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Old 06-07-2013, 12:52 AM   #1
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wireless support please


I have executed a command in centOS 6.4 desktop installation!!!
[nidi@dhcppc3 ~]$ ifconfig -a


eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 08:2E:5F:8A:F3:6B
inet addr:192.168.1.5 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::a2e:5fff:fe8a:f36b/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1120 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1148 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:1271196 (1.2 MiB) TX bytes:102191 (99.7 KiB)

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:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:480 (480.0 b) TX bytes:480 (480.0 b)


here it is not showing any wlan0 ..why it is not showing after executing this command..




and again i have executed following command

[nidi@dhcppc3 ~]$ /sbin/lspci -nn | grep -i net


07:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller [10ec:8168] (rev 06)
0d:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter [10ec:8176] (rev 01)\

i have tried so many days but could not solve this problem and my wifi button is red blinkin not white
please please help me here i really want to surf in wireless mode
thank you
 
Old 06-07-2013, 01:43 AM   #2
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Hi,

that device is driven by rtl8192ce module which was first introduced in the 2.6.38 kernel.
I believe CentOS 6.4 has a 2.6.32 kernel.

http://elrepo.org has this driver for CentOS.

Evo2.
 
Old 06-07-2013, 01:52 AM   #3
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@EVO2 sir what you intended to say here please clarify the meaning i am not getting you sir!!!
yeah my kernely is 2.6.32-358.el6.i686
 
Old 06-07-2013, 05:11 AM   #4
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Hi,

Follow the instruction in the link, then you can install the driver.

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