I have Toshiba Sattelite A100 and have installed both version of Fedora 7 and 8 but could not get the wireless device activated and therefoer unable to connect to internet.I use D-Link wireless router.

I am familair with setting up wireless in windows and for Fedora also I beleive I have entered all information correctly but couldn't get the wirless device activated. By the if I enter IP information manualy, Fedora activate my wireless but can not connect to internet.

I will appreciate any suggestion to fix this problem.

Thanks

What is the wireless card chipset? Use the command ' /sbin/lspci -v '
Now post loaded modules. Use commmand ' /sbin/lsmod '

If you are actually setting up the wireless card and say not the wired nic I would do this. If you are manually configuring the nic to a Static IP, gateway, Subnet and defined the DNS values as well and if security like WEP or WPA is enabled turn it off. Turn off any security and enable dhcp. Set the nic to find its own IP. Once you can do that then you can reenable security and resolve that portion. Just one step at a time.

Brian

Wireless device is: intel Corporation PRO/wireless 3945ABG Network Connection

I disabled all securities but still could not get the wireless running. by the way I can easily connect to internet using cable but I want to have my wireless running.

I am not familiar with linux command and trying to learn. If I have to do it through command I will appreciate if you give me more detailes.

Thank you very much

Post the modules loaded.
Not sure if that chipset is default install.
May have to install module for the kernel to use.

Brian

here is networking module.



3c359.ko
3c509.ko
3c574_cs.ko
3c589_cs.ko
3c59x.ko
6pack.ko
8139cp.ko
8139too.ko
acenic.ko
adm8211.ko
airo.ko
ali-ircc.ko
amd8111e.ko
asix.ko
at76_usb.ko
ath5k.ko
atl1.ko
atmel.ko
atp.ko
axnet_cs.ko
b43.ko
b43legacy.ko
b44.ko
baycom_epp.ko
bnx2.ko
cassini.ko
catc.ko
cdc_ether.ko
cdc_subset.ko
cxgb.ko
cxgb3.ko
de2104x.ko
de4x5.ko
de600.ko
de620.ko
dl2k.ko
dm9601.ko
dmfe.ko
donauboe.ko
dvb-core.ko
e100.ko
e1000.ko
e1000e.ko
epic100.ko
eql.ko
ewrk3.ko
fealnx.ko
fmvj18x_cs.ko
forcedeth.ko
gl620a.ko
hamachi.ko
hdlcdrv.ko
ib_ipoib.ko
ibmtr_cs.ko
ipddp.ko
ipw2100.ko
ipw2200.ko
irda-usb.ko
isdn.ko
iw_c2.ko
iwl3945.ko
iwl4965.ko
ixgb.ko
kaweth.ko
kingsun-sir.ko
lanstreamer.ko
libertas.ko
mcs7780.ko
mcs7830.ko
mkiss.ko
mptlan.ko
myri10ge.ko
natsemi.ko
ne.ko
ne2k-pci.ko
net1080.ko
netwave_cs.ko
netxen_nic.ko
nmclan_cs.ko
nsc-ircc.ko
olympic.ko
orinoco_cs.ko
orinoco_nortel.ko
orinoco_pci.ko
orinoco_plx.ko
orinoco_tmd.ko
p54pci.ko
p54usb.ko
pcnet32.ko
pcnet_cs.ko
pegasus.ko
plip.ko
plusb.ko
ppp_generic.ko
prism54.ko
qla3xxx.ko
r8169.ko
rndis_host.ko
rt2x00lib.ko
rtl8150.ko
rtl8180.ko
rtl8187.ko
s2io.ko
sb1000.ko
sc92031.ko
sir-dev.ko
sis190.ko
sis900.ko
skfp.ko
skge.ko
sky2.ko
smc-ultra.ko
smc91c92_cs.ko
smsc-ircc2.ko
spectrum_cs.ko
starfire.ko
stir4200.ko
sundance.ko
sungem.ko
sunhme.ko
tg3.ko
tlan.ko
tulip.ko
typhoon.ko
uli526x.ko
usbnet.ko
via-ircc.ko
via-rhine.ko
via-velocity.ko
vlsi_ir.ko
w83977af_ir.ko
wavelan_cs.ko
winbond-840.ko
wl3501_cs.ko
xirc2ps_cs.ko
xircom_cb.ko
yam.ko
yellowfin.ko
zaurus.ko
zd1201.ko
zd1211rw-mac80211.ko



I hope ythis is the right one. otherwise please let me know which modle I should send you.

