Re: [CentOS] wireless inteface configure as bridge

[Patrick Laimbock]

On 28-07-14 04:49, Benjamin Fernandis wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I m using centos 7 in laptop and kvm as virtualization to run windows guest
> vm.Currently i m using NAT as default setting for guest vm, my internet is
> fine but can't resolve some domains and sites.
>
> So want to come on bridge.
>
> As per my understanding bridge can not work while device is managed by
> NetworkManager.
>
> Is there any utility or tool to use to scan wireless device in network and
> connect them as i want to stop to use Networkmanager to use laptop wireless
> interface as bridge for my guest vm.

According to the Red Hat RHEL7 Networking Guide you can't bridge 
wireless interfaces. IIRC there's a reason mentioned in that guide and 
here's another one (answer 1):

https://superuser.com/questions/597834/bridging-wifi-to-ethernet-on-ubuntu-not-working

However there's a debian wiki entry that says it's possible using ebtables:

https://wiki.debian.org/BridgeNetworkConnections#Bridging_with_a_wireless_NIC

HTH,
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Re: [CentOS] wireless inteface configure as bridge

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On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 4:08 AM, Alexander Dalloz 
wrote:

> Am 28.07.2014 um 04:49 schrieb Benjamin Fernandis:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I m using centos 7 in laptop and kvm as virtualization to run windows
> guest
> > vm.Currently i m using NAT as default setting for guest vm, my internet
> is
> > fine but can't resolve some domains and sites.
> >
> > So want to come on bridge.
> >
> > As per my understanding bridge can not work while device is managed by
> > NetworkManager.
>
> How did you come to this conclusion? Based on which reading?
>
>
> https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/Networking_Guide/
>
> > Is there any utility or tool to use to scan wireless device in network
> and
> > connect them as i want to stop to use Networkmanager to use laptop
> wireless
> > interface as bridge for my guest vm.
>
> You cannot do what you want
>
>
> https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/Networking_Guide/ch-Configure_Network_Bridging.html
>
> "Note that a bridge cannot be established over Wi-Fi networks operating
> in Ad-Hoc or Infrastructure modes. This is due to the IEEE 802.11
> standard that specifies the use of 3-address frames in Wi-Fi for the
> efficient use of airtime."
>

+1
Alexander is correct.
It is not possible to bridge a wireless network to a wired network and have
it function properly.

You can NAT MASQUERADE though. (And that's probably your [only?] other
alternative.)


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Re: [CentOS] wireless inteface configure as bridge

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am 28.07.2014 um 04:49 schrieb Benjamin Fernandis:
> Hi,
>
> I m using centos 7 in laptop and kvm as virtualization to run windows guest
> vm.Currently i m using NAT as default setting for guest vm, my internet is
> fine but can't resolve some domains and sites.
>
> So want to come on bridge.
>
> As per my understanding bridge can not work while device is managed by
> NetworkManager.

How did you come to this conclusion? Based on which reading?

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/Networking_Guide/

> Is there any utility or tool to use to scan wireless device in network and
> connect them as i want to stop to use Networkmanager to use laptop wireless
> interface as bridge for my guest vm.

You cannot do what you want

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/Networking_Guide/ch-Configure_Network_Bridging.html

"Note that a bridge cannot be established over Wi-Fi networks operating 
in Ad-Hoc or Infrastructure modes. This is due to the IEEE 802.11 
standard that specifies the use of 3-address frames in Wi-Fi for the 
efficient use of airtime."

> Thx
> Ben

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[CentOS] wireless inteface configure as bridge

[Benjamin Fernandis]

Hi,

I m using centos 7 in laptop and kvm as virtualization to run windows guest
vm.Currently i m using NAT as default setting for guest vm, my internet is
fine but can't resolve some domains and sites.

So want to come on bridge.

As per my understanding bridge can not work while device is managed by
NetworkManager.

Is there any utility or tool to use to scan wireless device in network and
connect them as i want to stop to use Networkmanager to use laptop wireless
interface as bridge for my guest vm.

Thx
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Re: [CentOS] Wireless problems

[Krzysztof Szarlej]

I didnt solve the problem because it is still there. However I managed to
get around it.

I downloaded WICD Network Manager and Installed it, then chkconfig
NetworkManager off and I have no more disconnects.


2013/11/8 Krzysztof Szarlej 

> Answer 1: Home router
> Answer 2: Nothing should cut the signal, signal strength is very good as i
> am close to the router (not 2 close however). Anyway on my windows (this pc
> is dual boot) everything is fine...
>
> I found that there is a
>
> Nov  8 14:10:17 mlody NetworkManager[8817]:  (wlan0): device state
> change: 8 -> 3 (reason 11)
>
> the reason 11 is:
>
> NM_DEVICE_STATE_REASON_SUPPLICANT_TIMEOUT
>
> Any suggestions?? Regards
>
>
>
>
> 2013/11/8 
>
> Krzysztof Szarlej wrote:
>> > Hi guys, I have a problem with my Centos 6.4.
>> >
>> > I am experiencing a Wireless Disconnects, some time ago I had them
>> > constantly each 2-3minutes. After upgrading to new kernel (and other
>> > software from "Software Update" I am still exepriencing disconnects but
>> > every 10-15 minutes. It makes me angry because I am doing a lot of work
>> > with ftp servers.
>> 
>> Question 1: what provides the wireless? A router? Is this at home or work?
>> Question 2: if it's really that regular, are you sure that something is
>>  not coming between you and the hotpoint to cut the
>> signal?
>>
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Re: [CentOS] Wireless problems

[Krzysztof Szarlej]

Answer 1: Home router
Answer 2: Nothing should cut the signal, signal strength is very good as i
am close to the router (not 2 close however). Anyway on my windows (this pc
is dual boot) everything is fine...

I found that there is a

Nov  8 14:10:17 mlody NetworkManager[8817]:  (wlan0): device state
change: 8 -> 3 (reason 11)

the reason 11 is:

NM_DEVICE_STATE_REASON_SUPPLICANT_TIMEOUT

Any suggestions?? Regards




2013/11/8 

> Krzysztof Szarlej wrote:
> > Hi guys, I have a problem with my Centos 6.4.
> >
> > I am experiencing a Wireless Disconnects, some time ago I had them
> > constantly each 2-3minutes. After upgrading to new kernel (and other
> > software from "Software Update" I am still exepriencing disconnects but
> > every 10-15 minutes. It makes me angry because I am doing a lot of work
> > with ftp servers.
> 
> Question 1: what provides the wireless? A router? Is this at home or work?
> Question 2: if it's really that regular, are you sure that something is
>  not coming between you and the hotpoint to cut the signal?
>
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Re: [CentOS] Wireless problems

[m . roth]

Krzysztof Szarlej wrote:
> Hi guys, I have a problem with my Centos 6.4.
>
> I am experiencing a Wireless Disconnects, some time ago I had them
> constantly each 2-3minutes. After upgrading to new kernel (and other
> software from "Software Update" I am still exepriencing disconnects but
> every 10-15 minutes. It makes me angry because I am doing a lot of work
> with ftp servers.

Question 1: what provides the wireless? A router? Is this at home or work?
Question 2: if it's really that regular, are you sure that something is
 not coming between you and the hotpoint to cut the signal?

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[CentOS] Wireless problems

[Krzysztof Szarlej]

Hi guys, I have a problem with my Centos 6.4.

I am experiencing a Wireless Disconnects, some time ago I had them
constantly each 2-3minutes. After upgrading to new kernel (and other
software from "Software Update" I am still exepriencing disconnects but
every 10-15 minutes. It makes me angry because I am doing a lot of work
with ftp servers.

Card:
*Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
(rev 01)*

uname -r:
*2.6.32-358.23.2.el6.i686*

I Turned off ipv6 in */etc/sysctl.conf*

Here is Log: ( I divided it into 2 stages)

Nov  8 14:10:01 mlody kernel: cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world
regulatory domain
Nov  8 14:10:01 mlody NetworkManager[8817]:  (wlan0): supplicant
connection state:  completed -> disconnected
Nov  8 14:10:01 mlody kernel: cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated:
Nov  8 14:10:01 mlody kernel: cfg80211:   (start_freq - end_freq @
bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
Nov  8 14:10:01 mlody kernel: cfg80211:   (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @
4 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
Nov  8 14:10:01 mlody kernel: cfg80211:   (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @
2 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
Nov  8 14:10:01 mlody kernel: cfg80211:   (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @
2 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
Nov  8 14:10:01 mlody kernel: cfg80211:   (517 KHz - 525 KHz @
4 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
Nov  8 14:10:01 mlody kernel: cfg80211:   (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @
4 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
---
Nov  8 14:10:01 mlody NetworkManager[8817]:  (wlan0): supplicant
connection state:  disconnected -> scanning
Nov  8 14:10:17 mlody NetworkManager[8817]:  (wlan0): device state
change: 8 -> 3 (reason 11)
Nov  8 14:10:17 mlody NetworkManager[8817]:  (wlan0): deactivating
device (reason: 11).
Nov  8 14:10:17 mlody NetworkManager[8817]:  (wlan0): canceled DHCP
transaction, DHCP client pid 16791
Nov  8 14:10:17 mlody NetworkManager[8817]:  Couldn't disconnect
supplicant interface: Method "Disconnect" with signature "" on interface
"fi.epitest.hostap.WPASupplicant.Interface" doesn't exist#012.
Nov  8 14:10:17 mlody NetworkManager[8817]:  Auto-activating
connection 'Auto Bulgarski Poscikk'.
Nov  8 14:10:17 mlody NetworkManager[8817]:  Activation (wlan0)
starting connection 'Auto Bulgarski Poscikk'
...


first block: This appears and after several seconds then second block
appear and the wifi is disconnected, right after it disconnects it tries to
reconnect.


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Re: [CentOS] Wireless connection issue - athero 9300 pci wireless card

[Earl Ramirez]

Hello Xianyi,

Can you post the output of 

$ lspci -nn | grep Atheros

$ lspci -nn | grep Atheros
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285
Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [168c:002b] (rev 01)

My bad, the card that I'm using is AR9285, I will file a bug report at
ELRepo to see if they can create the package that is required for the
drivers.

Another option you can try is to install Kernel-ml [0] or kernel-lt [1]
as the driver is supported in either of these kernel.

[0] http://elrepo.org/tiki/kernel-ml
[1] http://elrepo.org/tiki/kernel-lt

I forgot to ask, did you try sudo modprobe ath9k?



On Wed, 2013-10-09 at 17:03 -0500, Xianyi wrote:
> On 10/09/2013 01:39 PM, Earl Ramirez wrote:
> > On Wed, 2013-10-09 at 12:40 -0500, Xianyi wrote:
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I am new to CentOS. I built myself a desktop with an additional PCI
> >> wireless card 'TP-LInk WPN3800', which I have checked needs an ath9k 
> >> driver.
> >> *
> >> **04:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9300
> >> Wireless LAN adaptor*
> >>
> >> Following the wireless connection tutorial on CentOS wiki, I have both
> >> kernel-devel 2.6.6 and ath9k installed. Then I tried
> >> *
> >> $ modprobe ath9k
> >>
> >> *but nothing happened.
> >>
> >> Then I input
> >>
> >> *$ service NetworkManager start
> >> $ chkconfig NetworkManager on
> >>
> >> *to access the Network Manager and no wireless connection options appear.
> >>
> >> I do not think it is a big problem for you guys, but I am really a
> >> beginner. Please share me some solutions for that.
> >>
> >> Thank you!
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> > latest kernel is 2.6.32.
> >
> > I'm using the same drivers on my laptop and the package that I installed
> > was kmod-atl1e-1.0.1.14-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64
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> It is CentOS 6.4 I have installed. And my kernel is 2.6.32 now. However, 
> after finding some information about ath9k driver, it seems like elrepo 
> currently does not support ath9k in CentOS 6.4.
> 
> Can you tell me how did you fix that?
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Re: [CentOS] Wireless connection issue - athero 9300 pci wireless card

[Xianyi]

On 10/09/2013 01:39 PM, Earl Ramirez wrote:
> On Wed, 2013-10-09 at 12:40 -0500, Xianyi wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I am new to CentOS. I built myself a desktop with an additional PCI
>> wireless card 'TP-LInk WPN3800', which I have checked needs an ath9k driver.
>> *
>> **04:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9300
>> Wireless LAN adaptor*
>>
>> Following the wireless connection tutorial on CentOS wiki, I have both
>> kernel-devel 2.6.6 and ath9k installed. Then I tried
>> *
>> $ modprobe ath9k
>>
>> *but nothing happened.
>>
>> Then I input
>>
>> *$ service NetworkManager start
>> $ chkconfig NetworkManager on
>>
>> *to access the Network Manager and no wireless connection options appear.
>>
>> I do not think it is a big problem for you guys, but I am really a
>> beginner. Please share me some solutions for that.
>>
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> You can try the drivers from ELRepo [0], did you install CentOS 6.4? The
> latest kernel is 2.6.32.
>
> I'm using the same drivers on my laptop and the package that I installed
> was kmod-atl1e-1.0.1.14-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64
>
> [0] http://elrepo.org/tiki/tiki-index.php
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Thank you Earl.

It is CentOS 6.4 I have installed. And my kernel is 2.6.32 now. However, 
after finding some information about ath9k driver, it seems like elrepo 
currently does not support ath9k in CentOS 6.4.

Can you tell me how did you fix that?

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Re: [CentOS] Wireless connection issue - athero 9300 pci wireless card

[Earl Ramirez]

On Wed, 2013-10-09 at 12:40 -0500, Xianyi wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am new to CentOS. I built myself a desktop with an additional PCI 
> wireless card 'TP-LInk WPN3800', which I have checked needs an ath9k driver.
> *
> **04:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9300 
> Wireless LAN adaptor*
> 
> Following the wireless connection tutorial on CentOS wiki, I have both 
> kernel-devel 2.6.6 and ath9k installed. Then I tried
> *
> $ modprobe ath9k
> 
> *but nothing happened.
> 
> Then I input
> 
> *$ service NetworkManager start
> $ chkconfig NetworkManager on
> 
> *to access the Network Manager and no wireless connection options appear.
> 
> I do not think it is a big problem for you guys, but I am really a 
> beginner. Please share me some solutions for that.
> 
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You can try the drivers from ELRepo [0], did you install CentOS 6.4? The
latest kernel is 2.6.32.

I'm using the same drivers on my laptop and the package that I installed
was kmod-atl1e-1.0.1.14-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64

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[CentOS] Wireless connection issue - athero 9300 pci wireless card

[Xianyi]

Hi all,

I am new to CentOS. I built myself a desktop with an additional PCI 
wireless card 'TP-LInk WPN3800', which I have checked needs an ath9k driver.
*
**04:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9300 
Wireless LAN adaptor*

Following the wireless connection tutorial on CentOS wiki, I have both 
kernel-devel 2.6.6 and ath9k installed. Then I tried
*
$ modprobe ath9k

*but nothing happened.

Then I input

*$ service NetworkManager start
$ chkconfig NetworkManager on

*to access the Network Manager and no wireless connection options appear.

I do not think it is a big problem for you guys, but I am really a 
beginner. Please share me some solutions for that.

