Im using Fedora 14, and I use mifi2372 for wireless wifi. The device is new and it will not connect to my laptop. Im sure the device is okay however I dont know about my laptop. The switch that turns on wifi does not turn blue. Is there a quick fix? Thank you for your advice.

Hello,

Can you post the output of the following commands for me so I can help troubleshoot?
I need the output so I can further troubleshoot your problem. lspci will give me the needed specs so I can determine what exact device you have, and using that, I can track it down, and let you know what all you need to do, if I find the correct information.

Cheers,

Josh

PS - Please note: If the device is USB-based, let me know, as instead of lspci, you will need to use lsusb

I think my device is usb, cuz it plugs into usb port. Do I enter that info you gave me in terminal? Also how can i print the results? Thanks

Hello,

The commands that I will need you to run are the following:
And yes, you run them from a terminal. I need you to copy and paste the output of the commands into a new post, and also when you do, please use code tags. Thanks!

Josh

Josh here is the results from the terminal:
[jackz@localhost ~]$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:c018 Logitech, Inc. Optical Wheel Mouse
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 1410:7001 Novatel Wireless
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 03f0:5611 Hewlett-Packard PhotoSmart C3180
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0c45:62c0 Microdia Sonix USB 2.0 Camera
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
[jackz@localhost ~]$


[jackz@localhost ~]$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
tcp_lp 2111 0
option 15733 0
cdc_ether 9612 0
usb_wwan 10270 1 option
usbnet 28738 1 cdc_ether
mii 4310 1 usbnet
usbserial 33769 2 option,usb_wwan
fuse 61363 3
sunrpc 201180 1
cpufreq_ondemand 9278 1
powernow_k8 16374 1
freq_table 3955 2 cpufreq_ondemand,powernow_k8
mperf 1481 1 powernow_k8
ip6t_REJECT 4279 2
nf_conntrack_ipv6 18078 2
ip6table_filter 1687 1
ip6_tables 17481 1 ip6table_filter
ipv6 286249 30 ip6t_REJECT,nf_conntrack_ipv6
uinput 7368 0
usblp 11153 0
snd_hda_codec_conexant 41923 1
hp_wmi 6087 0
snd_hda_intel 24399 2
snd_hda_codec 86743 2 snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel
rfkill 17622 2 hp_wmi
uvcvideo 55489 0
videodev 41889 1 uvcvideo
r852 10070 0
snd_hwdep 6392 1 snd_hda_codec
sm_common 4276 1 r852
snd_seq 53791 0
snd_seq_device 6191 1 snd_seq
snd_pcm 80190 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
v4l1_compat 12970 2 uvcvideo,videodev
wmi 8138 1 hp_wmi
nand 32055 2 r852,sm_common
nand_ids 4258 1 nand
nand_ecc 3936 1 nand
mtd 18231 2 sm_common,nand
v4l2_compat_ioctl32 9869 1 videodev
microcode 18548 0
snd_timer 19892 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd 63968 12 snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm,snd_time r
soundcore 6576 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 7559 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
i2c_nforce2 6718 0
joydev 9737 0
edac_core 41336 0
forcedeth 48795 0
k8temp 3843 0
edac_mce_amd 7871 0
sdhci_pci 7569 0
ata_generic 3475 0
sdhci 18448 1 sdhci_pci
pata_acpi 3451 0
firewire_ohci 21170 0
firewire_core 45817 1 firewire_ohci
mmc_core 64113 1 sdhci
sata_nv 20925 2
crc_itu_t 1563 1 firewire_core
pata_amd 11314 0
usb_storage 45875 0
nouveau 410336 2
ttm 55006 1 nouveau
drm_kms_helper 25743 1 nouveau
drm 177972 4 nouveau,ttm,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit 5205 1 nouveau
video 21637 1 nouveau
output 2253 1 video
i2c_core 26900 6 videodev,i2c_nforce2,nouveau,drm_kms_helper,drm,i2c_algo_bit
[jackz@localhost ~]$
I also did: ifconfig-a, and i got an error message. Sorry

You need to run that command as root. Type su - in the terminal, enter your root password and post the output.

Here are the results from my root directory:

[jackz@localhost ~]$ su
Password:
[root@localhost jackz]# ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:36:94:2A8
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)
Interrupt:19 Base address:0x6000

lo Link 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:40 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:40 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:3088 (3.0 KiB) TX bytes:3088 (3.0 KiB)

usb0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr CA:CE:F6:31:F3:4C
inet addr:192.168.1.10 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::c8ce:f6ff:fe31:f34c/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1233 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1137 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:655676 (640.3 KiB) TX bytes:145206 (141.8 KiB)

[root@localhost jackz]#

Would a usb netgear card work?

Hello should I try something else?