Thanks

[Behrouz@localhost ~]$ /sbin/lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Unknown device ff10
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: <access denied>

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Unknown device ff10
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
Memory at dc100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
I/O ports at 1800 [size=8]
Memory at c0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Memory at dc200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
Capabilities: <access denied>

00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Unknown device ff10
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Memory at dc180000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Unknown device ff10
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22
Memory at dc240000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 00002000-00002fff
Memory behind bridge: d8000000-d9ffffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000d2000000-00000000d3ffffff
Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=06, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 00003000-00003fff
Memory behind bridge: da000000-dbffffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000d4000000-00000000d5ffffff
Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Unknown device ff10
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
I/O ports at 1820 [size=32]

00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Unknown device ff10
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20
I/O ports at 1840 [size=32]

00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Unknown device ff10
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
I/O ports at 1860 [size=32]

00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Unknown device ff10
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
I/O ports at 1880 [size=32]

00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Unknown device ff10
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
Memory at dc444000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=07, subordinate=0b, sec-latency=64
I/O behind bridge: 00004000-00004fff
Memory behind bridge: dc000000-dc0fffff
Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Unknown device ff10
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 80 [Master])
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Unknown device ff10
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20
I/O ports at 01f0 [size=8]
I/O ports at 03f4 [size=1]
I/O ports at 0170 [size=8]
I/O ports at 0374 [size=1]
I/O ports at 18b0 [size=16]
Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Unknown device ff10
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 20
I/O ports at 18c0 [size=32]

05:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Unknown device 1040
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 220
Memory at da000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: <access denied>

07:06.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 Cardbus Controller
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Unknown device ff10
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 18
Memory at dc007000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Bus: primary=07, secondary=08, subordinate=0b, sec-latency=176
Memory window 0: 50000000-53fff000 (prefetchable)
Memory window 1: 54000000-57fff000
I/O window 0: 00004400-000044ff
I/O window 1: 00004800-000048ff
16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001

07:06.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCIxx12 OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Unknown device ff10
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 128, IRQ 16
Memory at dc006000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
Memory at dc000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>

07:06.2 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments 5-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Unknown device ff10
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 128, IRQ 18
Memory at dc004000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: <access denied>

07:06.3 Generic system peripheral [0805]: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 SDA Standard Compliant SD Host Controller (prog-if 01)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Unknown device ff10
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 128, IRQ 18
Memory at dc006800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: <access denied>

07:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation PRO/100 VE Network Connection (rev 02)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Unknown device ff10
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 66, IRQ 21
Memory at dc005000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
I/O ports at 4000 [size=64]
Capabilities: <access denied>