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Re: [CentOS] Wireless USB adaptor recommendation

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On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 4:54 PM, Todor Petkov  wrote:

> Hello,
>
> can someone recommend me wireless USB adaptor, which is supported in
> Centos 5.7? I found information about various chipsets, but nothing like
> "device X is OK". In most online stores the chipset is not announced.
>

It is tough to say X device is ok because vendors ignorantly change the
chipsets they use and still give devices the same model name/number (and if
we're lucky changing the version number...).

As Justin top-posted ;)
RTL8187 works well.  As do RT2500-based wireless chips.  Even some Zydas
chips (zd1211rw - I believe Backtrack had a patched driver for
injection) aren't all that bad (Atheros bought them [0] a while back).

Buffalo AirStation WirelessG (U2KG54) USB dongles have an RT2500 chip in
them.


[0] http://www.insidechips.com/public/6781.cfm

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>
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Re: [CentOS] Wireless USB adaptor recommendation

[Justin Edmands]

I like the RTL8187. I use it for WEP cracking and extended range. Works
well. If not this, use the site linked to help identify an alternative:

http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/rtl8187


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> Hello,
>
> can someone recommend me wireless USB adaptor, which is supported in
> Centos 5.7? I found information about various chipsets, but nothing like
> "device X is OK". In most online stores the chipset is not announced.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
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[CentOS] Wireless USB adaptor recommendation

[Todor Petkov]

Hello,

can someone recommend me wireless USB adaptor, which is supported in 
Centos 5.7? I found information about various chipsets, but nothing like 
"device X is OK". In most online stores the chipset is not announced.

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Re: [CentOS] Wireless cannot ping gateway after 6.3 CR updates

[Ljubomir Ljubojevic]

On 03/06/2013 07:19 PM, b.j. mcclure wrote:
> On Wed, 2013-03-06 at 13:06 -0500, b.j. mcclure wrote:
>
>> I'm having a wireless connection issue with an HP laptop and a Zotac
>> media server after the 6.4 package updates from CR repository.  Nothing
>> changed with wireless config as far as I can tell.  Both have been
>> working fine with previous releases of 6.x.
>>
>> Oddly, if a cat 5 cable is connected for a few seconds and then
>> disconnected the wireless works fine and survives a 'service network
>> restart' but does not survive a reboot.  A laptop running Ubuntu 12.04
>> continues to connect normally.
>>
>> The boxes in question appear to connect to the router/accesspoint, are
>> assigned correct static IPs, but cannot ping any box on the intranet
>> including the router.  No other boxes on the intranet can ping the hp or
>> zotac, Once a network cable is inserted and removed all is well with
>> that box. The zotac box uses the ath9k wireless driver, the HP uses b43.
>> Same result using DHCP instead of static IP.
>>
>> Output of iwconfig appears normal on both errant boxes and does not
>> change from non-working to working state.
>>
>> Google has not been much help.  FWIW, here is output of iwconfig and
>> ifconfig.
>>
>> ~]$ ifconfig
>> eth0  Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:01:2E:BC:74:14
>>inet6 addr: fe80::201:2eff:febc:7414/64 Scope:Link
>>UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>>RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>>TX packets:9 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>>collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>>RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:1249 (1.2 KiB)
>>
>> loLink 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:89 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>>TX packets:89 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>>collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
>>RX bytes:8807 (8.6 KiB)  TX bytes:8807 (8.6 KiB)
>>
>> wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 74:F0:6D:8C:FE:CF
>>inet addr:192.168.1.208  Bcast:192.168.1.255
>> Mask:255.255.255.0
>>inet6 addr: fe80::76f0:6dff:fe8c:fecf/64 Scope:Link
>>UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>>RX packets:732 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>>TX packets:79 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>>collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>>RX bytes:107489 (104.9 KiB)  TX bytes:9217 (9.0 KiB)
>>
>> [LSF@nra ~]$ iwconfig
>> lono wireless extensions.
>>
>> eth0  no wireless extensions.
>>
>> wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:"toadnet"
>>Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point:
>> 00:24:93:38:89:80
>>Bit Rate=54 Mb/s   Tx-Power=15 dBm
>>Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
>>Power Management:on
>>Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=-28 dBm
>>Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>>Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:29   Missed beacon:0
>>
>> Any thoughts appreciated.
>>
>> B.J.
>>
>> CentOS release 6.3 (Final)
>
> Replying to my own post, I forgot to mention I have tried several USB
> wireless adapters on both boxes with same results as onboard adapter,
> booted previous 2.6.32-279 kernel instead of 2.6.32-358 and disabled
> Network Manager with no change in behavior.
>
> B.J.
>
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Try service NetworkManager restart, and see how that goes. Or try 
"disconnect" for wireless and connect again.
Also, do you have wpa security? Maybe downgrade wpasupplicant (or what 
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Re: [CentOS] Wireless cannot ping gateway after 6.3 CR updates

[b.j. mcclure]

On Wed, 2013-03-06 at 13:06 -0500, b.j. mcclure wrote:

> I'm having a wireless connection issue with an HP laptop and a Zotac
> media server after the 6.4 package updates from CR repository.  Nothing
> changed with wireless config as far as I can tell.  Both have been
> working fine with previous releases of 6.x.
> 
> Oddly, if a cat 5 cable is connected for a few seconds and then
> disconnected the wireless works fine and survives a 'service network
> restart' but does not survive a reboot.  A laptop running Ubuntu 12.04
> continues to connect normally.
> 
> The boxes in question appear to connect to the router/accesspoint, are
> assigned correct static IPs, but cannot ping any box on the intranet
> including the router.  No other boxes on the intranet can ping the hp or
> zotac, Once a network cable is inserted and removed all is well with
> that box. The zotac box uses the ath9k wireless driver, the HP uses b43.
> Same result using DHCP instead of static IP.
> 
> Output of iwconfig appears normal on both errant boxes and does not
> change from non-working to working state.
> 
> Google has not been much help.  FWIW, here is output of iwconfig and
> ifconfig.
> 
> ~]$ ifconfig
> eth0  Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:01:2E:BC:74:14  
>   inet6 addr: fe80::201:2eff:febc:7414/64 Scope:Link
>   UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>   RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>   TX packets:9 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>   collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
>   RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:1249 (1.2 KiB)
> 
> loLink 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:89 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>   TX packets:89 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>   collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
>   RX bytes:8807 (8.6 KiB)  TX bytes:8807 (8.6 KiB)
> 
> wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 74:F0:6D:8C:FE:CF  
>   inet addr:192.168.1.208  Bcast:192.168.1.255
> Mask:255.255.255.0
>   inet6 addr: fe80::76f0:6dff:fe8c:fecf/64 Scope:Link
>   UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>   RX packets:732 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>   TX packets:79 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>   collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
>   RX bytes:107489 (104.9 KiB)  TX bytes:9217 (9.0 KiB)
> 
> [LSF@nra ~]$ iwconfig
> lono wireless extensions.
> 
> eth0  no wireless extensions.
> 
> wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:"toadnet"  
>   Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point:
> 00:24:93:38:89:80   
>   Bit Rate=54 Mb/s   Tx-Power=15 dBm   
>   Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
>   Power Management:on
>   Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=-28 dBm  
>   Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>   Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:29   Missed beacon:0
> 
> Any thoughts appreciated.
> 
> B.J.
> 
> CentOS release 6.3 (Final) 


Replying to my own post, I forgot to mention I have tried several USB
wireless adapters on both boxes with same results as onboard adapter,
booted previous 2.6.32-279 kernel instead of 2.6.32-358 and disabled
Network Manager with no change in behavior.

B.J.



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[CentOS] Wireless cannot ping gateway after 6.3 CR updates

[b.j. mcclure]

I'm having a wireless connection issue with an HP laptop and a Zotac
media server after the 6.4 package updates from CR repository.  Nothing
changed with wireless config as far as I can tell.  Both have been
working fine with previous releases of 6.x.

Oddly, if a cat 5 cable is connected for a few seconds and then
disconnected the wireless works fine and survives a 'service network
restart' but does not survive a reboot.  A laptop running Ubuntu 12.04
continues to connect normally.

The boxes in question appear to connect to the router/accesspoint, are
assigned correct static IPs, but cannot ping any box on the intranet
including the router.  No other boxes on the intranet can ping the hp or
zotac, Once a network cable is inserted and removed all is well with
that box. The zotac box uses the ath9k wireless driver, the HP uses b43.
Same result using DHCP instead of static IP.

Output of iwconfig appears normal on both errant boxes and does not
change from non-working to working state.

Google has not been much help.  FWIW, here is output of iwconfig and
ifconfig.

~]$ ifconfig
eth0  Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:01:2E:BC:74:14  
  inet6 addr: fe80::201:2eff:febc:7414/64 Scope:Link
  UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
  RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
  TX packets:9 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
  collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
  RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:1249 (1.2 KiB)

loLink 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:89 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
  TX packets:89 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
  collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
  RX bytes:8807 (8.6 KiB)  TX bytes:8807 (8.6 KiB)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 74:F0:6D:8C:FE:CF  
  inet addr:192.168.1.208  Bcast:192.168.1.255
Mask:255.255.255.0
  inet6 addr: fe80::76f0:6dff:fe8c:fecf/64 Scope:Link
  UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
  RX packets:732 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
  TX packets:79 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
  collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
  RX bytes:107489 (104.9 KiB)  TX bytes:9217 (9.0 KiB)

[LSF@nra ~]$ iwconfig
lono wireless extensions.

eth0  no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:"toadnet"  
  Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point:
00:24:93:38:89:80   
  Bit Rate=54 Mb/s   Tx-Power=15 dBm   
  Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
  Power Management:on
  Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=-28 dBm  
  Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
  Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:29   Missed beacon:0

Any thoughts appreciated.

B.J.

CentOS release 6.3 (Final) 

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Re: [CentOS] Fwd: centos Wireless - Broadcom BCM4313 on Centos6 (cr repo)

[Johan Vermeulen]

Dear All,

thanks for the reactions!

Looks like I somehow fuzzled up when compiling the driver, because with 
Ljubomir 's driver, I can now see available networks.

I woun't be able to test if I can actualy connect until later today or 
tomorrow.

Ljubomir, so far looks like you solved this!

greetings, James

Op 08-11-11 22:35, Milos Blazevic schreef:
> Ned Slider wrote:
>> I _think_ when one of the elrepo folks tried the latest Broadcom driver
>> source a week or two ago, the driver stopped working for him. No idea if
>> this was el5 or el6, but not a good sign. Apparently it's not that uncommon.
>>
>> My recommendation is that if you can find a driver version that works
>> for you, hang on to it!
>>
>> I have no idea if Broadcom keep older version sources available or not.
>> If they would relax their draconian redistribution policies we could do
>> a half way decent job of supporting their drivers, but currently that's
>> not the case.
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> Actually, that was me testing the driver (over and over again for the
> past 6 months)... Sadly, ever since Broadcom released version
> 5.100.82.38 of the driver (December 2010), no solid evidence has been
> provided to prove this driver working on RHEL/CentOS 5 to this day - not
> even after the latest release (Oct 25th, 2011).
>
> The whole issue with the driver can be tracked at the ELRepo bug tracker:
> http://elrepo.org/bugs/view.php?id=193
>
> As for the original poster is concerned, the only advice I can give, is
> to download an older driver version from:
>
> http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/multiverse/b/broadcom-sta/broadcom-sta_5.60.48.36.orig.tar.gz
> or
> http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/multiverse/b/broadcom-sta/broadcom-sta_5.10.91.9.3.orig.tar.gz
>
> and attempt compiling it using the Wiki manual
> http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Laptops/Wireless/Broadcom, since ELRepo
> .src.rpm for rebuilding the kernel independent ABI driver has been
> provided just a couple of months ago, for a driver which arguably never
> worked (for me and quite a few other people out there).
> So, following the manual step by step should get you there, Johan. Also,
> make sure you use NetworkManager instead of network service with your
> WiFi - if the driver turns out to be working, this will save you some
> time and nervs.
>
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Re: [CentOS] Fwd: centos Wireless - Broadcom BCM4313

[Milos Blazevic]

Ned Slider wrote:
> I _think_ when one of the elrepo folks tried the latest Broadcom driver 
> source a week or two ago, the driver stopped working for him. No idea if 
> this was el5 or el6, but not a good sign. Apparently it's not that uncommon.
>
> My recommendation is that if you can find a driver version that works 
> for you, hang on to it!
>
> I have no idea if Broadcom keep older version sources available or not. 
> If they would relax their draconian redistribution policies we could do 
> a half way decent job of supporting their drivers, but currently that's 
> not the case.
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Actually, that was me testing the driver (over and over again for the 
past 6 months)... Sadly, ever since Broadcom released version 
5.100.82.38 of the driver (December 2010), no solid evidence has been 
provided to prove this driver working on RHEL/CentOS 5 to this day - not 
even after the latest release (Oct 25th, 2011).

The whole issue with the driver can be tracked at the ELRepo bug tracker:
http://elrepo.org/bugs/view.php?id=193

As for the original poster is concerned, the only advice I can give, is 
to download an older driver version from:

http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/multiverse/b/broadcom-sta/broadcom-sta_5.60.48.36.orig.tar.gz
or
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/multiverse/b/broadcom-sta/broadcom-sta_5.10.91.9.3.orig.tar.gz

and attempt compiling it using the Wiki manual 
http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Laptops/Wireless/Broadcom, since ELRepo 
.src.rpm for rebuilding the kernel independent ABI driver has been 
provided just a couple of months ago, for a driver which arguably never 
worked (for me and quite a few other people out there).
So, following the manual step by step should get you there, Johan. Also, 
make sure you use NetworkManager instead of network service with your 
WiFi - if the driver turns out to be working, this will save you some 
time and nervs.


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Re: [CentOS] Fwd: centos Wireless - Broadcom BCM4313

[Ljubomir Ljubojevic]

Vreme: 11/08/2011 09:12 PM, Ned Slider piše:
>
> I _think_ when one of the elrepo folks tried the latest Broadcom driver
> source a week or two ago, the driver stopped working for him. No idea if
> this was el5 or el6, but not a good sign. Apparently it's not that uncommon.
>
> My recommendation is that if you can find a driver version that works
> for you, hang on to it!
>
> I have no idea if Broadcom keep older version sources available or not.
> If they would relax their draconian redistribution policies we could do
> a half way decent job of supporting their drivers, but currently that's
> not the case.
>

For me, best solution is to swap Broadcom for Atheros radio and forget 
about problems.

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Re: [CentOS] Fwd: centos Wireless - Broadcom BCM4313

[Ned Slider]

On 08/11/11 16:02, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote:
> Vreme: 11/08/2011 12:46 PM, Johan Vermeulen piše:
>>> What does "iwlist" command give you?
>> # iwlist
>> Usage: iwlist [interface] scanning [essid NNN] [last]
>>  [interface] frequency
>>  [interface] channel
>>  [interface] bitrate
>>  [interface] rate
>>  [interface] encryption
>>  [interface] keys
>>  [interface] power
>>  [interface] txpower
>>  [interface] retry
>>  [interface] ap
>>  [interface] accesspoints
>>  [interface] peers
>>  [interface] event
>>  [interface] auth
>>  [interface] wpakeys
>>  [interface] genie
>>  [interface] modulation
>>
>> that's not good, is it?:-\
>
> Sorry, run "iwlist wlan0 ap"
>
> Also helpfull are:
>
> ifconfig
> ip address
>
> Look in their manuals to se how to use them.
>
>   >  after reboot I now see a cabeled network ( wlan0) ( disconnected) and an
>   >  " Auto wlan0 marked as available
>
> It is strange that Wireless interface is marked cabled. But I do not
> have ANY experience with Broadcom radios. All I use are Atheros radios.
>
> Try creating "Connect to Hidden Network" connection (or whatever the
> actual text is) in NetworkManager GUI. You must see be able to set ESSID
> at other configs. If you do not have it, then something is wrong.
>
> You can also try using the kmod-wl package that I compiled per elrepo
> instructions:
> http://rpms.plnet.rs/plnet-centos6-x86_64/RPMS.plnet-compiled/kmod-wl-5_100_82_38-3.el6.el6.x86_64.rpm
>
> Maybe this makes a difference, but notice that I never tested it.
>
>
> If I fail to help you, you will always be able to report a bug:
>
> http://elrepo.org/bugs/main_page.php
>
> ,so your problems can be investigated.
>
>

I _think_ when one of the elrepo folks tried the latest Broadcom driver 
source a week or two ago, the driver stopped working for him. No idea if 
this was el5 or el6, but not a good sign. Apparently it's not that uncommon.

