[rhelv6-list] RHEL6 Wireless problem

Robin Price II rprice at redhat.com
Tue Dec 6 18:42:57 UTC 2011


On 12/06/2011 09:12 AM, 馬小布 wrote:
> So the card is supported , isn't it ?

Yes.  Should be.

This is from RHEL6u2 (released today).

[root at rhel6-kvm ~]# find /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers -type 
f|xargs modinfo|grep -B 200 -i 168c | grep -B 50 -i 002a | grep filename 
| tail -n1

filename: 
/lib/modules/2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.ko

[root at rhel6-kvm ~]# modinfo ath9k
filename: 
/lib/modules/2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.ko
license:        Dual BSD/GPL
description:    Support for Atheros 802.11n wireless LAN cards.
author:         Atheros Communications
srcversion:     68B4927988FC4377BC6640E
alias:          pci:v0000168Cd0000002Esv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v0000168Cd0000002Dsv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v0000168Cd0000002Csv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v0000168Cd0000002Bsv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v0000168Cd0000002Asv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v0000168Cd00000029sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v0000168Cd00000027sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v0000168Cd00000024sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v0000168Cd00000023sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
depends:        mac80211,ath,cfg80211
vermagic:       2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 SMP mod_unload modversions
parm:           nohwcrypt:Disable hardware encryption (int)


My question is, what run level are you in and are you doing this 
strictly from command line?  Because, for me, I let NetworkManager (GUI) 
handle any of my wireless connections since I boot into Gnome in RHEL6.

~rp



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