[Behrouz@localhost ~]$ sbin/lsmod
bash: sbin/lsmod: No such file or directory
[Behrouz@localhost ~]$ /sbin/lsmod
Module Size Used by
nls_utf8 5825 1
i915 23745 3
drm 67029 4 i915
rfcomm 36825 0
l2cap 25537 9 rfcomm
bluetooth 49317 4 rfcomm,l2cap
autofs4 20421 2
sunrpc 140765 1
nf_conntrack_ipv4 11717 15
ipt_REJECT 7617 2
iptable_filter 6465 1
ip_tables 14213 1 iptable_filter
nf_conntrack_ftp 10977 0
nf_conntrack_netbios_ns 6465 0
nf_conntrack_ipv6 18769 15
xt_state 6081 30
nf_conntrack 51849 5 nf_conntrack_ipv4,nf_conntrack_ftp,nf_conntrack_netbios_ns,nf_conntrack_ipv6,xt_state
nfnetlink 8281 3 nf_conntrack_ipv4,nf_conntrack_ipv6,nf_conntrack
xt_tcpudp 6977 34
ip6t_ipv6header 6209 2
ip6t_REJECT 8257 2
ip6table_filter 6337 1
ip6_tables 15109 2 ip6t_ipv6header,ip6table_filter
x_tables 14277 7 ipt_REJECT,ip_tables,xt_state,xt_tcpudp,ip6t_ipv6header,ip6t_REJECT,ip6_tables
cpufreq_ondemand 10317 2
acpi_cpufreq 12365 0
loop 16581 0
dm_multipath 18249 0
ipv6 245989 16 nf_conntrack_ipv6,ip6t_REJECT
snd_hda_intel 274529 2
snd_seq_dummy 6725 0
snd_seq_oss 29889 0
snd_seq_midi_event 9793 1 snd_seq_oss
arc4 5953 2
ecb 6721 2
snd_seq 44849 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
blkcipher 9029 1 ecb
snd_seq_device 10061 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss 37569 0
snd_mixer_oss 16705 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 63685 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
firewire_ohci 18625 0
snd_timer 20549 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
e100 33997 0
firewire_core 36097 1 firewire_ohci
tifm_7xx1 9281 0
snd_page_alloc 11337 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
sdhci 17997 0
snd_hwdep 10309 1 snd_hda_intel
tifm_core 11205 1 tifm_7xx1
mmc_core 27333 1 sdhci
mii 8385 1 e100
crc_itu_t 6081 1 firewire_core
i2c_i801 12113 0
button 10321 0
video 19921 0
snd 43461 13 snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_hwd ep
iwl3945 161205 0
iTCO_wdt 13797 0
output 6977 1 video
ac 8133 0
serio_raw 9029 0
battery 14025 0
i2c_core 21825 1 i2c_i801
mac80211 112589 1 iwl3945
pcspkr 6593 0
joydev 11649 0
iTCO_vendor_support 7109 1 iTCO_wdt
cfg80211 10953 1 mac80211
soundcore 9633 1 snd
sg 31965 0
sr_mod 17509 1
cdrom 33889 1 sr_mod
dm_snapshot 17765 0
dm_zero 5825 0
dm_mirror 21569 0
dm_mod 46209 9 dm_multipath,dm_snapshot,dm_zero,dm_mirror
ata_generic 8901 0
ata_piix 16709 3
libata 99889 2 ata_generic,ata_piix
sd_mod 27329 3
scsi_mod 119757 4 sg,sr_mod,libata,sd_mod
ext3 110665 2
jbd 52457 1 ext3
mbcache 10177 1 ext3
uhci_hcd 23633 0
ohci_hcd 21445 0
ehci_hcd 31821 0

I beleive here is waht you need . Sorry for being slow.



[Behrouz@localhost ~]$ /sbin/lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Unknown device ff10
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: <access denied>

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Unknown device ff10
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
Memory at dc100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
I/O ports at 1800 [size=8]
Memory at c0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Memory at dc200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
Capabilities: <access denied>

00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Unknown device ff10
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Memory at dc180000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Unknown device ff10
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22
Memory at dc240000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 00002000-00002fff
Memory behind bridge: d8000000-d9ffffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000d2000000-00000000d3ffffff
Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=06, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 00003000-00003fff
Memory behind bridge: da000000-dbffffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000d4000000-00000000d5ffffff
Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Unknown device ff10
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
I/O ports at 1820 [size=32]

00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Unknown device ff10
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20
I/O ports at 1840 [size=32]

00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Unknown device ff10
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
I/O ports at 1860 [size=32]

00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Unknown device ff10
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
I/O ports at 1880 [size=32]

00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Unknown device ff10
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
Memory at dc444000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=07, subordinate=0b, sec-latency=64
I/O behind bridge: 00004000-00004fff
Memory behind bridge: dc000000-dc0fffff
Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Unknown device ff10
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 80 [Master])
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Unknown device ff10
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20
I/O ports at 01f0 [size=8]
I/O ports at 03f4 [size=1]
I/O ports at 0170 [size=8]
I/O ports at 0374 [size=1]
I/O ports at 18b0 [size=16]
Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Unknown device ff10
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 20
I/O ports at 18c0 [size=32]

05:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Unknown device 1040
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 220
Memory at da000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: <access denied>

07:06.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 Cardbus Controller
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Unknown device ff10
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 18
Memory at dc007000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Bus: primary=07, secondary=08, subordinate=0b, sec-latency=176
Memory window 0: 50000000-53fff000 (prefetchable)
Memory window 1: 54000000-57fff000
I/O window 0: 00004400-000044ff
I/O window 1: 00004800-000048ff
16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001