My recommendation is that if you can find a driver version that works 
for you, hang on to it!

I have no idea if Broadcom keep older version sources available or not. 
If they would relax their draconian redistribution policies we could do 
a half way decent job of supporting their drivers, but currently that's 
not the case.

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Re: [CentOS] Fwd: centos Wireless - Broadcom BCM4313

[Ljubomir Ljubojevic]

Vreme: 11/08/2011 12:46 PM, Johan Vermeulen piše:
>> What does "iwlist" command give you?
> # iwlist
> Usage: iwlist [interface] scanning [essid NNN] [last]
> [interface] frequency
> [interface] channel
> [interface] bitrate
> [interface] rate
> [interface] encryption
> [interface] keys
> [interface] power
> [interface] txpower
> [interface] retry
> [interface] ap
> [interface] accesspoints
> [interface] peers
> [interface] event
> [interface] auth
> [interface] wpakeys
> [interface] genie
> [interface] modulation
>
> that's not good, is it?:-\

Sorry, run "iwlist wlan0 ap"

Also helpfull are:

ifconfig
ip address

Look in their manuals to se how to use them.

 > after reboot I now see a cabeled network ( wlan0) ( disconnected) and an
 > " Auto wlan0 marked as available

It is strange that Wireless interface is marked cabled. But I do not 
have ANY experience with Broadcom radios. All I use are Atheros radios.

Try creating "Connect to Hidden Network" connection (or whatever the 
actual text is) in NetworkManager GUI. You must see be able to set ESSID 
at other configs. If you do not have it, then something is wrong.

You can also try using the kmod-wl package that I compiled per elrepo 
instructions: 
http://rpms.plnet.rs/plnet-centos6-x86_64/RPMS.plnet-compiled/kmod-wl-5_100_82_38-3.el6.el6.x86_64.rpm

Maybe this makes a difference, but notice that I never tested it.


If I fail to help you, you will always be able to report a bug:

http://elrepo.org/bugs/main_page.php

,so your problems can be investigated.


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Re: [CentOS] Fwd: centos Wireless - Broadcom BCM4313

[Johan Vermeulen]

Hello Ljubomir,

thanks a million for your answer. I provided some more info below.

Op 08-11-11 11:59, Ljubomir Ljubojevic schreef:
> Vreme: 11/08/2011 07:59 AM, Johan Vermeulen piše:
>> Dear All,
>>
>> I'm trying to configure wireless card on a Dell Vostro 1540.
>>
>> I had a look at this site : 
>> http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Laptops/Wireless/Broadcom?action=show
>>
>> wireless card :# /sbin/lspci | grep Broadcom
>> 12:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n 
>> Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01)
>>
>> I decided to follow the ELrepo instructions suggested on the site :
>>
>>  http://elrepo.org/tiki/wl-kmod
>>
>> because it would give me a clear and present rpm that I can use on different 
>> machines and that will survive kernel updates.
> This is good choice many of us recommend as best solution.

> Question: This is CentOS 6? i386 or x86_64?
this is centos6 x86_64
>> This all goes down without error messages.
> You downloaded appropriate firmware and compiled all of it?

I think so. Exactly as on the site :

http://elrepo.org/tiki/wl-kmod

As it all installed without errors, I thought I had everything.

>> After installing, there is a new entry in 
>> /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules :
>>
>> # PCI device 0x14e4:0x4727 (wl)
>> SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", 
>> ATTR{address}=="94:39:e5:dc:3a:cf", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", 
>> NAME="eth1"
>>
>> and there is now a blacklist-Broadcom.conf in /etc/modprobe.d/:
>>
>> blacklist b43
>> blacklist b43legacy
>> blacklist bcm43xx
>> blacklist ssb
>>
>> So I think the driver works and the blacklist - issue that is reported on 
>> different sites is ok.
> What does "iwlist" command give you?

# iwlist
Usage: iwlist [interface] scanning [essid NNN] [last]
   [interface] frequency
   [interface] channel
   [interface] bitrate
   [interface] rate
   [interface] encryption
   [interface] keys
   [interface] power
   [interface] txpower
   [interface] retry
   [interface] ap
   [interface] accesspoints
   [interface] peers
   [interface] event
   [interface] auth
   [interface] wpakeys
   [interface] genie
   [interface] modulation

that's not good, is it?  :-\


> Have you installed all other packages needed for wireless?

euh...other packages?
>
>> I then made an entry in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts:
>>
>> vi ifcfg-eth1
> Change the name to ifcfg-wlan0

did that. do I have to change anything in /etc/udev/rules.d as well?

after reboot I now see a cabeled network ( wlan0) ( disconnected) and an 
" Auto wlan0 marked as available

>> DEVICE="eth1"
> Change to DEVICE="wlan0"
did that
>> #BOOTPROTO="dhcp"
>> HWADDR="94:39:e5:dc:3a:cf"
>> NM_CONTROLLED="yes"
>> ONBOOT="yes"
>> TYPE=Wireless
> Add this:
>
> USERCTL=yes
> IPV6INIT=no
>
> Why is BOOTPROTO disabled?

I thougt the wireless card requesting an ip adress and then dropping 
dead might be the problem. Clearly not...
>> *The problem is*  I'm not seeing any wireless networks.
>>
> 
>
>> I think I need  to configure something else.
> wpa-suplicant?

I will look that up.
>> I know a lot of you guys don't like NetworkManager but because it's a laptop 
>> I would like to use it.
>>
>> I hope I gave enough info, any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> greetings, James.
>>
>> Centos is here to stay, I'm sure.
>>
>> P.S. I don't have an English spell checker on this machine, sorry for 
>> language mistakes :=)
> Do not worry about it, most native speaking English don't bother to
> write correctly.
>
>
>
>

thanks again!

greetings, James
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Re: [CentOS] Fwd: centos Wireless - Broadcom BCM4313

[Ljubomir Ljubojevic]

Vreme: 11/08/2011 07:59 AM, Johan Vermeulen piše:
> Dear All,
>
> I'm trying to configure wireless card on a Dell Vostro 1540.
>
> I had a look at this site : 
> http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Laptops/Wireless/Broadcom?action=show
>
> wireless card :# /sbin/lspci | grep Broadcom
> 12:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless 
> LAN Controller (rev 01)
>
> I decided to follow the ELrepo instructions suggested on the site :
>
> http://elrepo.org/tiki/wl-kmod
>
> because it would give me a clear and present rpm that I can use on different 
> machines and that will survive kernel updates.

This is good choice many of us recommend as best solution.

Question: This is CentOS 6? i386 or x86_64?

>
> This all goes down without error messages.

You downloaded appropriate firmware and compiled all of it?

>
> After installing, there is a new entry in 
> /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules :
>
> # PCI device 0x14e4:0x4727 (wl)
> SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", 
> ATTR{address}=="94:39:e5:dc:3a:cf", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", 
> NAME="eth1"
>
> and there is now a blacklist-Broadcom.conf in /etc/modprobe.d/:
>
> blacklist b43
> blacklist b43legacy
> blacklist bcm43xx
> blacklist ssb
>
> So I think the driver works and the blacklist - issue that is reported on 
> different sites is ok.

What does "iwlist" command give you?

Have you installed all other packages needed for wireless?


>
> I then made an entry in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts:
>
> vi ifcfg-eth1
Change the name to ifcfg-wlan0

>
> DEVICE="eth1"
Change to DEVICE="wlan0"
> #BOOTPROTO="dhcp"
> HWADDR="94:39:e5:dc:3a:cf"
> NM_CONTROLLED="yes"
> ONBOOT="yes"
> TYPE=Wireless

Add this:

USERCTL=yes
IPV6INIT=no

Why is BOOTPROTO disabled?

>
> *The problem is*  I'm not seeing any wireless networks.
>


>
> I think I need  to configure something else.

wpa-suplicant?

>
> I know a lot of you guys don't like NetworkManager but because it's a laptop 
> I would like to use it.
>
> I hope I gave enough info, any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> greetings, James.
>
> Centos is here to stay, I'm sure.
>
> P.S. I don't have an English spell checker on this machine, sorry for 
> language mistakes :=)

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[CentOS] Fwd: centos Wireless - Broadcom BCM4313

[Johan Vermeulen]

Dear All,

I'm trying to configure wireless card on a Dell Vostro 1540.

I had a look at this site : 
http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Laptops/Wireless/Broadcom?action=show

wireless card :# /sbin/lspci | grep Broadcom
12:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless 
LAN Controller (rev 01)

I decided to follow the ELrepo instructions suggested on the site :

   http://elrepo.org/tiki/wl-kmod

because it would give me a clear and present rpm that I can use on different 
machines and that will survive kernel updates.

This all goes down without error messages.

After installing, there is a new entry in 
/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules :

# PCI device 0x14e4:0x4727 (wl)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", 
ATTR{address}=="94:39:e5:dc:3a:cf", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth1"

and there is now a blacklist-Broadcom.conf in /etc/modprobe.d/:

blacklist b43
blacklist b43legacy
blacklist bcm43xx
blacklist ssb

So I think the driver works and the blacklist - issue that is reported on 
different sites is ok.

I then made an entry in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts:

vi ifcfg-eth1

DEVICE="eth1"
#BOOTPROTO="dhcp"
HWADDR="94:39:e5:dc:3a:cf"
NM_CONTROLLED="yes"
ONBOOT="yes"
TYPE=Wireless

*The problem is*  I'm not seeing any wireless networks.

Eth1 seems to try to get an adress via dhcp and then exits.

And it is listed in the gui as wired network...

[root@wduerloo ~]# dmesg | tail -n15
lib80211: common routines for IEEE802.11 drivers
lib80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'NULL'
wl: module license 'unspecified' taints kernel.
Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
wl :12:00.0: PCI INT A ->  GSI 17 (level, low) ->  IRQ 17
wl :12:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
lib80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'TKIP'
eth1: Broadcom BCM4727 802.11 Hybrid Wireless Controller 5.100.82.112
eth1: no IPv6 routers present
eth1: no IPv6 routers present
eth1: no IPv6 routers present
eth1: no IPv6 routers present
eth1: no IPv6 routers present

on restarting network manager this is in /var/log/messages :

Nov  8 07:45:54 wduerloo dhclient[11719]: DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 
255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6 (xid=0x3c613d0e)
Nov  8 07:46:00 wduerloo dhclient[11719]: DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 
255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 12 (xid=0x3c613d0e)
Nov  8 07:46:12 wduerloo dhclient[11719]: DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 
255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 14 (xid=0x3c613d0e)
Nov  8 07:46:26 wduerloo dhclient[11719]: DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 
255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 12 (xid=0x3c613d0e)
Nov  8 07:46:33 wduerloo NetworkManager[11711]:  (eth1): DHCPv4 request 
timed out.
Nov  8 07:46:33 wduerloo NetworkManager[11711]:  (eth1): canceled DHCP 
transaction, DHCP client pid 11719
Nov  8 07:46:33 wduerloo NetworkManager[11711]:  Activation (eth1) Stage 
4 of 5 (IP4 Configure Timeout) scheduled...
Nov  8 07:46:33 wduerloo NetworkManager[11711]:  Activation (eth1) Stage 
4 of 5 (IP4 Configure Timeout) started...
Nov  8 07:46:33 wduerloo NetworkManager[11711]:  Activation (eth1) Stage 
5 of 5 (IP Configure Commit) scheduled...
Nov  8 07:46:33 wduerloo NetworkManager[11711]:  Activation (eth1) Stage 
4 of 5 (IP4 Configure Timeout) complete.
Nov  8 07:46:33 wduerloo NetworkManager[11711]:  Activation (eth1) Stage 
5 of 5 (IP Configure Commit) started...
Nov  8 07:46:33 wduerloo NetworkManager[11711]:  Activation (eth1) Stage 
5 of 5 (IP Configure Commit) failed (no IP configuration found)
Nov  8 07:46:33 wduerloo NetworkManager[11711]:  (eth1): device state 
change: 7 ->  9 (reason 5)
Nov  8 07:46:33 wduerloo NetworkManager[11711]:  Marking connection 'Auto 
eth1' invalid.
Nov  8 07:46:33 wduerloo NetworkManager[11711]:  Activation (eth1) failed.
Nov  8 07:46:33 wduerloo NetworkManager[11711]:  Activation (eth1) Stage 
5 of 5 (IP Configure Commit) complete.
Nov  8 07:46:33 wduerloo NetworkManager[11711]:  (eth1): device state 
change: 9 ->  3 (reason 0)
Nov  8 07:46:33 wduerloo NetworkManager[11711]:  (eth1): deactivating 
device (reason: 0).

I think I need  to configure something else.

I know a lot of you guys don't like NetworkManager but because it's a laptop I 
would like to use it.

I hope I gave enough info, any help would be greatly appreciated.

greetings, James.

Centos is here to stay, I'm sure.

P.S. I don't have an English spell checker on this machine, sorry for language 
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[CentOS] Wireless Problem - no longer able to connect

[Mark Weaver]

Hi all,

When I first loaded C6 on my Dell Inspiron laptop the wireless worked 
flawlessly right out of the box. At the time the wireless access point 
was a Linksys WAP54G using WPA-2 Personal. In the last two weeks that 
Access point has been replaced with a Linksys WAP610N, also using WPA-2 
Peronal. The problem I'm having is the wireless adapter sees the new WAP 
just fine, but is unable to connect.

I was wondering if there were any control files hidden somewhere that 
were holding old information from the former WAP that are hindering the 
connection to the new WAP.

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Re: [CentOS] Wireless Interface Does Not Connect Automatically At StartUp

[Manish Kathuria]

On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 11:06 PM, Cody Jackson  wrote:
> Hi Manish;
>
> I've never tried NM during boot. (Personally, I dislike NM at all.)
> You might find a system similar to this to be more of your liking:
>
> http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Laptops/WpaSupplicant
>
> I use this in place of my CentOS 6 backup server, which has an
> rt2500pci card in it--which, by the way, is a horrible shoddy card
> that I do not recommend. It doesn't play nice with Netgear APs. But I
> digress.
>
> CentOS 6 appears to have made some changes to the above document. What
> I've discovered is:
>
> 1. You don't need to edit ifup-wireless.
> 2. You don't need to edit ifconfig-* (although one should be
> created--I can post mine if it'll help you.)
> 3. All you need in /etc/rc.local is an 'ifup wlan0' line.
> 4. You DO need to edit /etc/sysconfig/wpa_supplicant and add the
> interface of your wireless card to the options there (example:
> -iwlan0).
> 5. wpa_supplicant should be ENABLED on boot.

