Trouble installing Linksys WMP54G wireless PCI adapter Fedora 8
Mick M.
off_by_1 at yahoo.com
Fri Jan 4 14:37:50 UTC 2008
--- Mike <mike.cloaked at gmail.com> wrote:
> Mick M. <off_by_1 <at> yahoo.com> writes:
>
> > My results are EXACTLY the same as yours, word for word.
> > My card is an Edimax EW-7218G.
>
> It is not clear from these posts whether you are using the rt2x00
> driver
> supported in the F8 kernel or not?
>
Hi Mike;
yes it uses the rt2xoo moduke, this is a new clean FC8 install.
Here is some more info:
lspci -v
01:07.0 Network controller: RaLink RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI
Subsystem: RaLink Unknown device 2561
Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 32, IRQ 20
Memory at e7000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
iwconfig
wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Channel:0 Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=0 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
Encryption key: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
lsmod | grep rt
rt61pci 24641 0
rt2x00pci 11201 1 rt61pci
rt2x00lib 20929 2 rt61pci,rt2x00pci
rfkill 9297 1 rt2x00lib
input_polldev 7369 1 rt2x00lib
mac80211 115789 2 rt2x00pci,rt2x00lib
parport_pc 26981 0
parport 32393 1 parport_pc
gameport 14665 2 ns558
eeprom_93cx6 6081 1 rt61pci
crc_itu_t 6081 2 rt2x00lib,firewire_core
iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:1D:7E:2F:9A:28
ESSID:"Fedora"
Mode:Master
Channel:6
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality=49/100 Signal level=-62 dBm
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18
Mb/s
24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Extra:tsf=0000006620119099
cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0
# RaLink RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI
DEVICE=wlan0
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
ONBOOT=yes
HWADDR=00:0e:2e:e5:28:f9
NETMASK=
DHCP_HOSTNAME=
IPADDR=
DOMAIN=
TYPE=Wireless
USERCTL=yes
IPV6INIT=no
PEERDNS=yes
ESSID=Fedora
CHANNEL=1
MODE=Managed
RATE=Auto
I tried to find man or info on wpa_supplicant, no data.
cat /etc/sysconfig/wpa_supplicant
INTERFACES=""
DRIVERS=""
I don't know what to put in there.
> I have previously posted my web page on this forum explaining the
> details
> of the setup.
>
I searched the archive and found a bunch from you in Dec.
No web page info though.
Thanks
Mick M.
Death before Decaf!!!
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