Re: Connecting to a wireless network

2015-01-05 Thread John Pilkington
On 05/01/15 19:31, Akemi Yagi wrote: On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 2:47 PM, John Pilkington 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 t

Re: Connecting to a wireless network

2015-01-05 Thread Akemi Yagi
On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 2:47 PM, John Pilkington 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.elrep

Re: Connecting to a wireless network

2015-01-04 Thread John Pilkington
On 04/01/15 21:50, Brandon Vincent wrote: On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 1:54 PM, John Pilkington 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]. ELRep

Re: Connecting to a wireless network

2015-01-04 Thread Brandon Vincent
On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 1:54 PM, John Pilkington 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

Re: Connecting to a wireless network

2015-01-04 Thread John Pilkington
On 04/01/15 20:35, Brandon Vincent wrote: On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 12:05 PM, John Pilkington 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

Re: Connecting to a wireless network

2015-01-04 Thread Brandon Vincent
On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 12:05 PM, John Pilkington 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

2015-01-04 Thread John Pilkington
On 04/01/15 19:10, Akemi Yagi wrote: On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 11:05 AM, John Pilkington 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

Re: Connecting to a wireless network

2015-01-04 Thread Akemi Yagi
On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 11:05 AM, John Pilkington 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.

Connecting to a wireless network

2015-01-04 Thread John Pilkington
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