> Cheers,
> Cody Jackson
>
>
> On 7/18/11, Manish Kathuria  wrote:
>> I have recently installed CentOS 6 on a system with  a Realtek 8180L
>> wireless card. The wireless card is detected properly and uses the
>> rtl8180 driver. But it connects to our wireless network only after
>> logging to the Desktop Environment (GNOME) and using the Network
>> Manager Applet. In order to make the wireless card connect to the
>> network automatically at system start up, I edited the Connection
>> using the Network Manager Applet and checked "Connect Automatically"
>> and "Available to all users" options.  However, while booting the
>> system, the following error message is displayed when the wireless
>> network interface is brought up.
>>
>> Device does not seem to be present, delaying initialization
>>
>> But as soon as a user logs on to the Desktop, he can connect to the
>> network using the NM Applet.
>>
>> I have also toggled between using DHCP and Static IP Address for the
>> the wireless card but it makes no difference. The SSID is not being
>> broadcast and the Wireless Access Point / Router uses WPA-PSK.
>> --
>> Manish Kathuria

Thanks for the tip. While searching for a solution, I also read about
wicd (http://wicd.sourceforge.net/) which can help, but will try
wpa_supplicant first since its a part of the distro.
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Re: [CentOS] Wireless Interface Does Not Connect Automatically At StartUp

[Cody Jackson]

Hi Manish;

I've never tried NM during boot. (Personally, I dislike NM at all.)
You might find a system similar to this to be more of your liking:

http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Laptops/WpaSupplicant

I use this in place of my CentOS 6 backup server, which has an
rt2500pci card in it--which, by the way, is a horrible shoddy card
that I do not recommend. It doesn't play nice with Netgear APs. But I
digress.

CentOS 6 appears to have made some changes to the above document. What
I've discovered is:

1. You don't need to edit ifup-wireless.
2. You don't need to edit ifconfig-* (although one should be
created--I can post mine if it'll help you.)
3. All you need in /etc/rc.local is an 'ifup wlan0' line.
4. You DO need to edit /etc/sysconfig/wpa_supplicant and add the
interface of your wireless card to the options there (example:
-iwlan0).
5. wpa_supplicant should be ENABLED on boot.

I also found out that I actually have editing rights on that page, so
I'll post my experiences in the next day or so. I hope this helps.

Cheers,
Cody Jackson


On 7/18/11, Manish Kathuria  wrote:
> I have recently installed CentOS 6 on a system with  a Realtek 8180L
> wireless card. The wireless card is detected properly and uses the
> rtl8180 driver. But it connects to our wireless network only after
> logging to the Desktop Environment (GNOME) and using the Network
> Manager Applet. In order to make the wireless card connect to the
> network automatically at system start up, I edited the Connection
> using the Network Manager Applet and checked "Connect Automatically"
> and "Available to all users" options.  However, while booting the
> system, the following error message is displayed when the wireless
> network interface is brought up.
>
> Device does not seem to be present, delaying initialization
>
> But as soon as a user logs on to the Desktop, he can connect to the
> network using the NM Applet.
>
> I have also toggled between using DHCP and Static IP Address for the
> the wireless card but it makes no difference. The SSID is not being
> broadcast and the Wireless Access Point / Router uses WPA-PSK.
>
> TIA,
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[CentOS] Wireless Interface Does Not Connect Automatically At StartUp

[Manish Kathuria]

I have recently installed CentOS 6 on a system with  a Realtek 8180L
wireless card. The wireless card is detected properly and uses the
rtl8180 driver. But it connects to our wireless network only after
logging to the Desktop Environment (GNOME) and using the Network
Manager Applet. In order to make the wireless card connect to the
network automatically at system start up, I edited the Connection
using the Network Manager Applet and checked "Connect Automatically"
and "Available to all users" options.  However, while booting the
system, the following error message is displayed when the wireless
network interface is brought up.

Device does not seem to be present, delaying initialization

But as soon as a user logs on to the Desktop, he can connect to the
network using the NM Applet.

I have also toggled between using DHCP and Static IP Address for the
the wireless card but it makes no difference. The SSID is not being
broadcast and the Wireless Access Point / Router uses WPA-PSK.

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Re: [CentOS] wireless not working

[m . roth]

Ritika Garg wrote:
> I have CentOS5.5 installed on a DELL laptop. Wireless is not working.

What tests have you done? Have you checked dmesg and /var/log/messages as
to why? Have you enabled it?

 mark, who's getting paid for what he does at work, not for answering
  questions on the list from folks who say "it's broken", and
  appear to expect SLA-type response

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[CentOS] wireless not working

[Ritika Garg]

I have CentOS5.5 installed on a DELL laptop. Wireless is not working.
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[CentOS] wireless

[David]

Hi folks

I have a CentOS box with 2 network cards. One is eth0 and the other is wlan0 
(Linksys WUSB54GC USB wifi card)

I use wlan0 to stay linked with other workstations in an small network and eth0 
just in case I need to get wired to solve some problem. eth0 is always unpluged 
while things are going ok. 

Te problem is everytime my AP is turned off for whatever reason or the link is 
down, no matter the AP is working again, my wlan0 stays without link. Then I 
have to reboot to get wireless linked again. I'm not running Network Manager, 
For some reason, everytime I tried to start it, it just mess my network, trying 
to make wlan0 to get an IP from a DHCP server, no matter wlan0 have it's own IP 
address specified in ifcfg-wlan0. 
The Centos Box is unattended and everytime it happens I have to go to the other 
room and press the on/off button to restart it. (no display, keyboard or mouse 
in it)
Any advices? How could I make NetworkManager to just link it again and not 
start messing with my network configuration?

Cheers

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Re: [CentOS] Wireless problem

[David]

Thanks Giles

I downloaded the firmware and it's working properly. Thanks for the answer and 
the solution.

Cheers

David

  - Original Message - 
  From: Giles Coochey 
  To: centos@centos.org 
  Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 7:37 AM
  Subject: Re: [CentOS] Wireless problem


  On 15/10/2010 06:06, David wrote: 
Hi folks

I just installed Centos 5.5. I heard about the new changes in wifi support. 
I tried a USB wifi card from Netgear, and It works fine. It didn't en Centos 
5.4, so that's great news.

The problem is I have a Linksys WUSB54GC USB wifi card and I want to make 
it work.

I get this messages in /var/log/messages as soon as I plug it in.

Oct 14 22:56:20 lila kernel: usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 2
Oct 14 22:56:21 lila kernel: usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using 
uhci_hcd and address 3
Oct 14 22:56:22 lila kernel: usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Oct 14 22:56:22 lila kernel: Registered led device: rt73usb-phy1::radio
Oct 14 22:56:22 lila kernel: Registered led device: rt73usb-phy1::assoc
Oct 14 22:56:22 lila kernel: Registered led device: rt73usb-phy1::quali
Oct 14 22:56:22 lila kernel: usbcore: registered new driver rt73usb
Oct 14 22:56:23 lila firmware_helper[2605]: Loading of 
/lib/firmware/rt73.bin for rt73usb driver failed: No such file or directory
Oct 14 22:56:23 lila kernel: phy1 -> rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Error - 
Failed to request Firmware.


I googled it but nothing re

  Hi,

  Didn't google enough... please try installing the firmware available from 
Elrepo for this card:

  http://elrepo.org/tiki/rt73usb-firmware

  Once done, if it still doesn't work provide a directory listing of 
/lib/firmware and any other error messages you get.

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Re: [CentOS] Wireless problem

[Ned Slider]

On 15/10/10 13:37, Giles Coochey wrote:
> On 15/10/2010 06:06, David wrote:
>> Hi folks
>> I just installed Centos 5.5. I heard about the new changes in wifi
>> support. I tried a USB wifi card from Netgear, and It works fine. It
>> didn't en Centos 5.4, so that's great news.
>> The problem is I have a Linksys WUSB54GC USB wifi card and I want to
>> make it work.
>> I get this messages in /var/log/messages as soon as I plug it in.
>> Oct 14 22:56:20 lila kernel: usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 2
>> Oct 14 22:56:21 lila kernel: usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using
>> uhci_hcd and address 3
>> Oct 14 22:56:22 lila kernel: usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1
>> choice
>> Oct 14 22:56:22 lila kernel: Registered led device: rt73usb-phy1::radio
>> Oct 14 22:56:22 lila kernel: Registered led device: rt73usb-phy1::assoc
>> Oct 14 22:56:22 lila kernel: Registered led device: rt73usb-phy1::quali
>> Oct 14 22:56:22 lila kernel: usbcore: registered new driver rt73usb
>> Oct 14 22:56:23 lila firmware_helper[2605]: Loading of
>> /lib/firmware/rt73.bin for rt73usb driver failed: No such file or
>> directory
>> Oct 14 22:56:23 lila kernel: phy1 -> rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Error
>> - Failed to request Firmware.
>> I googled it but nothing re
> Hi,
>
> Didn't google enough... please try installing the firmware available
> from Elrepo for this card:
>
> http://elrepo.org/tiki/rt73usb-firmware
>

Indeed, and it's even covered on the CentOS wiki:

http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Laptops/Wireless#head-a7388039af96da5400e599133447452d2ca61fb5



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Re: [CentOS] Wireless problem

[Robert Heller]

At Thu, 14 Oct 2010 23:06:03 -0500 CentOS mailing list  
wrote:

> 
> 
> 
> Hi folks
> 
> I just installed Centos 5.5. I heard about the new changes in wifi support. I 
> tried a USB wifi card from Netgear, and It works fine. It didn't en Centos 
> 5.4, so that's great news.
> 
> The problem is I have a Linksys WUSB54GC USB wifi card and I want to make it 
> work.
> 
> I get this messages in /var/log/messages as soon as I plug it in.
> 
> Oct 14 22:56:20 lila kernel: usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 2
> Oct 14 22:56:21 lila kernel: usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using 
> uhci_hcd and address 3
> Oct 14 22:56:22 lila kernel: usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> Oct 14 22:56:22 lila kernel: Registered led device: rt73usb-phy1::radio
> Oct 14 22:56:22 lila kernel: Registered led device: rt73usb-phy1::assoc
> Oct 14 22:56:22 lila kernel: Registered led device: rt73usb-phy1::quali
> Oct 14 22:56:22 lila kernel: usbcore: registered new driver rt73usb
> Oct 14 22:56:23 lila firmware_helper[2605]: Loading of /lib/firmware/rt73.bin 
> for rt73usb driver failed: No such file or directory
> Oct 14 22:56:23 lila kernel: phy1 -> rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Error - 
> Failed to request Firmware.
> 
> 
> I googled it but nothing really works.
> 

You need to download and install the firmware.  You might need to
extract the firmware from the MS-Windows installer CD (somehow).

> I hope some of you guys can help me out. Thanks in advance.
> 
> David
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> - Original Message - 
> From: Waleed Harbi 
> To: CentOS mailing list 
> Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 3:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [CentOS] dhcpd rpm
> 
> 
> Try find-out SPEC file and rpm source, recompile it, this is the faster way I 
> think, if you have big issue.  
> 
> 
> Fedora they released 4.1, check it. 
> 
> 
> http://mirrors.isu.net.sa/pub/fedora/linux/releases/13/Everything/x86_64/os/Packages/dhclient-4.1.1-15.fc13.x86_64.rpm
> 
> 
> --
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> Waleed Harbi
> 
> Dream | Do | Be 
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 11:44 PM,  wrote:
> 
>   JohnS wrote:
>   >
>   > On Thu, 2010-10-14 at 14:58 -0400, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote:
>   >> Folks,
>   >>
>   >>We've been having occasional issues with failover dhcpd. I went
>   >> looking for "peer holds all free leases", and happened to run across
>   >> ,
>   >> which is rated important, and is supposed to be fixed in 3.0.5-24.
>   >> Looking at the repo at kernel.org, all I see is what we have,
>   >> dhclient-3.0.5-23.el5.x86_64.rpm.
>   >>
>   >>Any idea when this update will be released?
> 
>   > ---
>   > Bother to even look on Upstreams Site?  It's not freely available yet as
>   > I see it.
> 
> 
>   No, I hadn't. I'm just a tad surprised - that was rated "important", and
>   looked as though it would be released soon. And with 6 coming soon, I was
>   thinking, though I haven't gone to look, that they'd have 3.1 or 4.x.
> 
>   Thanks, though.
> 
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Re: [CentOS] Wireless problem

[Giles Coochey]

 On 15/10/2010 06:06, David wrote:

Hi folks
I just installed Centos 5.5. I heard about the new changes in wifi 
support. I tried a USB wifi card from Netgear, and It works fine. It 
didn't en Centos 5.4, so that's great news.
The problem is I have a Linksys WUSB54GC USB wifi card and I want to 
make it work.

I get this messages in /var/log/messages as soon as I plug it in.
Oct 14 22:56:20 lila kernel: usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 2
Oct 14 22:56:21 lila kernel: usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using 
uhci_hcd and address 3
Oct 14 22:56:22 lila kernel: usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 
choice

Oct 14 22:56:22 lila kernel: Registered led device: rt73usb-phy1::radio
Oct 14 22:56:22 lila kernel: Registered led device: rt73usb-phy1::assoc
Oct 14 22:56:22 lila kernel: Registered led device: rt73usb-phy1::quali
Oct 14 22:56:22 lila kernel: usbcore: registered new driver rt73usb
Oct 14 22:56:23 lila firmware_helper[2605]: Loading of 
/lib/firmware/rt73.bin for rt73usb driver failed: No such file or 
directory
Oct 14 22:56:23 lila kernel: phy1 -> rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Error 
- Failed to request Firmware.

I googled it but nothing re

Hi,

Didn't google enough... please try installing the firmware available 
from Elrepo for this card:


http://elrepo.org/tiki/rt73usb-firmware

Once done, if it still doesn't work provide a directory listing of 
/lib/firmware and any other error messages you get.


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[CentOS] Wireless problem

[David]

Hi folks

I just installed Centos 5.5. I heard about the new changes in wifi support. I 
tried a USB wifi card from Netgear, and It works fine. It didn't en Centos 5.4, 
so that's great news.

The problem is I have a Linksys WUSB54GC USB wifi card and I want to make it 
work.

I get this messages in /var/log/messages as soon as I plug it in.

Oct 14 22:56:20 lila kernel: usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 2
Oct 14 22:56:21 lila kernel: usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd 
and address 3
Oct 14 22:56:22 lila kernel: usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Oct 14 22:56:22 lila kernel: Registered led device: rt73usb-phy1::radio
Oct 14 22:56:22 lila kernel: Registered led device: rt73usb-phy1::assoc
Oct 14 22:56:22 lila kernel: Registered led device: rt73usb-phy1::quali
Oct 14 22:56:22 lila kernel: usbcore: registered new driver rt73usb
Oct 14 22:56:23 lila firmware_helper[2605]: Loading of /lib/firmware/rt73.bin 
for rt73usb driver failed: No such file or directory
Oct 14 22:56:23 lila kernel: phy1 -> rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Error - Failed 
to request Firmware.


I googled it but nothing really works.

I hope some of you guys can help me out. Thanks in advance.