07:06.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCIxx12 OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Unknown device ff10
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 128, IRQ 16
Memory at dc006000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
Memory at dc000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>

07:06.2 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments 5-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Unknown device ff10
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 128, IRQ 18
Memory at dc004000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: <access denied>

07:06.3 Generic system peripheral [0805]: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 SDA Standard Compliant SD Host Controller (prog-if 01)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Unknown device ff10
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 128, IRQ 18
Memory at dc006800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: <access denied>

07:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation PRO/100 VE Network Connection (rev 02)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Unknown device ff10
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 66, IRQ 21
Memory at dc005000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
I/O ports at 4000 [size=64]
Capabilities: <access denied>

[Behrouz@localhost ~]$ sbin/lsmod
bash: sbin/lsmod: No such file or directory
[Behrouz@localhost ~]$ /sbin/lsmod
Module Size Used by
nls_utf8 5825 1
i915 23745 3
drm 67029 4 i915
rfcomm 36825 0
l2cap 25537 9 rfcomm
bluetooth 49317 4 rfcomm,l2cap
autofs4 20421 2
sunrpc 140765 1
nf_conntrack_ipv4 11717 15
ipt_REJECT 7617 2
iptable_filter 6465 1
ip_tables 14213 1 iptable_filter
nf_conntrack_ftp 10977 0
nf_conntrack_netbios_ns 6465 0
nf_conntrack_ipv6 18769 15
xt_state 6081 30
nf_conntrack 51849 5 nf_conntrack_ipv4,nf_conntrack_ftp,nf_conntrack_netbios_ns,nf_conntrack_ipv6,xt_state
nfnetlink 8281 3 nf_conntrack_ipv4,nf_conntrack_ipv6,nf_conntrack
xt_tcpudp 6977 34
ip6t_ipv6header 6209 2
ip6t_REJECT 8257 2
ip6table_filter 6337 1
ip6_tables 15109 2 ip6t_ipv6header,ip6table_filter
x_tables 14277 7 ipt_REJECT,ip_tables,xt_state,xt_tcpudp,ip6t_ipv6header,ip6t_REJECT,ip6_tables
cpufreq_ondemand 10317 2
acpi_cpufreq 12365 0
loop 16581 0
dm_multipath 18249 0
ipv6 245989 16 nf_conntrack_ipv6,ip6t_REJECT
snd_hda_intel 274529 2
snd_seq_dummy 6725 0
snd_seq_oss 29889 0
snd_seq_midi_event 9793 1 snd_seq_oss
arc4 5953 2
ecb 6721 2
snd_seq 44849 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
blkcipher 9029 1 ecb
snd_seq_device 10061 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss 37569 0
snd_mixer_oss 16705 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 63685 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
firewire_ohci 18625 0
snd_timer 20549 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
e100 33997 0
firewire_core 36097 1 firewire_ohci
tifm_7xx1 9281 0
snd_page_alloc 11337 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
sdhci 17997 0
snd_hwdep 10309 1 snd_hda_intel
tifm_core 11205 1 tifm_7xx1
mmc_core 27333 1 sdhci
mii 8385 1 e100
crc_itu_t 6081 1 firewire_core
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Hello behrouz

Using the 3945abg is quite different in fedora 7 to fedora 8.

It's easier to get going in Fedora 8 but with the new NetworkManager program there can be problems connecting to encrypted networks where the level of encryption is higher than basic WPA-PSK.

I have the 3945 working at present on fedora 8 and that is the route I would recommend as all the necessary driver parts are installed by default. It is usually just necessary to activate the various parts in order to get a connection.

The precise route to take is further complicated by it being different if you install from the dvd or from one of the live cd's.

Firstly, if you installed from DVD then the NetworkManager service is usually running. The command

service NetworkManager status

from a root command line will tell you if it is. Capitalisation is important by the way. If it is not running then:

system-config-services

will give you an applet to put a mark against it, start it and save the changes.

When you have NetworkManager running - and here's the second catch - although the Gnome desktop will give you a network icon top right of screen it has to be encouraged to appear in KDE. There you are looking for KNetworkManager off the System menu. Even then it won't always appear in the system tray, bottom right this time, until you have logged out and back in again. I haven't had to do it many times so you may even find that you need to totally reboot to get it to appear.

