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Howdy all

Trying to get Linksys WMP54G (RaLink RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI) card running in FC12 with WPA. The drivers are included in the distro.

No luck with network manager.

[root@nitefall ~]# lspci -v | grep -i network
01:00.0 Network controller: RaLink RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI

Am seeing my cell with iwlist:

[root@nitefall ~]# iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:16:B6:E2:D0:64
Channel:3
Frequency:2.422 GHz (Channel 3)
Quality=66/70 Signal level=-44 dBm
Encryption key:on
ESSID:"Q123a07"
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s

ifconfig shows that device is up:

[root@nitefall ~]# ifconfig wlan0
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:22:6B:9A:B3:E6
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

[root@nitefall ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0
# Please read /usr/share/doc/initscripts-*/sysconfig.txt
# for the documentation of these parameters.
DEVICE=wlan0
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
TYPE=Wireless
HWADDR=00:22:6b:9a:b3:e6
NM_CONTROLLED=yes
ONBOOT=yes
USERCTL=no
PEERDNS=yes
IPV6INIT=no
ESSID=Q123a07
CHANNEL=
MODE=Managed
RATE=auto

WPA_supplicant files:

[root@nitefall ~]# cat /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=wheel
network={
ssid="Q123a07"
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
psk="***************************"
}

[root@nitefall ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/wpa_supplicant
# Use the flag "-i" before each of your interfaces, like so:
# INTERFACES="-iwlan0"
INTERFACES="-iwlan0"

# Use the flag "-D" before each driver, like so:
# DRIVERS="-Dwext"
DRIVERS="-Dwext"

# Other arguments
# -u Enable the D-Bus interface (required for use with NetworkManager)
# -f Log to /var/log/wpa_supplicant.log
# -P Write pid file to /var/run/wpa_supplicant.pid
# required to return proper codes by init scripts (e.g. double "start" action)
# -B to daemonize that has to be used together with -P is already in wpa_supplicant.init.d
OTHER_ARGS="-u -f /var/log/wpa_supplicant.log -P /var/run/wpa_supplicant.pid"

When I try to do ifup wlan0 I get

[root@nitefall ~]# ifup wlan0
Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) :
SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument.

Determining IP information for wlan0...
<hangs there for a while>

I get the above error with or without encryption enabled at the AP.

Any ideas? I've been over hundreds of posts on dozens of pages and nothing has worked.

I have a dual-boot and the card works perfectly in Windows, so it's not a hardware issue.

Thanks,
tpkatsa