WiFi For laptop

[Chris Capesius]

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?

[Chris Schumann]

On 06/11/2012 07:32 PM, capesius(a)cox.net 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

[Ankur Sinha]

On Mon, 2012-06-11 at 22:23 -0500, Chris Schumann wrote:
>  On 06/11/2012 07:32 PM, capesius(a)cox.net 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/

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Thanks, 
Warm regards,
Ankur: "FranciscoD"

Please only print if necessary. 

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ankursinha
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[Chris Capesius]

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

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[mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of Ankur Sinha
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2012 11:36 PM
To: laptop(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
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(a)cox.net 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/

[Brian Morrison]

On Thu, 14 Jun 2012 09:52:05 -0700
"Chris Capesius" <capesius(a)cox.net&gt; 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(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
>  [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of Ankur
>  Sinha Sent: Monday, June 11, 2012 11:36 PM To:
>  laptop(a)lists.fedoraproject.org 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(a)cox.net 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-wireles...

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

[Chris Capesius]

Thanks Brain,
Found the 2230 driver, but am now stuck on this part? (install the packages that install
the actual wireless firmware)..Your right, the driver files can't be read, so I must
need some software for the drivers to install/work??..anyone no where to find this package
and/or a how to get these drivers to install?....arghhh this Linux experiment is really
starting to backfire. 
Chris
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[mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of Brian Morrison
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 10:29 AM
To: laptop(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
Subject: Re: WiFi For laptop

On Thu, 14 Jun 2012 09:52:05 -0700
"Chris Capesius" <capesius(a)cox.net&gt; 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(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
>  [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of Ankur 
>  Sinha Sent: Monday, June 11, 2012 11:36 PM To:
>  laptop(a)lists.fedoraproject.org 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(a)cox.net 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-wireles...

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.

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[Jos Vos]

On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 09:52:05AM -0700, Chris Capesius wrote:

>  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. 
08:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Device 0887 (rev c4)

This is the number of an Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230 wireless device.

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