Re: Wireless Network Card Installation

On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Karl Pearson <[email protected]>wrote:

> Please don't top-post. It causes confusion for readers, plus is contrary
> to list posting policy...  (now look below) klp
>
> On Sun, May 23, 2010 8:38 am, Mike Sacauskis wrote:
> >
> > Those logs give me some information, but nothing that helps debug the
> > problem.  When I run the network configuration utility from
> > System->Administration->Network and try activating the connection the
> > error
> > ends ub being "No DHCPOFFERS RECEIVED" .  When I run the network manager
> > from the upper right hand corner of the menu bar I get the following:
> >
> >  May 23 07:31:40 mjsLINUX NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (wlan0)
> > starting
> > connection 'BillyO-PC_Network'
> > May 23 07:31:40 mjsLINUX NetworkManager: <info>  (wlan0): device state
> > change: 3 -> 4
> > May 23 07:31:40 mjsLINUX NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage
> > 1
> > of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled...
> > May 23 07:31:40 mjsLINUX NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage
> > 1
> > of 5 (Device Prepare) started...
> > May 23 07:31:40 mjsLINUX NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage
> > 2
> > of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled...
> > May 23 07:31:40 mjsLINUX NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage
> > 1
> > of 5 (Device Prepare) complete.
> > May 23 07:31:40 mjsLINUX NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage
> > 2
> > of 5 (Device Configure) starting...
> > (reason: 0).
> >
> >
> > I googled that and there were no solutions to the problem.  Any help
> would
> > be
> > greatly appreciated
>
> The logs tell me your WiFi Access Point isn't setup correctly for the
> method being used to connect by your PC. The PC recogizes the card, and it
> appears to be working properly, otherwise I think the logs wouldn't
> contain the "stage N" information.
>
> I would recommend seeing if you can connect to an Open WiFi system and
> then you will know if your card is acting correctly.
>
> Others will pipe in and correct me if I'm off-track with my help.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Karl
>
> I agree with Karl. When trouble shooting turn off the security. Once you
> have
>
a connection then work with the security.




> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Karl Pearson" <[email protected]>
> > To: [email protected],        "Getting started with Red Hat Linux"
> > <[email protected]>
> > Date: Sat, 22 May 2010 23:14:35 -0600
> > Subject: Re: Wireless Network Card Installation
> >
> >> On Sat, May 22, 2010 9:00 pm, Mike Sacauskis wrote:
> >> > I'm just installed redhat and am trying to configure the wireless
> >> > network card.  It fails when I try to activate it with.  It does not
> >> > provide any more information other than it failed.  I'm using a d-link
> >> N
> >> > extreme PCI express card.  Is there a log that I can get more
> >> > information about the failure?
> >>
> >> You might look in /var/log/messages when you try to activate it. Do
> >>
> >> tailf /var/log/messages
> >>
> >> as root, or do
> >>
> >> sudo tailf /var/log/messages
> >>
> >> if you've entered your login to the sudoers file (/etc/sudoers)
> >>
> >> Also, you might try installing and activating NetworkManager and
> >> NetworkManager-gnome
> >>
> >> Karl
> >>
> >> >
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