David










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Subject: Re: [CentOS] dhcpd rpm


Try find-out SPEC file and rpm source, recompile it, this is the faster way I 
think, if you have big issue.  


Fedora they released 4.1, check it. 


http://mirrors.isu.net.sa/pub/fedora/linux/releases/13/Everything/x86_64/os/Packages/dhclient-4.1.1-15.fc13.x86_64.rpm


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On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 11:44 PM,  wrote:

  JohnS wrote:
  >
  > On Thu, 2010-10-14 at 14:58 -0400, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote:
  >> Folks,
  >>
  >>We've been having occasional issues with failover dhcpd. I went
  >> looking for "peer holds all free leases", and happened to run across
  >> ,
  >> which is rated important, and is supposed to be fixed in 3.0.5-24.
  >> Looking at the repo at kernel.org, all I see is what we have,
  >> dhclient-3.0.5-23.el5.x86_64.rpm.
  >>
  >>Any idea when this update will be released?

  > ---
  > Bother to even look on Upstreams Site?  It's not freely available yet as
  > I see it.


  No, I hadn't. I'm just a tad surprised - that was rated "important", and
  looked as though it would be released soon. And with 6 coming soon, I was
  thinking, though I haven't gone to look, that they'd have 3.1 or 4.x.

  Thanks, though.

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[CentOS] Wireless Made Easy (for Home Desktops)

[Ron Blizzard]

For those of you who use a wireless router and may work on one or two
(or even several) machines in your computer room, an AP Client is a
nice solution. When you move to another machine you can just move the
wireless net adapter to the new machine and you're up and running on
the network immediately. I've been using a D-Link G730AP for a while
-- but it's not really made for this -- it's a pocket adapter meant to
carry with you laptop. And, unlike my old Asus WL-330, it won't hook
up to a switch.

Asus also makes a more powerful, larger, wireless
AP/Client/Bridge/Reapeater, the WL-320gE. I bought two of these on
eBay and they work great as Clients (network adapters) or "Stations"
in Asus talk. They have a range of 850 meters (as compared to the
pocket AP's range of 40 meters) so, in my room, I've got the full
speed of my Cable wirelessly. It's three to four times faster than the
D-Link G730AP, and it's solid (the D-Link was iffy). But, more
importantly, I can hook it up to a wired (standard) switch and have as
many simultaneous network connections as ports in the switch (in this
case, four -- but I only use two). I've also set one up in the back of
the house with a switch for my son's computers -- through several
walls they're still getting very fast service. This is the only way
I've used this device, but a lot of people buy them as repeaters. (I
could mine up a repeater/client and my kids would have an even
stronger single, but it's not necessary.) Another feature of Asus is
that you can use it simultaneously as a bridge and as a wired client.
It works well, the documentation is a bit inadequate, but it doesn't
take long to "translate."

Anyhow, I've rambled again. The reason I bring this up is that these
things are currently selling for $25 on eBay -- which is about the
cost of mid-range USB adapter. The seller has nearly 800 of them. (I
have no relationship with the seller, except I'm a customer.)

The eBay link is at http://tinyurl.com/ykysncw

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Re: [CentOS] Wireless

[Davy Leon]

thanks, I will try this

David
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Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 3:39 PM
Subject: Re: [CentOS] Wireless


> Davy Leon wrote:
>> [r...@linux ~]# lsusb
>> Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0846:6a00 NetGear, Inc. WG111 WiFi (v2)
>> Bus 001 Device 001: ID :
>> Bus 001 Device 002: ID 046d:c016 Logitech, Inc. M-UV69a Optical Wheel 
>> Mouse
>> Bus 002 Device 001: ID :
>>
>> so, is Realtek RTL-8187L chipset
>>
>
> As suspected, grepping modules.alias shows that Vendor:Device ID to
> match rtl8187.ko:
>
> grep 0846 /lib/modules/2.6.18-164.6.1.el5/modules.alias | grep -i 6a00
> alias usb:v0846p6A00d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* rtl8187
>
> so try loading the module:
>
> modprobe rtl8187
>
> if it's not already loaded.
>
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Re: [CentOS] Wireless

[Ned Slider]

Davy Leon wrote:
> [r...@linux ~]# lsusb
> Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0846:6a00 NetGear, Inc. WG111 WiFi (v2)
> Bus 001 Device 001: ID :
> Bus 001 Device 002: ID 046d:c016 Logitech, Inc. M-UV69a Optical Wheel Mouse
> Bus 002 Device 001: ID :
> 
> so, is Realtek RTL-8187L chipset
> 

As suspected, grepping modules.alias shows that Vendor:Device ID to 
match rtl8187.ko:

grep 0846 /lib/modules/2.6.18-164.6.1.el5/modules.alias | grep -i 6a00
alias usb:v0846p6A00d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* rtl8187

so try loading the module:

modprobe rtl8187

if it's not already loaded.


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Re: [CentOS] Wireless

[Davy Leon]

[r...@linux ~]# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0846:6a00 NetGear, Inc. WG111 WiFi (v2)
Bus 001 Device 001: ID :
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 046d:c016 Logitech, Inc. M-UV69a Optical Wheel Mouse
Bus 002 Device 001: ID :

so, is Realtek RTL-8187L chipset

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To: "CentOS mailing list" 
Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 12:09 PM
Subject: Re: [CentOS] Wireless


> Davy Leon wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> There is no encryption and my neighbour knows about it, we are just 
>> trying
>> to build an small network for our computers.
>> Centos doesn't recognize the USB device. I just plug ot in and nothing
>> happens.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> David
>>
>
> What chipset does the device use? Elrepo has drivers and firmware for
> many wireless devices.
>
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Re: [CentOS] Wireless

[Davy Leon]

the command

tail -f /var/log/messages

Nov 30 12:44:35 linux kernel: usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using
ohci_hcd and address 4
Nov 30 12:44:35 linux kernel: usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice


but nothing more


- Original Message - 
From: "Robert Heller" 
To: "CentOS mailing list" 
Cc: "CentOS mailing list" 
Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 12:13 PM
Subject: Re: [CentOS] Wireless


> At Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:53:34 -0500 CentOS mailing list 
> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> There is no encryption and my neighbour knows about it, we are just
>> trying
>> to build an small network for our computers.
>> Centos doesn't recognize the USB device. I just plug ot in and nothing
>> happens.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>
> What shows up in /var/log/messages when you plug in the device?  Do a
> 'sudo tail -f /var/log/messages' and then plug in the device.  Copy and
> paste the usb / udev blather into an E-Mail message.  Should start with
> something like this:
>
> Nov 29 19:50:04 sauron kernel: usb 7-3: new full speed USB device using
> address 3
>
>>
>> David
>>
>>
>> - Original Message - 
>> From: 
>> To: "CentOS mailing list" 
>> Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 11:32 AM
>> Subject: Re: [CentOS] Wireless
>>
>>
>> >> Hi folks
>> >>
>> >> I have a Centos 5.3 Box and I'm trying to setup an small wireless link
>> >> with
>> >> the AP of a neighbour. I have a brand new NETGEAR WG111V2 USB-WIFI
>> >> adaptor
>> >> for that, but Centos doesn't recognize that. Any suggestions? I
>> >> already
>> >> tested it on windows XP and the link works fine. How can I do this on
>> >> Centos?
>> >>
>> > What kind of encryption is it using?
>> >
>> > Oh, and does your neighbor know about this?
>> >
>> >mark
>> >
>> >
> Nov 29 19:50:04 sauron kernel: usb 7-3: new full speed USB device using
> address 3
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Re: [CentOS] Wireless

[Robert Heller]

At Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:53:34 -0500 CentOS mailing list  
wrote:

> 
> Hi
> 
> There is no encryption and my neighbour knows about it, we are just trying 
> to build an small network for our computers.
> Centos doesn't recognize the USB device. I just plug ot in and nothing 
> happens.
> 
> Any suggestions?

What shows up in /var/log/messages when you plug in the device?  Do a
'sudo tail -f /var/log/messages' and then plug in the device.  Copy and
paste the usb / udev blather into an E-Mail message.  Should start with
something like this:

Nov 29 19:50:04 sauron kernel: usb 7-3: new full speed USB device using address 
3

> 
> David
> 
> 
> - Original Message - 
> From: 
> To: "CentOS mailing list" 
> Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 11:32 AM
> Subject: Re: [CentOS] Wireless
> 
> 
> >> Hi folks
> >>
> >> I have a Centos 5.3 Box and I'm trying to setup an small wireless link
> >> with
> >> the AP of a neighbour. I have a brand new NETGEAR WG111V2 USB-WIFI 
> >> adaptor
> >> for that, but Centos doesn't recognize that. Any suggestions? I already
> >> tested it on windows XP and the link works fine. How can I do this on
> >> Centos?
> >>
> > What kind of encryption is it using?
> >
> > Oh, and does your neighbor know about this?
> >
> >mark
> >
> >
Nov 29 19:50:04 sauron kernel: usb 7-3: new full speed USB device using
address 3
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Re: [CentOS] Wireless

[Ned Slider]

Davy Leon wrote:
> Hi
> 
> There is no encryption and my neighbour knows about it, we are just trying 
> to build an small network for our computers.
> Centos doesn't recognize the USB device. I just plug ot in and nothing 
> happens.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> David
> 

What chipset does the device use? Elrepo has drivers and firmware for 
many wireless devices.

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Re: [CentOS] Wireless

[Davy Leon]

Hi

There is no encryption and my neighbour knows about it, we are just trying 
to build an small network for our computers.
Centos doesn't recognize the USB device. I just plug ot in and nothing 
happens.

Any suggestions?

David


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To: "CentOS mailing list" 
Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 11:32 AM
Subject: Re: [CentOS] Wireless


>> Hi folks
>>
>> I have a Centos 5.3 Box and I'm trying to setup an small wireless link
>> with
>> the AP of a neighbour. I have a brand new NETGEAR WG111V2 USB-WIFI 
>> adaptor
>> for that, but Centos doesn't recognize that. Any suggestions? I already
>> tested it on windows XP and the link works fine. How can I do this on
>> Centos?
>>
> What kind of encryption is it using?
>
> Oh, and does your neighbor know about this?
>
>mark
>
>
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Re: [CentOS] Wireless

[m . roth]

> Hi folks
>
> I have a Centos 5.3 Box and I'm trying to setup an small wireless link
> with
> the AP of a neighbour. I have a brand new NETGEAR WG111V2 USB-WIFI adaptor
> for that, but Centos doesn't recognize that. Any suggestions? I already
> tested it on windows XP and the link works fine. How can I do this on
> Centos?
>
What kind of encryption is it using?

Oh, and does your neighbor know about this?

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[CentOS] Wireless

[Davy Leon]

Hi folks

I have a Centos 5.3 Box and I'm trying to setup an small wireless link with 
the AP of a neighbour. I have a brand new NETGEAR WG111V2 USB-WIFI adaptor 
for that, but Centos doesn't recognize that. Any suggestions? I already 
tested it on windows XP and the link works fine. How can I do this on 
Centos?

Thanks in advance

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Re: [CentOS] Wireless Printing

[Anne Wilson]

On Wednesday 16 September 2009 09:20:47 cornel panceac wrote:
> 2009/9/16 Anne Wilson 
> 
> > On Wednesday 16 September 2009 05:56:32 Frank Cox wrote:
> > > hey may not clog, but they do dry out after a while.
> >
> > I just brought a deskjet back into service after two years of non-use,
> > and it
> > printed immediately on the existing cartridges.
> >
> > it was probably defective.
> 
Huh?

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Re: [CentOS] Wireless Printing

[cornel panceac]

2009/9/16 Anne Wilson 

> On Wednesday 16 September 2009 05:56:32 Frank Cox wrote:
> > hey may not clog, but they do dry out after a while.
> >
> I just brought a deskjet back into service after two years of non-use, and
> it
> printed immediately on the existing cartridges.
>
> it was probably defective.
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Re: [CentOS] Wireless Printing

[Anne Wilson]

On Wednesday 16 September 2009 05:56:32 Frank Cox wrote:
> hey may not clog, but they do dry out after a while.
> 
I just brought a deskjet back into service after two years of non-use, and it 
printed immediately on the existing cartridges.

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Re: [CentOS] Wireless Printing

[Anne Wilson]

On Wednesday 16 September 2009 00:34:19 John R Pierce wrote:
> get an ethernet printer, sheesh.
> 
It's not always that simple.  Sometimes an extra cable connection is just not 
an option.

My HP7180 works perfectly by wireless, including scanning.

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Re: [CentOS] Wireless Printing

[Anne Wilson]

On Tuesday 15 September 2009 20:50:52 Joseph L. Casale wrote:
> My home network doesn't have any wireless access points (to slow) and
> I was iSCSI booting my wkst for a while:) Now I need to setup a printer
> so I was going to get an HP Photosmart C4580.
> 
I print to my HP all-in-one via wireless, using hplip, so I can confirm that 
hplip isn't likely to be your problem.

> The HPLIP page shows no network support:( I _was_ going to use a USB
> wireless nic I have and setup an ad-hoc to print to this thing.
> 
> Anyone know anything that might make this work?
> 
Your firs need is to make sure that you can get any kind of connection using 
the usb thingumy.  Can your turn off wireless on any other device and try 
getting it set up so that it works there?  I wouldn't  attempt it on the 
printer until I was sure that I knew it works elsewhere - too many unknowns.

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Re: [CentOS] Wireless Printing

[John R Pierce]

Frank Cox wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:20:00 -0700
> Bill Campbell wrote:
>
>   
>> One good thing about the HP splatjets is that they are designed so they
>> don't clog after long periods of inactivity. 
>> 
>
> They may not clog, but they do dry out after a while.  I have a HP fax machine
> that uses a black inkjet cartridge and while I don't receive very many faxes I
> find that I have to replace my cartridge once in a while because it dries
> out and stops working.  It still reads 50-75% full, but it doesn't print.
>
> In hindsight I should probably have sprung for a laser fax machine but it 
> would
> have cost about twice as much as I paid for this inkjet.  But toner doesn't 
> dry
> out so I would have been ahead by now, I think
>   


my $200 brother laser MFC gets 2-3 cases of copier paper out of a $50 
toner cartridge.  the paper is about $25/case (2000 sheets) so that 
brings it to about $100 per 4000 pages, or about $0.025/page.   every 
1 pages or so I need to replace the drum, thats like $60 more, I 
think, so that brings it to $0.031/page total.  


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Re: [CentOS] Wireless Printing

[Frank Cox]

On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:20:00 -0700
Bill Campbell wrote:

> One good thing about the HP splatjets is that they are designed so they
> don't clog after long periods of inactivity. 

They may not clog, but they do dry out after a while.  I have a HP fax machine
that uses a black inkjet cartridge and while I don't receive very many faxes I
find that I have to replace my cartridge once in a while because it dries
out and stops working.  It still reads 50-75% full, but it doesn't print.

