Can't get wireless work in fedora

[tux4life]

I am using Fedora 7 for a while and I really like it.
But still my wireless network card won't work. :confused: :mad:
My wireless card is supported and detected by Fedora, but if I try to connect to my Access Point, which is secured by WEP encryption it fails always.
I checked my WEP key twice and I had the same problem in OpenSuSE.

I don't understand, why my wireless network card is working in Ubuntu and Kubuntu. :confused:

What do I have to do?? I really want continue using Fedora because it's much stable than Ubuntu and Kubuntu.

My PC Specifications are:
RAM: 512MB
Hard Disk: 160GB
Processor: 3.0Ghz with HyperThreading Technology
Graphic card: 128MB

PS: Sorry for my bad English

[scotta3234]

We need to know what wireless device is installed in your computer. Can you please post the output of the following from the terminal.

su

/sbin/lspci

[tux4life]

This is the output of /sbin/lspci:

[root@localhost fedora]# /sbin/lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P PCI to AGP Controller (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev c2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R350 [Radeon 9800 Pro]
01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R350 [Radeon 9800 Pro] (Secondary)
02:00.0 Network controller: Intersil Corporation ISL3890 [Prism GT/Prism Duette]/ISL3886 [Prism Javelin/Prism Xbow] (rev 01)
02:02.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7134/SAA7135HL Video Broadcast Decoder (rev 01)
02:04.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 536EP Data Fax Modem
02:09.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6105 [Rhine-III] (rev 8b)
02:0a.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev 46)

[Iron_Mike]

Try here:

http://www.prism54.org/

[tux4life]

Thank you for your reply, I looked at the site, but the site says, that the driver is only for PCI and USB devices, but my wireless device is on board, or am I wrong?? :confused:

[Iron_Mike]

Since you mention it is onboard, have to tried to connect without WEP?? Goto system ->administration ->network. Is your wireless device listed??

[tux4life]

I checked if my device was listed. It was.
I also used the correct WEP key, but it still doesn't work.

[Iron_Mike]

But did you try it WITHOUT WEP???

[tux4life]

Why should I try WITHOUT WEP?? My wireless network is secured by a WEP key.

PS: Sorry for bad English

[lambert]

You try with out wep to narrow down the problem. If you can connect on an open signal, the device and driver are working and the problem is in the encryption settings somewhere.

[tux4life]

I tried, but it doesn't work.
Fedora doesn't detect my Access Point but Ubuntu does, I really don't know what the problem is.
:confused: :confused:

[lambert]

I tried, but it doesn't work.
Fedora doesn't detect my Access Point but Ubuntu does, I really don't know what the problem is.
:confused: :confused:

If you open up a terminal and type the following command, what output do you get?


iwlist scan


You may need to run this as root user.

[tux4life]

The output of iwlist scan looks as follows:

[root@localhost fedora]# /sbin/iwlist scan
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth1 No scan results

eth1 is my wireless network card.

[tux4life]

I don't understand the iwlist scan command gives a different output in ubuntu.
The output of the command in ubuntu looks as follows:

lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wmaster0 Failed to read scan data : Operation not supported

wlan0 No scan results :confused: :(

[Iron_Mike]

By the look of both posts, it seems Fedora and Ubuntu do not recognize the card....

Also for the record, since your wireless is built-in, more than likely it is a mini-pci card. You will need the firmware which can be had from www.prism54.org

[tux4life]

By the look of both posts, it seems Fedora and Ubuntu do not recognize the card....

No, Ubuntu recognizes my card, but Fedora NOT, in Ubuntu my internet is working 100%.

Also for the record, since your wireless is built-in, more than likely it is a mini-pci card. You will need the firmware which can be had from www.prism54.org

I checked by opening my pc, you're totally right!!! ;) It's a built-in mini-pci card.
I'm going to try with the driver you recommended.

But still I have one question, does this method also works in OpenSuSE??
I would like to have a dual boot with OpenSuSE and Fedora.

If I follow the instructions mentioned at the site (www.prism54.org), is my wireless card going to work then or have I to do other things also?? :confused:

PS: Sorry for my bad English, or isn't it so bad?? :confused:

[tux4life]

I tried with ndiswrapper and my wireless connection is working properly now. :)
Thank you everybody for your replies!!! ;) :rolleyes:

[Iron_Mike]

Glad to see you having it working now. BTW your english is fine....