Hi CentOS users
I just installed the CentOS 5.5 version on my toshiba laptop. I did the configuration that i had for the wireless settings but still i could not connect to my home wireless network. So someone please guide me on how i can connect my laptop to my wireless home network.
Thanks Jatin
On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 11:15 AM, Jatin daveyjatin@gmail.com wrote:
Hi CentOS users
Hi Jatin
I just installed the CentOS 5.5 version on my toshiba laptop. I did the configuration that i had for the wireless settings but still i could not connect to my home wireless network. So someone please guide me on how i can connect my laptop to my wireless home network.
I opened a browser to www.google.com and entered these terms: centos wiki wireless
This was the first hit: http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Laptops/Wireless
HTH, -Bob
I opened a browser to www.google.com and entered these terms: centos wiki wireless
This was the first hit: http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Laptops/Wireless
HTH, -Bob _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Thanks Bob.
I followed the link and got connected to my wireless home network.
Thanks Jatin
From: Jatin daveyjatin@gmail.com
I just installed the CentOS 5.5 version on my toshiba laptop. I did the configuration that i had for the wireless settings but still i could not connect to my home wireless network. So someone please guide me on how i can connect my laptop to my wireless home network.
Too bad you did not give any usefull information...
JD
From: Jatin daveyjatin@gmail.com
I just installed the CentOS 5.5 version on my toshiba laptop. I did the configuration that i had for the wireless settings but still i could not connect to my home wireless network. So someone please guide me on how i can connect my laptop to my wireless home network.
http://home.roadrunner.com/~computertaijutsu/rhhw.html
might give you ideas of what information would be necessary.
On 2/4/2011 11:17 AM, Scott Robbins wrote:
From: Jatindaveyjatin@gmail.com
I just installed the CentOS 5.5 version on my toshiba laptop. I did the configuration that i had for the wireless settings but still i could not connect to my home wireless network. So someone please guide me on how i can connect my laptop to my wireless home network.
http://home.roadrunner.com/~computertaijutsu/rhhw.html
might give you ideas of what information would be necessary.
Is netowork manager running ? It is not enabled by default. So you may need to turn it on. Could really use some more information as well like what kind of wireless card etc, good luck.
On Fri, 2011-02-04 at 21:45 +0530, Jatin wrote:
I just installed the CentOS 5.5 version on my toshiba laptop. I did the configuration that i had for the wireless settings but still i could not connect to my home wireless network. So someone please guide me on how i can connect my laptop to my wireless home network.
Hi Jatin,
I'm a kind of "expert" on this. In the last 2 weeks I've done 2 laptops and one notebook. The biggest problem is Centos may not have the necessary wifi drivers. Centos 5.5 kernel is 2.6.18. Some wifi drivers were added to the Linux kernel 2.6.27.
(1) Discover what driver you need / wifi chipset you have.
Open Terminal and type:-
iwlist wlan0 scan
You will probably experience a pause then get a lot of data. The data is local wifi hosts If you get the display then your wifi is working ... sort of.
(2) Next type:
lspci
What do you get for "Network Controller" .... "Wireless Network Adapter" ?
I spent about 24 hours on this and slowly discovered bits myself and got some helpful advice on this list. It can be a very frustrating experience getting the wifi working but it can be done for most wifi chip sets. However Centos 6 should not have these problems. I think its kernel 2.6.34.
On 04/02/11 22:51, Always Learning wrote:
On Fri, 2011-02-04 at 21:45 +0530, Jatin wrote:
I just installed the CentOS 5.5 version on my toshiba laptop. I did the configuration that i had for the wireless settings but still i could not connect to my home wireless network. So someone please guide me on how i can connect my laptop to my wireless home network.
Hi Jatin,
I'm a kind of "expert" on this. In the last 2 weeks I've done 2 laptops and one notebook. The biggest problem is Centos may not have the necessary wifi drivers. Centos 5.5 kernel is 2.6.18. Some wifi drivers were added to the Linux kernel 2.6.27.
Red Hat constantly backports updated drivers into each update set. The kernel in 5.3 contained support for many new wireless devices as did the 5.5 kernel. The current CentOS kernel bears little to no resemblance to a stock 2.6.18 kernel wrt wireless support.
Drivers for devices not directly supported by the kernel (and many wireless firmware packages) can be found at elrepo.org.
Once we know the device then I'm sure we can point the OP in the right direction.
On Fri, 2011-02-04 at 23:48 +0000, Ned Slider wrote:
Once we know the device then I'm sure we can point the OP in the right direction.
Agreed. It's just knowing that the machine is working with wifi (hence the iwlist) and then discovering what is needed (the lspci).
On my netbook Elrepo provided the driver then Bingo! all my problems (with the netbook) vanished. Its become my favourite machine.
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