I have just got hold of a GIGABYTE WMKG Wireless Notebook PCMCIA Adapter. I installed the Ralink firmware on F8, restarted my laptop and the card was recognised and started working immediately.
I now have got the following problems (one is really minor):
- the card is set to 1 Mb/s when the computer starts and I have to manually run "iwconfig wlan1 rate 54M" to get the full speed. How can set that permanently? Which file do I need to work on? I had a look around (Google, my Fedora installation, etc.), but I did not find a solution.
- the network adapter shows the power led always on (fine), but the link led does not flash. It does work, because it goes on for one split of a second when the card is "started". This is not a huge issue, but I would like to figure out how to make it work.
Thank you,
Ivan
Le jeudi 03 janvier 2008 à 21:23 +0000, Ivan Virgili a écrit :
I have just got hold of a GIGABYTE WMKG Wireless Notebook PCMCIA Adapter. I installed the Ralink firmware on F8, restarted my laptop and the card was recognised and started working immediately.
I now have got the following problems (one is really minor):
- the card is set to 1 Mb/s when the computer starts and I have to
manually run "iwconfig wlan1 rate 54M" to get the full speed. How can set that permanently? Which file do I need to work on? I had a look around (Google, my Fedora installation, etc.), but I did not find a solution.
- the network adapter shows the power led always on (fine), but the link
led does not flash. It does work, because it goes on for one split of a second when the card is "started". This is not a huge issue, but I would like to figure out how to make it work.
Thank you,
Maybe it's the same problem http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=382781
For the power led : bugzilla.
Eric
Tanguy Eric wrote:
Le jeudi 03 janvier 2008 à 21:23 +0000, Ivan Virgili a écrit :
- the card is set to 1 Mb/s when the computer starts and I have to
manually run "iwconfig wlan1 rate 54M" to get the full speed. How can set that permanently? Which file do I need to work on? I had a look around (Google, my Fedora installation, etc.), but I did not find a solution.
Maybe it's the same problem http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=382781
For the power led : bugzilla.
Eric
Hi Eric,
Thank you for that. It is exactly the same issue.
Ivan
Ivan Virgili wrote:
- the card is set to 1 Mb/s when the computer starts and I have to
manually run "iwconfig wlan1 rate 54M" to get the full speed. How can set that permanently? Which file do I need to work on? I had a look around (Google, my Fedora installation, etc.), but I did not find a solution.
OK, solution to this problem found. I had already tried it, but for some reason it did not work. It worked the second time around.
/etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-wlan1
RATE=54M
instead of
RATE=Auto
This can also be set through System -> Administration -> Network -> and then edit wlan1 connection (in my case) and wireless settings. Very basic, but I had never had to do it before.
On Jan 3, 2008 1:23 PM, Ivan Virgili ivnmad@gmail.com wrote:
I have just got hold of a GIGABYTE WMKG Wireless Notebook PCMCIA Adapter. I installed the Ralink firmware on F8, restarted my laptop and the card was recognised and started working immediately.
I now have got the following problems (one is really minor):
- the card is set to 1 Mb/s when the computer starts and I have to
manually run "iwconfig wlan1 rate 54M" to get the full speed. How can set that permanently? Which file do I need to work on? I had a look around (Google, my Fedora installation, etc.), but I did not find a solution.
- the network adapter shows the power led always on (fine), but the link
led does not flash. It does work, because it goes on for one split of a second when the card is "started". This is not a huge issue, but I would like to figure out how to make it work.
Thank you,
Ivan
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Hi Ivan Virgili!
I may not be able to get to this conversation further since my internet is going away for a while (people move from time to time) but I believe others would like to know:
I would appear from what you have written that you do not associate with an access point. Is that true? Do you actually connect?
Which Fedora (5? 7? 8?)? Which Kernel (uname -a)?
Which kernel module is talking to your GIGABYTE WMKG? (see: man lsmod)
What is the output of ifconfig, iwconfig, iwlist (see: man iwlist), iwspy, and iwevent (it is good to run this in a separate terminal as you work with the other tools).
Do you see anything interesting in dmesg or /var/log/messages concerning your wireless adapter? You also might do an lspci -v -v -x -x.
Good Hunting!
Tod
Tod Merley wrote:
Hi Ivan Virgili!
I may not be able to get to this conversation further since my internet is going away for a while (people move from time to time) but I believe others would like to know:
Hi Tod,
The card connects fine, but at 1Mb/s if I set Rate=Auto. If I change the rate manually to Rate=54M, then I get full speed.
kernel 2.6.23.12-99.fc8 rt61pci-firmware - 1.2-4.noarch
Thanks to Eric Tanguy I now know there is bug filed for that problem.
I have just filed another bug for the other problem (link led), under: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=427456
Regards,
Ivan
On Jan 3, 2008 2:41 PM, Ivan Virgili ivnmad@gmail.com wrote:
Tod Merley wrote:
Hi Ivan Virgili!
I may not be able to get to this conversation further since my internet is going away for a while (people move from time to time) but I believe others would like to know:
Hi Tod,
The card connects fine, but at 1Mb/s if I set Rate=Auto. If I change the rate manually to Rate=54M, then I get full speed.
kernel 2.6.23.12-99.fc8 rt61pci-firmware - 1.2-4.noarch
Thanks to Eric Tanguy I now know there is bug filed for that problem.
I have just filed another bug for the other problem (link led), under: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=427456
Regards,
Ivan
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Hi again Ivan!
Eric rocks!
I noted his message and followed the bug which looked like it probably solved it for you - but - since I had already written what I had I thought I would send it. I hope it does prove useful to someone along the way.
Have a lot of Fun!
Tod
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