In hindsight I should probably have sprung for a laser fax machine but it would
have cost about twice as much as I paid for this inkjet.  But toner doesn't dry
out so I would have been ahead by now, I think

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Re: [CentOS] Wireless Printing

[Bill Campbell]

On Tue, Sep 15, 2009, John R Pierce wrote:
>Joseph L. Casale wrote:
>> My home network doesn't have any wireless access points (to slow) and
>> I was iSCSI booting my wkst for a while:) Now I need to setup a printer
>> so I was going to get an HP Photosmart C4580.
>>
>> The HPLIP page shows no network support:( I _was_ going to use a USB
>> wireless nic I have and setup an ad-hoc to print to this thing.
>>
>> Anyone know anything that might make this work?
>
>get an ethernet printer, sheesh.
>
...
>I would not use a inkjet as a primary home printer, the supplies are too 
>costly, and if they are used sporadically, you waste 2/3rds of the ink 
>unclogging them.  also inkjets require extra smooth extra heavy paper or 
>they look like crap, while a laser can print on any old cheap copier 
>paper.  I have a techwriter wife and two school kids, so we do a LOT of 
>printing at my place.

One good thing about the HP splatjets is that they are designed so they
don't clog after long periods of inactivity.  I have an HP Photosmart 7350
that only is used when I want to print color.  My only real complaint with
this printer is that HP no longer provides software for in for OS X Leopard
or Snow Leopard, and the generic gutenprint stuff doesn't do nearly as well
with different paper types and such that the HP software does.

We use an HP 4M Plus with duplex for pretty much everything else.  This was
bought new in November 1995, and has been a true work horse.  I spent about
$200 last year to get it serviced, replacing all the rollers and such
figuring that we couldn't get a better printer for the money.

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Re: [CentOS] Wireless Printing

[Joseph L. Casale]

>get an ethernet printer, sheesh.

I actually wanted wireless because of the location I want to put it:)

>I have a Brother MFC7345N (Costco version of the 7340 with an ethernet
>interface) on my home LAN, is a B&W Laser, color scanner, copier, fax,
>both flatbed and sheet feed scanning/faxing/copying.

I have plenty of those brother MF's at one place and they are good and
cheap, just not wireless.

>I would not use a inkjet as a primary home printer, the supplies are too
>costly, and if they are used sporadically, you waste 2/3rds of the ink
>unclogging them.  also inkjets require extra smooth extra heavy paper or
>they look like crap, while a laser can print on any old cheap copier
>paper.  I have a techwriter wife and two school kids, so we do a LOT of
>printing at my place.

Ok, I am getting convinced:)
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Re: [CentOS] Wireless Printing

[John R Pierce]

Joseph L. Casale wrote:
> My home network doesn't have any wireless access points (to slow) and
> I was iSCSI booting my wkst for a while:) Now I need to setup a printer
> so I was going to get an HP Photosmart C4580.
>
> The HPLIP page shows no network support:( I _was_ going to use a USB
> wireless nic I have and setup an ad-hoc to print to this thing.
>
> Anyone know anything that might make this work?
>   

get an ethernet printer, sheesh.

I have a Brother MFC7345N (Costco version of the 7340 with an ethernet 
interface) on my home LAN, is a B&W Laser, color scanner, copier, fax, 
both flatbed and sheet feed scanning/faxing/copying.  does copy and fax 
without any host software involvement (too many cheap all-in-ones rely 
on a software utilities to do the copy/fax functionality).  has 100baseT 
ethernet.  Supports LPR/LPD protocols so Linux should be able to print 
to it just fine.  Says the scanner supports Linux SANE protocol (I know 
nothing about this, never tried that part).   We originally bought this 
$200 printer strictly to use as a fax machine, and after setting it up 
and playing with it, shut off our HP LJ1300 printer and use it for all 
our home printing.


I would not use a inkjet as a primary home printer, the supplies are too 
costly, and if they are used sporadically, you waste 2/3rds of the ink 
unclogging them.  also inkjets require extra smooth extra heavy paper or 
they look like crap, while a laser can print on any old cheap copier 
paper.  I have a techwriter wife and two school kids, so we do a LOT of 
printing at my place.



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Re: [CentOS] Wireless Printing

[Joseph L. Casale]

>If you succeed, you can add an article to the wiki ;-)

I am going to hit the Fedora list, get it working there and then work backwards.
If I do get it in CentOS, I will add the page.
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Re: [CentOS] Wireless Printing

[Rainer Duffner]

Am 16.09.2009 um 00:09 schrieb Joseph L. Casale:

>> Hm. So you can setup networking to an USB-stick without an OS?
>>
>> I thought you needed to load the firmware onto the stick before it
>> does anything useful at all.
>
> Apparently the HP's support this, at least some quick searches show  
> people
> with success. Of course I haven't tried it:)



If you succeed, you can add an article to the wiki ;-)



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Re: [CentOS] Wireless Printing

[Joseph L. Casale]

>Hm. So you can setup networking to an USB-stick without an OS?
>
>I thought you needed to load the firmware onto the stick before it
>does anything useful at all.

Apparently the HP's support this, at least some quick searches show people
with success. Of course I haven't tried it:)
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Re: [CentOS] Wireless Printing

[Rainer Duffner]

Am 15.09.2009 um 23:05 schrieb Joseph L. Casale:

>> Does that actually work the way you intend it to?
>> I have my doubts...
>
> It should, others do it:)


Hm. So you can setup networking to an USB-stick without an OS?

I thought you needed to load the firmware onto the stick before it  
does anything useful at all.




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Re: [CentOS] Wireless Printing

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>Does that actually work the way you intend it to?
>I have my doubts...

It should, others do it:)

>Buy a wireless AP and save a lot of trouble.
>
>Is your time worth nothing?

Depends who you ask:) At home, I'll do next to just about anything, heh...
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Re: [CentOS] Wireless Printing

[Rainer Duffner]

Am 15.09.2009 um 21:50 schrieb Joseph L. Casale:

> My home network doesn't have any wireless access points (to slow) and
> I was iSCSI booting my wkst for a while:) Now I need to setup a  
> printer
> so I was going to get an HP Photosmart C4580.
>
> The HPLIP page shows no network support:( I _was_ going to use a USB
> wireless nic I have and setup an ad-hoc to print to this thing.
>
> Anyone know anything that might make this work?


Does that actually work the way you intend it to?
I have my doubts...

Buy a wireless AP and save a lot of trouble.

Is your time worth nothing?



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[CentOS] Wireless Printing

[Joseph L. Casale]

My home network doesn't have any wireless access points (to slow) and
I was iSCSI booting my wkst for a while:) Now I need to setup a printer
so I was going to get an HP Photosmart C4580.

The HPLIP page shows no network support:( I _was_ going to use a USB
wireless nic I have and setup an ad-hoc to print to this thing.

Anyone know anything that might make this work?

Thanks!
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Re: [CentOS] Wireless network connection problem

[Fabian Arrotin]

Thomas Iverson wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 12:39 PM, Thomas Iverson  wrote:
>> hi all , i just met a strange problem about my wireless network , i
>> installed ipw3945 driver and it can detect the wireless network lists
>> around my laptop ,but , i can't connect to the wireless network even
>> under the right authority
>>
>> my centos 5.2 dectected my wirless network card as eth1 , it's really
>> strange , i think
>>
>> any help ? thx and wish you a happy new year :)
>>
>> --
>> Keep It Simple Stupid
>> Thomas X. Iverson
>>
> 
> Hey , i connected to wireless network successfully with "dhclient
> eth1" , but still i can't connect to the network via network-managaer
> , how am i supposed to set my network-manager right ?
> 

I  have myself a ipw3945 in my thinkpad r60 .. of course the ipw3945d 
daemon has to be launched but i've had strange issues with 
NetworkManager (current version). It seems that upgrading the 
wpa_supplicant package from ATrpms testing repo solved the problem for 
me (http://dl.atrpms.net/el5-i386/atrpms/testing/) but i had that issue 
only with wpa2 though ...
I also hope that NetworkManager 0.7 (which is foreseen for el 5.3) will 
solve a lot of problems ... let's see

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Re: [CentOS] Wireless network connection problem

[Thomas Iverson]

On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 12:39 PM, Thomas Iverson  wrote:
> hi all , i just met a strange problem about my wireless network , i
> installed ipw3945 driver and it can detect the wireless network lists
> around my laptop ,but , i can't connect to the wireless network even
> under the right authority
>
> my centos 5.2 dectected my wirless network card as eth1 , it's really
> strange , i think
>
> any help ? thx and wish you a happy new year :)
>
> --
> Keep It Simple Stupid
> Thomas X. Iverson
>

Hey , i connected to wireless network successfully with "dhclient
eth1" , but still i can't connect to the network via network-managaer
, how am i supposed to set my network-manager right ?

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[CentOS] Wireless network connection problem

[Thomas Iverson]

hi all , i just met a strange problem about my wireless network , i
installed ipw3945 driver and it can detect the wireless network lists
around my laptop ,but , i can't connect to the wireless network even
under the right authority

my centos 5.2 dectected my wirless network card as eth1 , it's really
strange , i think

any help ? thx and wish you a happy new year :)

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Re: [CentOS] wireless laptop configuration

[Toshaan Bharvani]

Sorin Srbu wrote:

  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Toshaan
Bharvani

  Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 4:24 PM

  To: centos@centos.org

  Subject: Re: [CentOS] wireless laptop configuration
  
  
   
  Sorin
Srbu wrote: 
  
  
  
  From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
  On Behalf Of Toshaan Bharvani

  Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 2:42 PM

  To: centos@centos.org

  Subject: Re: [CentOS] wireless laptop configuration
  
  
  Steve
Huff wrote:

>

> On Aug 19, 2008, at 5:04 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

>

>> I'm using a 3Com 3CRWE154G72 IIRC, which according to the
hwconf's
using the 

>> prism54 driver/firmware/whatever.

>> 

>> Would I maybe be better off reinstalling the whole shebang and
have
the

>> wifi-card inserted from start in order for the centos
installer to 

>> see it

>> properly from the beginning?

>

>

> before you do that, open a terminal, become root, and run 

> /usr/sbin/kudzu (while the wireless card is installed). that's the
  

> program that does hardware detection; it may be able to sort out
your 

> issue.

>

> -steve

>

or if kudzu for some reason doesn't cooperate (which is always on my
system)

become root

run : /sbin/modprobe prism54

run : dmesg | tail

and read whether it just says it has loaded the module (single line) or
  

detected will output a wlanX statement and you are in business

  

  
  Isn’t
it implied that since ”prism54” is listed in /etc/sysconfig/hwconf
for the wifi-card that the module has been loaded already? Or is this
some of
the magical stuff that sometimes doesn’t happen for whatever reason? 8-)
  
  
  /etc/sysconfig/hwconf
is the file kudzu
creates when of all detected hardware at startup and it related this
hardware
with drivers in the kernel

but certain drivers are modules in the kernel, wich need to be loaded
manually
or later when the system is already running

this can be done by method 1 explained here above or adding them in
/etc/modprobe.conf which makes it load the modules at startup

you will need to add the line (if it is not yet there) :

alias wlan0 prism54

you can check whether the module is loaded with : /sbin/lsmod | grep
prism54
  This is how
far I got with the above hints. For some reason I don’t have a wlan0,
but
instead a eth0. I did create an alias in Network Manager for eth0 >
wlan0.
Then I ran the below modprobe command according to the below.
  [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# /sbin/modprobe prism54
  [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# dmesg|tail
  eth0: resetting device...
  eth0: uploading firmware...
  prism54: request_firmware() failed for 'isl3890'
  eth0: could not upload firmware ('isl3890')
  eth0: islpci_reset: failure
  eth0: resetting device...
  eth0: uploading firmware...
  prism54: request_firmware() failed for 'isl3890'
  eth0: could not upload firmware ('isl3890')
  eth0: islpci_reset: failure
  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
~]#”
   
  “When
I try to activate wlan0, I get this message:
  Error for wireless request "Set Bit Rate" (8B20) :
   SET failed on device eth0 ; Input/output error.
  Determining IP information for eth0...SIOCSIFFLAGS: No
such file or
directory
  SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory
   failed.”
  In /etc/modprobe.conf
I’ve added the line “alias wlan0 prism54”.
  What’s
more, I went to the prism54.org site and found a firmware, downloaded
it and as
per instructed on the site, renamed the .arm-file to isl3890 and put it
in /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware.
  Upon
restarting and activating wlan0 I still get the above SIOC-error.
  I have a
hunch this might actually work if I put the isl3890-file in the correct
place.
Not sure /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware *is* actually right, as I had
to
create the hotplugs and firmware-folders.
  Any hints on
this guys?
  TIA.
  
  
  

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you have used the following :

2.5.2.0.arm :
http://daemonizer.de/prism54/prism54-fw/fw-softmac/2.5.2.0.arm

Version 2.5.2.0 built on Thu Mar 4 16:05:03 CET 2004 by
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

87a5519d70c16991b8fff9b3b31de68e

headers

   

Source: 3CRWE154G72_Jul_08_04.exe
try renaming to isl3886 as it is a pcmcia card so it is equal to
a pci version and then put in in /lib/firmware


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RE: [CentOS] wireless laptop configuration

[Sorin Srbu]

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of Toshaan Bharvani
Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 4:24 PM
To: centos@centos.org
Subject: Re: [CentOS] wireless laptop configuration

 

Sorin Srbu wrote: 

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of Toshaan Bharvani
Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 2:42 PM
To: centos@centos.org
Subject: Re: [CentOS] wireless laptop configuration

Steve Huff wrote:
>
> On Aug 19, 2008, at 5:04 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> I'm using a 3Com 3CRWE154G72 IIRC, which according to the hwconf's using
the 
>> prism54 driver/firmware/whatever.
>> 
>> Would I maybe be better off reinstalling the whole shebang and have the
>> wifi-card inserted from start in order for the centos installer to 
>> see it
>> properly from the beginning?
>
>
> before you do that, open a terminal, become root, and run 
> /usr/sbin/kudzu (while the wireless card is installed). that's the 
> program that does hardware detection; it may be able to sort out your 
> issue.
>
> -steve
>
or if kudzu for some reason doesn't cooperate (which is always on my system)
become root
run : /sbin/modprobe prism54
run : dmesg | tail
and read whether it just says it has loaded the module (single line) or 
detected will output a wlanX statement and you are in business



Isn't it implied that since "prism54" is listed in /etc/sysconfig/hwconf for
the wifi-card that the module has been loaded already? Or is this some of the
magical stuff that sometimes doesn't happen for whatever reason? 8-)  

/etc/sysconfig/hwconf is the file kudzu creates when of all detected hardware
at startup and it related this hardware with drivers in the kernel
but certain drivers are modules in the kernel, wich need to be loaded manually
or later when the system is already running
this can be done by method 1 explained here above or adding them in
/etc/modprobe.conf which makes it load the modules at startup
you will need to add the line (if it is not yet there) :
alias wlan0 prism54
you can check whether the module is loaded with : /sbin/lsmod | grep prism54

This is how far I got with the above hints. For some reason I don't have a
wlan0, but instead a eth0. I did create an alias in Network Manager for eth0 >
wlan0. Then I ran the below modprobe command according to the below.

"[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# /sbin/modprobe prism54

[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# dmesg|tail

eth0: resetting device...

eth0: uploading firmware...

prism54: request_firmware() failed for 'isl3890'

eth0: could not upload firmware ('isl3890')

eth0: islpci_reset: failure

eth0: resetting device...

eth0: uploading firmware...

prism54: request_firmware() failed for 'isl3890'

eth0: could not upload firmware ('isl3890')

eth0: islpci_reset: failure

[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]#"

 

"When I try to activate wlan0, I get this message:

Error for wireless request "Set Bit Rate" (8B20) :

SET failed on device eth0 ; Input/output error.

Determining IP information for eth0...SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory

SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory

 failed."

