F13 alpha rt2860 wireless problem

[Ian Malone]

On 11 March 2010 15:24, fred smith <fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us> wrote:
> Trying out F13 alpha on my eeepc 901.
>
> In previous versions, we had to go to a 3rd-party repo to get drivers for
> the RTA2860STA wireless chipset. But F13 seems to have at least some
> support built in, i.e., network manager detects the wireless hotspots
> nearby and offers them up for connection.
>
> however it won't actually connect. it noodles around for quite a while
> then reports failure.
>
> I've tried it with several different hotspots, including my own at home
> (to which f12 connects just fine on the same hardware) as well as two at
> work (all are WPA or WPA2), as well as a totally open, un-encrypted
> router at work, and it won't connect to any of them.
>
> Is thre some other package I need (beyond what is on the live cd)? Or is
> this fodder for Bugzilla?

Probably bugzilla, are you able to connect if you set up a static IP +
gateway and dns in NetworkManager?

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imalone