Dear All,

I am new to Linux, I have installed Oracle linux 5.7 and able to connect to interner through cable. I wanted to connect to internet by wireless. Please help me how to connect. Since I am new, please guide me step by step. I am using automatic connect on my personal laptop (Inspiron 6000).

Thanks

I would personally strongly suggest NOT configuring it on there. OEL is a server distribution and is not intended for use with wireless cards and the likes. If you're new and not familiar with Linux I would very strongly suggest using Ubuntu, Mint or Fedora on your laptop instead which will work much better with Wifi, hibernation and all the other laptopy things. If you then need access to OEL for study wtc, run it on a VM on the laptop.

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This isn't the place for 'step-by-step' guides...but if you have a specific question, please post it, and we can help. Also, a bit confused, since a couple of weeks ago, you said you were using Oracle Linux 6.2, and already HAD wireless working, and even marked your thread SOLVED:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...-is-ok-928562/

So...which is it? Is it working or not? And what version? Oracle Linux is a commercial distro...if you're going to use it, you need to PAY for it. If you are paying, then contact Oracle support. Otherwise, use Mint or Ubuntu, which would be better for someone starting out. Also, as acid_kewpie pointed out, this is a distro for servers, not laptops. Servers don't have wifi, bluetooth, sound, etc....all the typical consumer-grade stuff, and as such, won't typically support them, or you'll have to do quite a bit of work to get them going. Which is why it's better to use Mint or Ubuntu.

Hi,

Its my personal laptop and I am learning Linux. Please help on configuring internet wireless.

Hi,

Initally I had 6.2 but my laptop crashed (not sure its because of it), so I was suggested to install OEL 5.7 instead of 6.2. which I did recently. With 6.2 I didnt have the wireless network issue, it was very easy but on 5.7 I was able to connect internet through wire/cable but I am unable to figure-out how to make wireless work. OEL 5.7 or 6.2 is freely downloadable for personal use from Oracle site.

We know it's available, but that doesn't make it a good choice. OEL is for SERVERS, and your laptop is NOT a server, and that is why you're having the issues you are now.

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Yes, and RedHat enterprise is 'freely downloadable' from their website...but that does NOT make it free to USE, for anything past the trial period. Again, you are using a SERVER CLASS distro for a LAPTOP. That is not advisable.

I am necro-bumping this thread because I wanted to add a few points that apply to OEL 5.7 as well as the current OEL Server 7-1511 (7.2)

If you wish to learn linux, a widely-used enterprise distribution is a good place to start.
1). All of the red-hat based EL releases are suitable as server distros and desktop distros. Oracle provides the same wireless support that Red Hat, Centos, Puias, Scientific and ClearOS provide. You can use your laptop if you want to.

2). The Network-Manager-wifi drivers are in /OL-5.7 Server.x/Packages on your install media or from the OLN server. The power management packages are also there

In that directory, look for the Network Manager package and driver for your device (DSL, adsl, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and etc). The Wi-Fi driver is not installed on Oracle Server by default. Just find it in the package tree and put it on your system.

3). If you are sitting at university and hope to become a database dministrator or cloud professional, you do need to learn Oracle Linux if you wish to design and administrate specific applications for Oracle products and cloud software.

4). Your IT or engineering professor or grad assistant may be able to help you to get your Wi-Fi up and running on your laptop (It's just a matter of installing the correct version of Network-Manager from the Packages tree). In my case, I used Oracle's Wi-Fi rpm to connect my Dell Latitude EX6400 (very old laptop) to my own wireless network (and it works fine). Note: grad student/assistants are often very busy and might get cranky if you take too much of their time.

5). A Red Hat "trial download" is not free ( in cost or licensing). Oracle has a simple support service for their linux products.

What you get "free" from Red Hat is "a variant (rebuilt from the source rpms) version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux." Oracle Server/Desktop is free with updates, errata and the same binary packages that are included in the production version of RHEL for as long as you wish to use them (you need a basic subscription if you would like support for dtrace and kernel splice, though). "Alternate Red Hat" may not be used in a production setting. The Oracle service subscriptions are much different.