the right password, but it keeps in pop up-ing the 'authentication required' so i always put the correct password, and the icon stays on "connecting" but i never got a chance to be connected.

btw, one of my problem is there is a network that is not hidden but no networks are listed in my networkmanager icon.

[waterhead]

Well, you may want to try the Wicd connection manager instead. This will mean uninstalling NetworkManager. I don't see any for Fedora 11, but maybe one for fedora 10 will work.

Index of /pkgs/stable/1.6.x/1.6.2/Fedora_10

[HDLA]

Hello guys.

Thanks for your help. I really appreciate it.

So i'm really sick and tired in figuring it out so i decided to upgrade my fedora 10 to fedora 11 by using "preupgrade" on the terminal yum

The upgrade and installation was successful (took me 10 hours). But my problem is still not solve.

Here are the new information from my upgrade

lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME 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.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (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 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 02)
02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8187SE Wireless LAN Controller (rev 22)

lsmod

Module                  Size  Used by
joydev                  9220  0 
fuse                   49460  2 
sco                    16160  2 
bridge                 43864  0 
stp                     1964  1 bridge
llc                     4936  2 bridge,stp
bnep                   14908  2 
l2cap                  32420  3 bnep
bluetooth              77096  5 sco,bnep,l2cap
sunrpc                155660  1 
ip6t_REJECT             4532  2 
nf_conntrack_ipv6      17732  2 
ip6table_filter         3144  1 
ip6_tables             10956  1 ip6table_filter
ipv6                  235656  24 ip6t_REJECT,nf_conntrack_ipv6
cpufreq_ondemand        6432  2 
acpi_cpufreq            8856  0 
dm_multipath           14036  0 
uinput                  6676  0 
pcspkr                  2168  0 
usb_storage            46644  0 
snd_hda_codec_realtek   193372  1 
iTCO_wdt               10360  0 
iTCO_vendor_support     2752  1 iTCO_wdt
i2c_i801               10204  0 
snd_hda_intel          24272  2 
snd_hda_codec          59428  2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep               6724  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm                62796  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_timer              17864  1 snd_pcm
r8169                  28412  0 
snd                    50336  10 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_timer
mii                     4044  1 r8169
soundcore               5476  1 snd
snd_page_alloc          7776  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
wmi                     5868  0 
ata_generic             4288  0 
pata_acpi               3644  0 
i915                  154292  2 
drm                   168260  2 i915
i2c_algo_bit            4804  1 i915
video                  18708  1 i915
output                  2440  1 video
i2c_core               24984  4 i2c_i801,i915,drm,i2c_algo_bit

dmesg | grep firmware

platform microcode: firmware: requesting intel-ucode/06-1c-02
platform microcode: firmware: requesting intel-ucode/06-1c-02

ndiswrapper -l

WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper, it will be ignored in a future release.
net8187se : driver installed
	device (10EC:8199) pr

iwlist scan

lo        Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0      Interface doesn't support scanning.

pan0      Interface doesn't support scanning.

/sbin/iwconfig

lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

pan0      no wireless extensions.

kernel

Fedora 11 (2.6.30.5-43..fc11.i686.PAE)

I'm still hoping to use wifi in my upgraded f11.

anyway, i can play .flv movies in f10, but when i switch to f11, i cant play it anymore and it says it needs something, but when i try to search it, it will say nothing found.

Hope you can help me with my wireless problem.

and last thing, this is the screenshot of my networkmanagericon when in fedora 10

hxxp://img233.imageshack.us/img233/6105/28319234.jpg (change xx to tt)

and this is when i upgraded to fedora 11

hxxp://img84.imageshack.us/img84/5333/aw2.jpg

Thanks

[waterhead]

You now have no driver loading for the wireless.

In more recent kernels there should be a Linux driver for the Realtek rtl8187se. I am surprised that it didn't automatically load. You can try to manually load it, but first use the su command to gain root privileges.

modprobe rtl8187se

[HDLA]

Okay. This is what I did. I uninstall the ndiswrapper, delete the remaining files from /etc/modprobe.d and reinstall again the ndiswrapper by using "yum install kmod-ndiswrapper" and "yum install ndiswrapper" on the terminal.

After i install the ndiswrapper again,

i followed again the video tutorial,

step 1. ndiswrapper -i net8187se.inf   - successful
step 2. ndiswrapper -m 		       - sucessful
step 3. ifconfig wlan0 up	       - "wlan0: unknown interface: No such device"