In /etc/modprobe.conf I've added the line "alias wlan0 prism54".

What's more, I went to the prism54.org site and found a firmware, downloaded
it and as per instructed on the site, renamed the .arm-file to isl3890 and put
it in /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware.

Upon restarting and activating wlan0 I still get the above SIOC-error.

I have a hunch this might actually work if I put the isl3890-file in the
correct place. Not sure /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware *is* actually right, as I
had to create the hotplugs and firmware-folders.

Any hints on this guys?

TIA.



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RE: [CentOS] wireless laptop configuration

[Sorin Srbu]

 

 

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of Toshaan Bharvani
Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 4:24 PM
To: centos@centos.org
Subject: Re: [CentOS] wireless laptop configuration


> On Aug 19, 2008, at 5:04 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> I'm using a 3Com 3CRWE154G72 IIRC, which according to the hwconf's using
the 
>> prism54 driver/firmware/whatever.
>> 
>> Would I maybe be better off reinstalling the whole shebang and have the
>> wifi-card inserted from start in order for the centos installer to 
>> see it
>> properly from the beginning?
>
>
> before you do that, open a terminal, become root, and run 
> /usr/sbin/kudzu (while the wireless card is installed). that's the 
> program that does hardware detection; it may be able to sort out your 
> issue.
>
> -steve
>
or if kudzu for some reason doesn't cooperate (which is always on my system)
become root
run : /sbin/modprobe prism54
run : dmesg | tail
and read whether it just says it has loaded the module (single line) or 
detected will output a wlanX statement and you are in business




Isn't it implied that since "prism54" is listed in /etc/sysconfig/hwconf for
the wifi-card that the module has been loaded already? Or is this some of the
magical stuff that sometimes doesn't happen for whatever reason? 8-) 

/etc/sysconfig/hwconf is the file kudzu creates when of all detected hardware
at startup and it related this hardware with drivers in the kernel
but certain drivers are modules in the kernel, wich need to be loaded manually
or later when the system is already running
this can be done by method 1 explained here above or adding them in
/etc/modprobe.conf which makes it load the modules at startup
you will need to add the line (if it is not yet there) :
alias wlan0 prism54
you can check whether the module is loaded with : /sbin/lsmod | grep prism54

Excellent explanation. Thx.



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Re: [CentOS] wireless laptop configuration

[Toshaan Bharvani]

Sorin Srbu wrote:

  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Toshaan
Bharvani

  Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 2:42 PM

  To: centos@centos.org

  Subject: Re: [CentOS] wireless laptop configuration
  
  
   
  Steve
Huff wrote:

>

> On Aug 19, 2008, at 5:04 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

>

>> I'm using a 3Com 3CRWE154G72 IIRC, which according to the
hwconf's
using the 

>> prism54 driver/firmware/whatever.

>> 

>> Would I maybe be better off reinstalling the whole shebang and
have
the

>> wifi-card inserted from start in order for the centos
installer to 

>> see it

>> properly from the beginning?

>

>

> before you do that, open a terminal, become root, and run 

> /usr/sbin/kudzu (while the wireless card is installed). that's the
  

> program that does hardware detection; it may be able to sort out
your 

> issue.

>

> -steve

>

or if kudzu for some reason doesn't cooperate (which is always on my
system)

become root

run : /sbin/modprobe prism54

run : dmesg | tail

and read whether it just says it has loaded the module (single line) or
  

detected will output a wlanX statement and you are in business

  

  
  Isn’t it
implied that since ”prism54” is listed in /etc/sysconfig/hwconf for the
wifi-card that the module has been loaded already? Or is this some of
the
magical stuff that sometimes doesn’t happen for whatever reason? 8-)
  
  
  

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/etc/sysconfig/hwconf is the file kudzu creates when of all detected
hardware at startup and it related this hardware with drivers in the
kernel

but certain drivers are modules in the kernel, wich need to be loaded
manually or later when the system is already running

this can be done by method 1 explained here above or adding them in
/etc/modprobe.conf which makes it load the modules at startup

you will need to add the line (if it is not yet there) :

alias wlan0 prism54

you can check whether the module is loaded with : /sbin/lsmod | grep
prism54


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RE: [CentOS] wireless laptop configuration

[Sorin Srbu]

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of Toshaan Bharvani
Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 2:42 PM
To: centos@centos.org
Subject: Re: [CentOS] wireless laptop configuration

 

Steve Huff wrote:
>
> On Aug 19, 2008, at 5:04 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> I'm using a 3Com 3CRWE154G72 IIRC, which according to the hwconf's using
the 
>> prism54 driver/firmware/whatever.
>> 
>> Would I maybe be better off reinstalling the whole shebang and have the
>> wifi-card inserted from start in order for the centos installer to 
>> see it
>> properly from the beginning?
>
>
> before you do that, open a terminal, become root, and run 
> /usr/sbin/kudzu (while the wireless card is installed). that's the 
> program that does hardware detection; it may be able to sort out your 
> issue.
>
> -steve
>
or if kudzu for some reason doesn't cooperate (which is always on my system)
become root
run : /sbin/modprobe prism54
run : dmesg | tail
and read whether it just says it has loaded the module (single line) or 
detected will output a wlanX statement and you are in business



Isn't it implied that since "prism54" is listed in /etc/sysconfig/hwconf for
the wifi-card that the module has been loaded already? Or is this some of the
magical stuff that sometimes doesn't happen for whatever reason? 8-)



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RE: [CentOS] wireless laptop configuration

[Sorin Srbu]

>-Original Message-
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of
>Steve Huff
>Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 2:16 PM
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>Subject: Re: [CentOS] wireless laptop configuration
>
>
>On Aug 19, 2008, at 5:04 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> Would I maybe be better off reinstalling the whole shebang and have
>> the
>> wifi-card inserted from start in order for the centos installer to
>> see it
>> properly from the beginning?
>
>
>before you do that, open a terminal, become root, and run /usr/sbin/
>kudzu (while the wireless card is installed).  that's the program that
>does hardware detection; it may be able to sort out your issue.

Think I already did that, but I'll do it again to be sure and reboot between.
We'll see of it works out. Thx.


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Re: [CentOS] wireless laptop configuration

[Toshaan Bharvani]

Steve Huff wrote:
>
> On Aug 19, 2008, at 5:04 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> I'm using a 3Com 3CRWE154G72 IIRC, which according to the hwconf's using the 
>> prism54 driver/firmware/whatever.
>> 
>> Would I maybe be better off reinstalling the whole shebang and have the
>> wifi-card inserted from start in order for the centos installer to 
>> see it
>> properly from the beginning?
>
>
> before you do that, open a terminal, become root, and run 
> /usr/sbin/kudzu (while the wireless card is installed).  that's the 
> program that does hardware detection; it may be able to sort out your 
> issue.
>
> -steve
>
or if kudzu for some reason doesn't cooperate (which is always on my system)
become root
run : /sbin/modprobe prism54
run : dmesg | tail
and read whether it just says it has loaded the module (single line) or 
detected will output a wlanX statement and you are in business


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Re: [CentOS] wireless laptop configuration

[Steve Huff]

On Aug 19, 2008, at 5:04 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Would I maybe be better off reinstalling the whole shebang and have  
the
wifi-card inserted from start in order for the centos installer to  
see it

properly from the beginning?



before you do that, open a terminal, become root, and run /usr/sbin/ 
kudzu (while the wireless card is installed).  that's the program that  
does hardware detection; it may be able to sort out your issue.


-steve

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RE: [CentOS] wireless laptop configuration

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Karanbir Singh <> scribbled on Thursday, August 14, 2008 2:47 PM:

> http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Laptops/Wireless

Trying to learn wifi netwroking with linux, and CentOS v5.2 in particular. 
Following the above howto helped a bit on the way, but I'm nowhere near getting 
the wifi-card to connect.

I've installed madwifi, ndiswrapper, dkms and whatnot in order to get this 
working, but still it's a no go. Centos does see the card in 
Administration/Network and the wireless network thing is visible in Network 
manager, but when I try connect or create a new connection to my wlan it just 
times out or says it couldn't connect for some reason. The wlan I'm trying to 
connect to is WPA2-PSK using AES.

I'm using a 3Com 3CRWE154G72 IIRC, which according to the hwconf's using the 
prism54 driver/firmware/whatever.

Would I maybe be better off reinstalling the whole shebang and have the 
wifi-card inserted from start in order for the centos installer to see it 
properly from the beginning?

The experimental machine I use is not critical in any way. Only gotcha' is that 
it only has a CD-drive so I have to shuffle discs should I do a complete 
reinstall. 8-)

Thx in advance for any advice.



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Re: [CentOS] wireless laptop configuration

[Karanbir Singh]

Robert Moskowitz wrote:

I have the 3945 and use dkms drivers from rpmforge. No kernel mods needed.

...

Install dkms from rpmforge:


you might want to read up on what the 'k' in 'dkms' stands for.

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Re: [CentOS] wireless laptop configuration

[Akemi Yagi]

On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 8:14 AM, Robert Moskowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Akemi Yagi wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 5:14 AM, Kevin Kimani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>> I have a wireless network but no wired network. I need to access the net
>>> for
>>> the necessary installation of the wireless drivers in CentOS 5.1. Could
>>> anyone let me know how i can go about it!! My card is Intel PRO/Wireless
>>> 3945
>>>
>>
>> The instructions on this page worked on a laptop with 3945ABG:
>>
>> http://www.distrostop.org/forums/index.php/topic,5694.0.html
>>
>> Note that you will need the centosplus kernel.
>
> I have the 3945 and use dkms drivers from rpmforge. No kernel mods needed.
>
> Install dkms from rpmforge:
>
> dkms-2.0.20.2-2.el5.rf.noarch.rpm
>
> and get the 3945 rpms there too:
>
> ipw3945-firmware-1.14.2-1.nodist.rf.noarch.rpm
> ipw3945d-1.7.22-4.nodist.rf.i386.rpm

Just one comment here.  Depending on the hardware, the ipw3945 module
may or may not work.  I tried this module on a Toshiba laptop
(3945ABG) and could not get it to work.  So, I went for the *iwl3945*
module which is enabled in the centosplus kernel (but not in the
distro kernel).  This one worked just fine.  [On a side note, iwl4965
is enabled in the distro kernel.]

If I read correctly what is on the intel site, *ipw* is being
deprecated.  Perhaps, we should ask dag to dkms'ize the iwl3945
module.  By the way, ATrpms mentioned by KB seems to have the kmdl
version.

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Re: [CentOS] wireless laptop configuration

[Robert Moskowitz]

Akemi Yagi wrote:

On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 5:14 AM, Kevin Kimani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
  

Hi,
I have a wireless network but no wired network. I need to access the net for
the necessary installation of the wireless drivers in CentOS 5.1. Could
anyone let me know how i can go about it!! My card is Intel PRO/Wireless
3945



The instructions on this page worked on a laptop with 3945ABG:

http://www.distrostop.org/forums/index.php/topic,5694.0.html

Note that you will need the centosplus kernel.

I have the 3945 and use dkms drivers from rpmforge. No kernel mods needed.

Install dkms from rpmforge:

dkms-2.0.20.2-2.el5.rf.noarch.rpm

and get the 3945 rpms there too:

ipw3945-firmware-1.14.2-1.nodist.rf.noarch.rpm
ipw3945d-1.7.22-4.nodist.rf.i386.rpm


After installing things tend to just work. Here is my modprobe.conf lines:

alias eth1 ipw3945
install ipw3945 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install ipw3945 ; sleep 0.5 ; 
/sbin/ipw3945d --quiet
remove ipw3945 /sbin/ipw3945d --kill ;/sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove 
ipw3945



Don't know what that means, but.

I thought you were just asking how to get the system connected to the 
net so you could get the drivers, thus my earlier recommendation on the 
WET11..



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Re: [CentOS] wireless laptop configuration

[Karanbir Singh]

Akemi Yagi wrote:

The instructions on this page worked on a laptop with 3945ABG:
http://www.distrostop.org/forums/index.php/topic,5694.0.html



or here :

http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Laptops/Wireless

( although I am using the kmdl from atrpms on my laptop )

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Re: [CentOS] wireless laptop configuration

[Akemi Yagi]

On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 5:14 AM, Kevin Kimani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
> I have a wireless network but no wired network. I need to access the net for
> the necessary installation of the wireless drivers in CentOS 5.1. Could
> anyone let me know how i can go about it!! My card is Intel PRO/Wireless
> 3945

The instructions on this page worked on a laptop with 3945ABG:

http://www.distrostop.org/forums/index.php/topic,5694.0.html

Note that you will need the centosplus kernel.

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Re: [CentOS] wireless laptop configuration

[Robert Moskowitz]

Kevin Kimani wrote:

Hi,
I have a wireless network but no wired network. I need to access the 
net for the necessary installation of the wireless drivers in CentOS 
5.1. Could anyone let me know how i can go about it!! My card is Intel 
PRO/Wireless 3945
Go buy a WET11 or similar piece of gear.  This acts like a wireless STA 
to the network, and is an ethernet bridge to a wired device.  I have 
been in a few hotels where they only provide wireless networking, and 
have a few WET11s for customers that can only connected via wires.



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[CentOS] wireless laptop configuration

[Kevin Kimani]

Hi,
I have a wireless network but no wired network. I need to access the net for
the necessary installation of the wireless drivers in CentOS 5.1. Could
anyone let me know how i can go about it!! My card is Intel PRO/Wireless
3945
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Re: [CentOS] Wireless DELL M90 with CentOS 5.1 - pb with key encryption

[Michael Simpson]

On 2/7/08, MOKRANI Rachid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a laptop DELL M90 with an Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG card.
>
> I'm using centOS 5.1 kernel 2.6.18-53 i386.
>
> I installed ndiswrapper v 1.52
> I installed the driver http://ftp.us.dell.com/network/R164255.EXE
> The wireless-tools is v 28.2
/snip

ndiswrapper is ok if there is no native support for the wifi card
which isn't the case with the 3945 but it does seem to be working
so...

Have you installed NetworkManager which should cope with the WEP encryption?

yum install NetworkManager\*
service NetworkManager start
service NetworkManagerDispatcher start
chkconfig --level 345 NetworkManager on
chkconfig --level 345 NetworkManagerDispatcher on

if you reboot or restart X + service network restart
then you should have a wee icon on your desktop that you can click on
and enter your WEP key.

Personally i would get rid of ndiswrapper and use the dkms-ipw3945
package from Dag's repo.
I never had consistent wifi access (with a broadcom card) using
ndiswrapper and have had total stability using the bcm43xx/b43 in
fedora 8 so would always go with the "non-hack" method. Intel seem to
have particularly progressive in terms of opening up their FOSS
support.

hth

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[CentOS] Wireless DELL M90 with CentOS 5.1 - pb with key encryption

[MOKRANI Rachid]

Hi, 

I have a laptop DELL M90 with an Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG card. 

I'm using centOS 5.1 kernel 2.6.18-53 i386.

I installed ndiswrapper v 1.52
I installed the driver http://ftp.us.dell.com/network/R164255.EXE
The wireless-tools is v 28.2

When I trying to connect to my wireless access point with encryption key 
disabled everything work fine  

When I enabled the encryption key on my wireless access point with à 128b WEP 
it's impossible to connect to it.

If I need to connect to the same wifi access with an ancryption key (WEP 128b) 
it's impossible :-( I receved the message that the laptop cannot get an IP 
Adress. 

