Wireless

JD jd1008 at gmail.com
Thu Nov 25 02:52:36 UTC 2010


On 11/24/2010 06:25 PM, Antonio Olivares wrote:
> Dear folks,
>
> I am having a difficult time connecting at decent speeds to a wireless network
> setup by my nephew with Fedora 14.  I installed Fedora 14 on a quad core machine
> that had Fedora 12 happily running.  IT has a built in wireless device
> integrated in it.  The installation worked beautifully and connected the first
> time around.  The driver rtl8187 loaded fine and I browsed the web and applied
> all the updates and got new kernel too.  I was very happy.  I turned off the
> machine and yesterday and today tried to connect to internet with it and it not
> longer works the way it did the first time :(, I cannot connect to any page like
> I did before and networkmanger in KDE tells me that I am connected but cannot
> browse.  In windows, I can browse the web without troubles, here is output from
> ipconfig /all
>
> Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600]
> Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
>
> C:\Users\Antonio>ipconfig /all
>
> Windows IP Configuration
>
>     Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Antonio-PC
>     Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . :
>     Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
>     IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>     WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>
> Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection 3:
>
>     Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
>     Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8187 Wireless 802.11g 54Mbps U
> SB 2.0 Network Adapter #2
>     Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-15-AF-28-DC-7C
>     DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
>     Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
>     Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::105a:7fb5:99a3:17fa%16(Preferred)
>     IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.7(Preferred)
>     Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
>     Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, November 24, 2010 8:00:15 PM
>     Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, November 25, 2010 8:00:15 PM
>     Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
>     DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
>     DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 419435951
>     DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-13-65-BA-DA-00-1D-60-33-D1-16
>
>     DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
>     NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
>
> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:
>
>     Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
>     Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
>     Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ether
> net Controller
>     Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1D-60-33-CA-B0
>     DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
>     Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
>
> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
>
>     Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
>     Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
>     Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family PCI Gigabit E
> thernet NIC (NDIS 6.20)
>     Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1D-60-33-D1-16
>     DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
>     Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
>
> Tunnel adapter isatap.{360ECDCC-3E91-498C-BD12-65F1412852FA}:
>
>     Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
>     Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
>     Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
>     Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
>     DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
>     Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
>
> Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:
>
>     Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
>     Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
>     Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
>     DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
>     Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
>     IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:5ef5:79fd:3064:3f6:3f57:fef8(Prefe
> rred)
>     Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::3064:3f6:3f57:fef8%14(Preferred)
>     Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
>     NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
>
> C:\Users\Antonio>
>
>
> What can I do in Linux to make my connection work the same way that it did the
> first time?  I appreciate any advice given and hope all users around the world
> have a nice Thanksgiving Holiday :)
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Antonio
>
>
>
>
Check your
/etc/resolv.conf

Are you on DHCP or on static IP address?
DHCP usually overwrites /etc/resolv.conf.



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