Re: wifi troubleshooting

2011-03-28 Thread JD
On 03/28/2011 09:06 PM, Adam Tong wrote: > Hi, > > That's a very good idea. > Is there any kind of dongles that are more suitable for fedora or I can pick > any wifi enabled one? > > Thank you > > > --- On Mon, 3/28/11, bruce wrote: > > From: bruce

Re: wifi troubleshooting

2011-03-28 Thread Adam Tong
Hi, That's a very good idea. Is there any kind of dongles that are more suitable for fedora or I can pick any wifi enabled one? Thank you --- On Mon, 3/28/11, bruce wrote: From: bruce Subject: Re: wifi troubleshooting To: "Community support for Fedora users" Date: Monday,

Re: wifi troubleshooting

2011-03-28 Thread bruce
Hi Adam. Since you have a usb port, do you have a separate usb/wireless dongle that you can insert in the usb port to see if it gets recognized by the OS. you can get cheap dlink wireless dongles to test (and then take back to the store!!). I've always got a cheap dlink to use as a test for usb

Re: wifi troubleshooting

2011-03-28 Thread Adam Tong
Hi, >This version of Linux DOES indeed support rt2xxx chipsets, so I am at a loss >as to why it is not detecting your USB wifi device which has this chipset. I appreciate your help. You know, this is an old laptop that came with windows. This is the kind of deal windows make with some manufactu

Re: wifi troubleshooting

2011-03-28 Thread JD
On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 11:26 AM, Adam Tong wrote: > Hi, > > > > > This means you have not configured your network. > > But how could you when the kernl has not detected > > your wifi card? > > > > As I had indicated before, kernel 2.6.35 is the first > > kernel > > that started supporting the R

Re: wifi troubleshooting

2011-03-28 Thread Adam Tong
Hi, > > This means you have not configured your network. > But how could you when the kernl has not detected > your wifi card? > > As I had indicated before, kernel 2.6.35 is the first > kernel > that started  supporting the Ralink rt28xxx chipset. > > What kernel version are you running? Have

Re: wifi troubleshooting

2011-03-27 Thread JD
On 03/27/2011 05:38 PM, Adam Tong wrote: >> If you are still using the rt2870 based USB wifi device, >> please run >> >> lsmod | grep rt2 >> >> and show the output. >> > [root@localhost wpa_supplicant]# lsmod | grep rt2 > [root@localhost wpa_supplicant]# >> Also, show be sure that you have configur

Re: wifi troubleshooting

2011-03-27 Thread Adam Tong
> If you are still using the rt2870 based USB wifi device, > please run > > lsmod | grep rt2 > > and show the output. > [root@localhost wpa_supplicant]# lsmod | grep rt2 [root@localhost wpa_supplicant]# > Also, show be sure that you have configured > /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

Re: wifi troubleshooting

2011-03-26 Thread JD
On 03/26/2011 10:24 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote: edik landave wrote: iwconfig wlan0 essid MY_Access_Point_SSID echo $? #again this should be 0 && that means that It associated you to your AP or router Why can't the Fedora/Linux WiFi interface show

Re: wifi troubleshooting

2011-03-26 Thread JD
On 03/26/2011 07:40 AM, Adam Tong wrote: > Hi, > > below you'll find the output of ifconfig and iwconfig. > >> What is the output of >> >> iwconfig > lono wireless extensions. > > eth0 no wireless extensions. > > wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:off/any >Mode:Managed Access

Re: wifi troubleshooting

2011-03-26 Thread Genes MailLists
On 03/26/2011 01:46 PM, Steven Stern wrote: > On 03/26/2011 12:24 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: >> edik landave wrote: > It does. Left click on nm-applet (the signal strength bars) and you'll > see a list of available WiFi networks. > > Does it show all the access points for the same SSID now ?

Re: wifi troubleshooting

2011-03-26 Thread Steven Stern
On 03/26/2011 12:24 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > edik landave wrote: > >> iwconfig wlan0 essid MY_Access_Point_SSID >> echo $? >> #again this should be 0 && that means that It associated you to your >> AP or router > > Why can't the Fedora/Linux WiFi interface > show you available access points, l

Re: wifi troubleshooting

2011-03-26 Thread Timothy Murphy
edik landave wrote: > iwconfig wlan0 essid MY_Access_Point_SSID > echo $? > #again this should be 0 && that means that It associated you to your > AP or router Why can't the Fedora/Linux WiFi interface show you available access points, like Windows, and ask you to choose the one you want? -- Ti

Re: wifi troubleshooting

2011-03-26 Thread edik landave
Adam, First disable momentarily any security on the Access Point/Router just to test the connectivity. The on the computer try first as root: iwconfig wlan0 mode Managed echo $? #the reply should be 0 once this is done, try iwconfig wlan0 essid MY_Access_Point_SSID echo $? #again this should be

Re: wifi troubleshooting

2011-03-26 Thread Adam Tong
Hi, below you'll find the output of ifconfig and iwconfig. > What is the output of > > iwconfig lono wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:off/any Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=0 dBm Retry

Re: wifi troubleshooting

2011-03-25 Thread JD
On 03/25/2011 02:45 PM, Adam Tong wrote: > Hi, > > I upgraded to F14 now. I still have the same problem. Using the GUI I can see > that the correct name of the card is displayed in System -> Administration > -> network -> devices -> double click. > Here is the output of lspci: > -

Re: wifi troubleshooting

2011-03-25 Thread Adam Tong
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Re: wifi troubleshooting

2011-03-21 Thread Adam Tong
Thanks guys i'm gonna update my os first and i'll be back to you with more details if still does not work. Thanks again --- On Mon, 3/21/11, mike cloaked wrote: > From: mike cloaked > Subject: Re: wifi troubleshooting > To: "Community support for Fedora users" &

Re: wifi troubleshooting

2011-03-21 Thread mike cloaked
On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 3:29 AM, Adam Tong wrote: > Hi, > > My fedora 12 detects my wifi card. But i'm unable to activate the device. > When I try to do that I have the following error: > Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) : >    SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument. This Erro

Re: wifi troubleshooting

2011-03-20 Thread JD
On 03/20/2011 08:29 PM, Adam Tong wrote: > Hi, > > My fedora 12 detects my wifi card. But i'm unable to activate the device. > When I try to do that I have the following error: > Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) : > SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument. > > Thank you > >

Re: wifi troubleshooting

2011-03-20 Thread Joe Zeff
On 03/20/2011 08:29 PM, Adam Tong wrote: > Hi, > > My fedora 12 detects my wifi card. But i'm unable to activate the device. > When I try to do that I have the following error: > Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) : > SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument. > Fedora 12 is pa

wifi troubleshooting

2011-03-20 Thread Adam Tong
Hi, My fedora 12 detects my wifi card. But i'm unable to activate the device. When I try to do that I have the following error: Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) : SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument. Thank you -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.or