Re: Connecting to a wireless network
On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 2:47 PM, John Pilkington j.p...@tesco.net wrote: I'll compare with lsusb, and stick with kernel-ml meanwhile. John John, ELRepo can provide a kmod package for your device. Could you please file a request either through ELRepo's mailing list or the bug tracker? http://lists.elrepo.org/mailman/listinfo/elrepo http://elrepo.org/bugs/ Akemi
Re: Connecting to a wireless network
On 05/01/15 19:31, Akemi Yagi wrote: On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 2:47 PM, John Pilkington j.p...@tesco.net wrote: I'll compare with lsusb, and stick with kernel-ml meanwhile. John John, ELRepo can provide a kmod package for your device. Could you please file a request either through ELRepo's mailing list or the bug tracker? http://lists.elrepo.org/mailman/listinfo/elrepo http://elrepo.org/bugs/ Akemi Yes, certainly, when I have the lsusb info; should be sometime this week. But this link says the driver that works has been in the mainline kernel since 3.8. I suppose it must have been dropped from the el7 build as obsolete. http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ar5523#Features Thanks, John
Connecting to a wireless network
I just installed an SL7 box for my grandson. Internet connection was easy with a direct cable to the BT-supplied hub. On trying with a Netgear usb wireless dongle, dmesg showed that it was recognised but there was no further action. Booting the elrepo 3.18 kernel gave an immediate connection using the ar5523 interface driver. I would prefer to use the standard kernel but I'm not clear what needs to be done to get this (quite old) device working. Suggestions appreciated. Thanks. John P
Re: Connecting to a wireless network
On 04/01/15 19:10, Akemi Yagi wrote: On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 11:05 AM, John Pilkington j.p...@tesco.net wrote: I just installed an SL7 box for my grandson. Internet connection was easy with a direct cable to the BT-supplied hub. On trying with a Netgear usb wireless dongle, dmesg showed that it was recognised but there was no further action. Booting the elrepo 3.18 kernel gave an immediate connection using the ar5523 interface driver. I would prefer to use the standard kernel but I'm not clear what needs to be done to get this (quite old) device working. Suggestions appreciated. Thanks. Can you post the output of 'lsusb'? Then we can see the vendor:device IDs of your network device. Akemi Yes, but not now. I didn't bring all my notes back. Thanks... John
Re: Connecting to a wireless network
On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 12:05 PM, John Pilkington j.p...@tesco.net wrote: Suggestions appreciated. Thanks. The Atheros AR5523 driver is not configured to be built in the stock SL 7 kernel. The ELRepo kernel-ml package has the kernel being built with AR5523 as a module. Brandon Vincent
Re: Connecting to a wireless network
On 04/01/15 20:35, Brandon Vincent wrote: On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 12:05 PM, John Pilkington j.p...@tesco.net wrote: Suggestions appreciated. Thanks. The Atheros AR5523 driver is not configured to be built in the stock SL 7 kernel. The ELRepo kernel-ml package has the kernel being built with AR5523 as a module. Brandon Vincent OK. Perhaps I should see if this works: elrepo/el7/x86_64/RPMS/kmod-ath5k-0.0-3.el7.elrepo.x86_64.rpm
Re: Connecting to a wireless network
On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 1:54 PM, John Pilkington j.p...@tesco.net wrote: OK. Perhaps I should see if this works: elrepo/el7/x86_64/RPMS/kmod-ath5k-0.0-3.el7.elrepo.x86_64.rpm That module will certainly not work as it is for a different Atheros chipset line [1]. ELRepo doesn't seem to have an kmod for AR5523. Without making anymore guesses, I recommend you read [2] and confirm that your device is not have a separate kmod available from ELRepo. I have a hunch that your device will show up as one of the following: 0846:[4300],[4250],[5f00] (all supported by AR5523). [1] http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath5k [2] http://elrepo.org/tiki/DeviceIDs Brandon Vincent
Re: Connecting to a wireless network
On 04/01/15 21:50, Brandon Vincent wrote: On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 1:54 PM, John Pilkington j.p...@tesco.net wrote: OK. Perhaps I should see if this works: elrepo/el7/x86_64/RPMS/kmod-ath5k-0.0-3.el7.elrepo.x86_64.rpm That module will certainly not work as it is for a different Atheros chipset line [1]. ELRepo doesn't seem to have an kmod for AR5523. Without making anymore guesses, I recommend you read [2] and confirm that your device is not have a separate kmod available from ELRepo. I have a hunch that your device will show up as one of the following: 0846:[4300],[4250],[5f00] (all supported by AR5523). [1] http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath5k [2] http://elrepo.org/tiki/DeviceIDs Brandon Vincent Thanks for the links. I'll compare with lsusb, and stick with kernel-ml meanwhile. John
