[CentOS] Unable to connect to wireless network

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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.