The same laptop under Windows can connect to the same wireless acces point with 
encryption key enable ou disable (WEP 128b)


The result when Encryption key is off and the laptop is connect.

[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0 Scan completed :
  Cell 01 - Address: 00:01:02:(change by me)
ESSID:"Borne Wifi"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
Mode:Managed
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality:93/100  Signal level:-36 dBm  Noise level:-96 dBm
Encryption key:off
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
  11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
Extra:atim=0

[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]#

[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# iwconfig wlan0
wlan0 IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:"Borne Wifi"
  Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: 00:02:03:(change by 
me)
  Bit Rate:48 Mb/s
  RTS thr:1600 B   Fragment thr:1600 B
  Encryption key:off
  Power Management:off
  Link Quality:98/100  Signal level:-33 dBm  Noise level:-96 dBm
  Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
  Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]#


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[CentOS] Wireless DELL M90 with CentOS 5.1

[MOKRANI Rachid]

Hi,

I have a laptop DELL M90 with an Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG card. 

After installed new rpm drivers (see below), my card is recognized and I can 
see my wireless acces point with (iwlist - iwconfig) but it's impossible to 
connect to it. It seem that I can't obtain an IP address. In the log message I 
have "dhclient : DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval )


The same laptop installed in Windows XP connect imediatly to my wireless acces 
point. Other Windows XP laptops can connect immediatly so. 

My laptop is installed with CentOS 5.1 - kernel 2.6.18-53.el5
 

Any help ?
Best Regards.


I have installed the following rpm :

ieee80211-kmdl-2.6.18-53.el5-1.2.18-21.el5.x86_64.rpm
ipw3945-ucode-1.14.2-4.at.noarch.rpm
ipw3945d-1.7.22-4.at.x86_64.rpm
ipw3945-kmdl-2.6.18-53.el5-1.2.0-18.4.el5.x86_64.rpm
ipw3945-1.2.0-18.4.el5.x86_64.rpm


I'm using the following script in the booting process for recognizd the card.


#! /bin/sh
#
# Intel Pro/wireless 3945BG:   ipw3945d deamon
#
#chkconfig: 35 20 86
#description: This is a daemon for automatically switching \
#ipw3945d on to get access to any AP.
#

# Source function library.
. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions

PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
DESC="Intel PRO/Wireless 3945BG"
NAME=ipw3945d
SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/ipw3945

# Hopefully exit if the package has been removed.
test -x $SCRIPTNAME || exit 0

# Loads the driver and starts the regulatory daemon
load() {
   /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install ipw3945
   /sbin/ipw3945d --timeout=-1 --quiet
}

# Unloads the driver (killing the regulatory daemon)
unload() {
   /sbin/ipw3945d --kill 2>/dev/null
   /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove ipw3945
}

case "$1" in
 start|restart)
   echo -n "Starting $DESC: $NAME"
   unload
   sleep 3
   load
   sleep 3
   echo "."
   ;;
 stop)
   echo -n "Stopping $DESC: $NAME"
   unload
   echo "."
   ;;
 *)
   echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"
   exit 1
esac

exit 0


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[CentOS] Wireless PCMCIA/PC Card for CentOS 5.1?

[Sysadmin]

Hello everyone,

 

I would really like to get wireless working on my CentOS 5.1 install. I have
a LinkSys WPC54G (I guess version 1 since no version is listed) but
everything I've read indicates that this would be a nightmare for a Linux
newbie like myself. I got as far as NDISWrapper, but right off the bat I am
getting issues with KBuild and I guess my kernel source so I can't even get
as far as compiling NDISWrapper.

 

My question is mainly: Can anyone recommend a PC Card for a laptop that will
work on CentOS without NDISWrapper? If not, is there an idiot guide for
installing NDISWrapper on Centos?

 

Thanks and best wishes,

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Re: [CentOS] Wireless newtworking in CentOS 5

[Rodrigo Barbosa]

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On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 02:48:11PM -0500, B.J. McClure wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-07-16 at 16:39 -0300, Rodrigo Barbosa wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 08:16:13PM +0200, Ralph Angenendt wrote:
> > > > > U. The drivers are free, they are licensed under the GPL v2. The
> > > > > firmware is the problem:
> > > > >  - I don't think we
> > > > > want to distribute that (we seem to be allowed to do so under certain
> > > > > conditions, but my legalese sucks, especially the english dialect of
> > > > > it). Yes, that sucks. And I'm sure their excuse is "FCC regulations".
> > > > 
> > > > Just read it. We definitivelly don't want to distribute it.
> > > > 
> > > I just read the entire document as well as Exhibit A.  I do not find any
> > > prohibition against distribution, only conditions which should be met if
> > > it is distributed to end users.  Would you be kind enough to point out
> > > the section or paragraph which you interpret to prohibit distribution.
> > > Thanks in advance.
> > 
> > I'm sorry. Would you point to be where I said it prohibits distribution ?
> > 
> > I said we don't WANT do distribute it.
> > 
>   My apologies.  Guess I just assumed, silly me, that if it was not
> prohibited and it would make wireless a bit easier for those who use it,
> that would be a good thing.  I probably do not understand the issue.

Seems that way.

First, lemme tell you I use that same card, so I'm directly affected
by it.

This kind of thing takes away too much energy that could be used to
benefit a higher percentage of the users. The number of users that
have that card is very small.

This kind of situation where you have to deal with legal issues can
be very time consuming on a linux distro. Do, as a distro maintainer,
you don't WANT to deal with it, unless you _really_ need to. Even
things that are relatively harmless (like this particular license) can
give you a lot of headaches.

No, I'm not a CentOS maintainer. But I've worked on distro teams before.

Hope I've made myself clear now.


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Re: [CentOS] Wireless newtworking in CentOS 5

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I said we don't WANT do distribute it.



My apologies.  Guess I just assumed, silly me, that if it was not
prohibited and it would make wireless a bit easier for those who use it,
that would be a good thing.  I probably do not understand the issue.
  



yum has no provision to make you accept an EULA prior to 
downloading.  As I see it, that alone is a showstopper.



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Re: [CentOS] Wireless newtworking in CentOS 5

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On Mon, 2007-07-16 at 16:39 -0300, Rodrigo Barbosa wrote:
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> On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 02:03:42PM -0500, B.J. McClure wrote:
> > On Mon, 2007-07-16 at 15:48 -0300, Rodrigo Barbosa wrote:
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> > > On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 08:16:13PM +0200, Ralph Angenendt wrote:
> > > > U. The drivers are free, they are licensed under the GPL v2. The
> > > > firmware is the problem:
> > > >  - I don't think we
> > > > want to distribute that (we seem to be allowed to do so under certain
> > > > conditions, but my legalese sucks, especially the english dialect of
> > > > it). Yes, that sucks. And I'm sure their excuse is "FCC regulations".
> > > 
> > > Just read it. We definitivelly don't want to distribute it.
> > > 
> > > - -- 
> > > Rodrigo Barbosa
> > > "Quid quid Latine dictum sit, altum viditur"
> > > "Be excellent to each other ..." - Bill & Ted (Wyld Stallyns)
> > > 
> > I just read the entire document as well as Exhibit A.  I do not find any
> > prohibition against distribution, only conditions which should be met if
> > it is distributed to end users.  Would you be kind enough to point out
> > the section or paragraph which you interpret to prohibit distribution.
> > Thanks in advance.
> 
> I'm sorry. Would you point to be where I said it prohibits distribution ?
> 
> I said we don't WANT do distribute it.
> 
My apologies.  Guess I just assumed, silly me, that if it was not
prohibited and it would make wireless a bit easier for those who use it,
that would be a good thing.  I probably do not understand the issue.

B.J.
> 
> - -- 
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Re: [CentOS] Wireless newtworking in CentOS 5

[Rodrigo Barbosa]

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On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 02:03:42PM -0500, B.J. McClure wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-07-16 at 15:48 -0300, Rodrigo Barbosa wrote:
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> > On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 08:16:13PM +0200, Ralph Angenendt wrote:
> > > U. The drivers are free, they are licensed under the GPL v2. The
> > > firmware is the problem:
> > >  - I don't think we
> > > want to distribute that (we seem to be allowed to do so under certain
> > > conditions, but my legalese sucks, especially the english dialect of
> > > it). Yes, that sucks. And I'm sure their excuse is "FCC regulations".
> > 
> > Just read it. We definitivelly don't want to distribute it.
> > 
> > - -- 
> > Rodrigo Barbosa
> > "Quid quid Latine dictum sit, altum viditur"
> > "Be excellent to each other ..." - Bill & Ted (Wyld Stallyns)
> > 
> I just read the entire document as well as Exhibit A.  I do not find any
> prohibition against distribution, only conditions which should be met if
> it is distributed to end users.  Would you be kind enough to point out
> the section or paragraph which you interpret to prohibit distribution.
> Thanks in advance.

I'm sorry. Would you point to be where I said it prohibits distribution ?

I said we don't WANT do distribute it.

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Re: [CentOS] Wireless newtworking in CentOS 5

[B.J. McClure]

On Mon, 2007-07-16 at 15:48 -0300, Rodrigo Barbosa wrote:
> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
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> 
> On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 08:16:13PM +0200, Ralph Angenendt wrote:
> > U. The drivers are free, they are licensed under the GPL v2. The
> > firmware is the problem:
> >  - I don't think we
> > want to distribute that (we seem to be allowed to do so under certain
> > conditions, but my legalese sucks, especially the english dialect of
> > it). Yes, that sucks. And I'm sure their excuse is "FCC regulations".
> 
> Just read it. We definitivelly don't want to distribute it.
> 
> - -- 
> Rodrigo Barbosa
> "Quid quid Latine dictum sit, altum viditur"
> "Be excellent to each other ..." - Bill & Ted (Wyld Stallyns)
> 
I just read the entire document as well as Exhibit A.  I do not find any
prohibition against distribution, only conditions which should be met if
it is distributed to end users.  Would you be kind enough to point out
the section or paragraph which you interpret to prohibit distribution.
Thanks in advance.

B.J. McClure

CentOS 5.0, Linux 2.6.18-8.1.8.el5 x86_64 13:59:06 up 1 day, 15:25, 1
user, load average: 0.09, 0.07, 0.03

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Re: [CentOS] Wireless newtworking in CentOS 5

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On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 08:16:13PM +0200, Ralph Angenendt wrote:
> U. The drivers are free, they are licensed under the GPL v2. The
> firmware is the problem:
>  - I don't think we
> want to distribute that (we seem to be allowed to do so under certain
> conditions, but my legalese sucks, especially the english dialect of
> it). Yes, that sucks. And I'm sure their excuse is "FCC regulations".

Just read it. We definitivelly don't want to distribute it.

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Rodrigo Barbosa
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"Be excellent to each other ..." - Bill & Ted (Wyld Stallyns)

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Re: [CentOS] Wireless newtworking in CentOS 5

[Ralph Angenendt]

Johnny Hughes wrote:
> Red Hat has ipw2200 and ipw2100 drivers that are not free and have no
> SOURCE ... but if you are a paying client you can to get them.  Those
> drivers and firmware are not free or re-distributable by CentOS.

U. The drivers are free, they are licensed under the GPL v2. The
firmware is the problem:
 - I don't think we
want to distribute that (we seem to be allowed to do so under certain
conditions, but my legalese sucks, especially the english dialect of
it). Yes, that sucks. And I'm sure their excuse is "FCC regulations".

> If running your wireless on Linux is important to you, complain to the
> laptop manufacturer so that they will put in devices that support linux
> properly out of the box.

Well, it's just a firmware download away, normally.

Cheers,

Ralph


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Re: [CentOS] Wireless newtworking in CentOS 5

[Johnny Hughes]

Andrew Allen wrote:
> Installed CentOS 5 on my Dell Inspiron 1501 laptop, hoping that it will
> be easier to set up wireless networking than it was in CentOS 4.4. But
> still so difficult to get it working, mainly because there doesn't
> appear to be a driver pre-installed for this wireless card ((Dell
> wireless 1390 Mini PCI network card 802.11b/g). Do I still have to use
> ipw2200 and what is this anyway?


> I really don't understand why it is
> so difficult to get wireless networking in CentOS 5 when it works like a
> dream in Windows XP (I have a dual boot system, but I'd much rather use
> linux!).

UMMM ... that would be because the people who made the card made it to
work on Windows ... they did not make it to work on Linux.  They don't
provide technical specs or free software drivers so some poor smuck sets
in a room and reverse engineers a driver for it.

Obviously a reverse engineered driver is not the same as a hardware
driver programed by the manufacturer.

> I've tried modprobe ipw2200 and all the rest of it with no success -
> what am I doing wrong please?

Red Hat has ipw2200 and ipw2100 drivers that are not free and have no
SOURCE ... but if you are a paying client you can to get them.  Those
drivers and firmware are not free or re-distributable by CentOS.

If running your wireless on Linux is important to you, complain to the
laptop manufacturer so that they will put in devices that support linux
properly out of the box.

Thanks,
Johnny Hughes



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Re: [CentOS] Wireless newtworking in CentOS 5

[B.J. McClure]

On Fri, 2007-07-13 at 22:17 +0100, Andrew Allen wrote:
> Installed CentOS 5 on my Dell Inspiron 1501 laptop, hoping that it will
> be easier to set up wireless networking than it was in CentOS 4.4. But
> still so difficult to get it working, mainly because there doesn't
> appear to be a driver pre-installed for this wireless card ((Dell
> wireless 1390 Mini PCI network card 802.11b/g). Do I still have to use
> ipw2200 and what is this anyway? - I really don't understand why it is
> so difficult to get wireless networking in CentOS 5 when it works like a
> dream in Windows XP (I have a dual boot system, but I'd much rather use
> linux!).
> I've tried modprobe ipw2200 and all the rest of it with no success -
> what am I doing wrong please?
> 
> Thanks,
> Andy

Did you install firmware?  http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/firmware.php 

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[CentOS] Wireless newtworking in CentOS 5

[Andrew Allen]

Installed CentOS 5 on my Dell Inspiron 1501 laptop, hoping that it will
be easier to set up wireless networking than it was in CentOS 4.4. But
still so difficult to get it working, mainly because there doesn't
appear to be a driver pre-installed for this wireless card ((Dell
wireless 1390 Mini PCI network card 802.11b/g). Do I still have to use
ipw2200 and what is this anyway? - I really don't understand why it is
so difficult to get wireless networking in CentOS 5 when it works like a
dream in Windows XP (I have a dual boot system, but I'd much rather use
linux!).
I've tried modprobe ipw2200 and all the rest of it with no success -
what am I doing wrong please?

Thanks,
Andy

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Re: [CentOS] wireless resourches for RHEL3

[Robert Moskowitz]

Rogelio Bastardo wrote:

Does anybody have any good RHEL3 wireless (802.11) resources?

When was RHEL3?

Had we any good wireless stuff then?  When was RHEL4?  There was quite a 
bit of effort for wireless starting with FC4.  I don't know of anything 
for earlier bases.


I'm googling and haven't yet found anything good and am hoping someone 
here can point me in the right direction.

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[CentOS] wireless resourches for RHEL3

[Rogelio Bastardo]

Does anybody have any good RHEL3 wireless (802.11) resources?

I'm googling and haven't yet found anything good and am hoping someone 
here can point me in the right direction.

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