Once you have a NetworkManager icon, it should be as simple as left clicking on it and selecting your network, it was for me.

As I said, some of that may be unnecessary if you installed from the DVD. If you installed from the KDE livecd then all of it will be used as that CD is set up differently to the DVD. I can't tell you about the Gnome livecd as I haven't used it but your answers should be in the above.

Hope it works as well for you as it does for me. If you have problems, try posting back the result of the commands:

iwconfig

and

iwlist wlan0 scan

both issued from a root command line.

Thanks for the very helpful info bbfuller. This has helped me along with my own problems getting my Edimax EW-7128G (RaLink RT2561) to work on Fedora 8.

Now that I have successfully started up NetworkManager, it seems that Fedora is talking to my network, because if I have security enabled (WPA-PSK) it asks for a password (I have tried without security as well). Then it attempts to connect again and comes back with the same prompt.

Any ideas?

Hello DDH

Over on the Fedora Forum it's interesting to see that there are lots of people for whom Wireless just works and just as many who can't get a connection at all.

I was talking about a 3945 above, but I've also got a Broadcom 4318 and a Belkin F5D700 using the RT61/RT2x00 driver and they all worked without much effort. Which doesn't give me much experience to go on when things don't work.

When you try to configure a card using NetworkManager it seems fairly important that it is not set to be enabled at boot time in the Fedora Network Configuration applet.

system-config-network

issued at a root command line should get you there, then select any wireless networks and "Edit" their properties and make sure "allow users to configure is selected" but that "Start on boot" is not.

I think it will also depend on if you have tried to manually configure the wireless in any way and if any remnants of that configuring are left behind.

If you are in any doubt about that, rather than re-install it may be interesting to boot up a live cd and see if you can make a connection with that.

I'm not sure what else I can suggest, but I'll give it some more thought during the day. If you've posted back this evening I may have some other thoughts.

Hello bbfuller,

It worked. Thank you very much.

Behrouz

Hi,

I am currently having the same problem as DDH and although i can detect the wireless network, it keeps prompting me for the WEP key over and over again. I have tried to switch off the WEP setting on my router but the result was that I can no longer even see it on fedora 8 (although it works fine on Windows Vista.

Any suggestions for this? Cheers.

Hello DDH, hello edwinlke,

As to turning off encryption all together, there have been occasions when doing that and then adding encryption back in after getting a successful connection have worked.

If you don't see the connection after altering the encryption I would at least try rebooting you computer to see if that cures it. I've not had trouble that way before.

As to my cards reported on in post #10 my RT61/RT2x00 has recently become problematic.

If you are only using up to WEP then turning off the NetworkManager service and connecting through system-config-network may be an answer. That used to be very reliable. When I last used it, for a WEP key it was necessary to enter the hexadecimal equivalent of your WEP key and precede it with 0x. That's a zero and small x

As you can appreciate, wireless being a bit touchy in Fedora I'm not keen to mess with my settings in case I disturb something, so the above is from my recollection in Fedora 7 and may not apply in 8.

Edit: Post #27 on this thread in the Fedora Forum:

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/forum/...=175111&page=2

contains an example of manual setup. Still doesn't seem to support WPA though.

Hi all.

I'm struggling to get my wireless working after each kernel upgrade. I'm using fedora 8 on an intel centrino duo with a network card that uses 3945 chipset. I've found the wireless stops working after each kernel upgrade (using software updater) and after a seemingly random process, I might get it working again. I've just assumed drivers need to be reinstalled / recompiled against a new kernel if it coincides with each kernel upgrade but I've got no idea how to do this properly.

/sbin/lspci -v
0c:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Unknown device 1020
Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 17
Memory at f9fff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: iwl3945
Kernel modules: iwl3945

/sbin/iwconfig
[niln@localhost ~]$ /sbin/iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wmaster0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:"NILN"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: 00:1C:4F:1D:E4:A6
Tx-Power=14 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thrff Fragment thr=2352 B
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

I'm not actually sure what this actually means and how to get it fixed. Has anyone else got any specific advice?

Regards
Niln