Re: WiFi For laptop

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On Thu, 14 Jun 2012 09:52:05 -0700
"Chris Capesius" <capesius@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi FranciscoD,
> 
> I included a copy of my LSPCI results (attachment).  I have a Fujitsu
> Lifebook AH 532.  I don't see any Wireless hardware to find drivers
> for, though maybe I'm incorrect?  Like I mentioned I had no problems
> connecting via Wifi on Windows 7 prior to installing Linux 17.  I'm a
> Linux newbie, so directions how to setup Wifi or driver locations
> would be great.  When I right click Network settings (top right
> corner) it just shows "Wired" as an available option.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: laptop-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:laptop-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ankur
> Sinha Sent: Monday, June 11, 2012 11:36 PM To:
> laptop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: WiFi For laptop
> 
> On Mon, 2012-06-11 at 22:23 -0500, Chris Schumann wrote:
> > On 06/11/2012 07:32 PM, capesius@xxxxxxx wrote:
> > > Hello, I am new to Linux and just installed Fedora 17 on my new
> > > Fujitsu laptop.  Prior to installing Linux, when I was on Windows
> > > 7, I would just click on the network icon in the lower right
> > > corner of Windows and put in the SSID and password and I would be
> > > able to connect to the Internet wirelessly (my apartment complex
> > > provides free Internet).  I connect the same way, to the
> > > Internet, with my IPad. How do I do the same in Linux via wiFi? I
> > > don't have a wireless card as far as I know (tried lspci | grep
> > > Wireless..showed nothing). It only shows "wired" as an available
> > > option to connect to The Internet for me via Fedora 17?
> > FWIW, the corresponding card in my ThinkPad is as follows:
> > 03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Ultimate N WiFi Link 
> > 5300 (So it's not called Wireless in this case.)
> > 
> > Compare to my wired device:
> > 00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82567LM Gigabit
> > Network Connection (rev 03)
> > 
> > Chris
> > 
> 
> As Chris already pointed out, please check the entire output of
> lspci/lsusb to see what wireless hardware you're system is using[1]
> 
> Mostly, they work out of the box. If they don't, please take a look
> at this web page[2]. It has information on getting most cards to work.
> 
> 
> [1] http://fedoramobile.org/Members/MrHappy/getting-started
> [2] http://fedoramobile.org/
> 
> --
> Thanks,
> Warm regards,
> Ankur: "FranciscoD"
> 
> Please only print if necessary. 
> 
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ankursinha
> http://dodoincfedora.wordpress.com/
> 

Looks like you have one of these:

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/wireless-products/centrino-wireless-n-2230.html

I am not sure if iwlwifi supports this device, but that is the most
likely driver that you need....right a look here:

http://intellinuxwireless.org/

reveals that the 2230 is supported provided that you have a kernel of
version 3.2.0 or later. You will also need to install the packages that
install the actual wireless firmware, which should contain a microcode
file named something like this.

iwlwifi-2030-ucode-18.168.6.1

It seems as if there is an iwl2030-firmware package in updates-testing,
you will need to run:

yum --enablerepo=updates-testing install iwl2030-firmware

as root, that should then allow your wireless to be detected and to
work.

This is a pretty new chipset BTW, hence Fedora is still catching up.

-- 

Brian Morrison
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