wifi troubleshooting

[JD]

On 03/27/2011 05:38 PM, Adam Tong wrote:
>> If you are still using the rt2870 based USB wifi device,
>> please run
>>
>> lsmod | grep rt2
>>
>> and show the output.
>>
> [root at localhost wpa_supplicant]# lsmod | grep rt2
> [root at localhost wpa_supplicant]#
>> Also, show be sure that you have configured
>> /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf correctly.
>> Example below:
>>
>> ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
>> ctrl_interface_group=wheel

This means you have not configured your network.
But how could you when the kernl has not detected
your wifi card?

As I had indicated before, kernel 2.6.35 is the first kernel
that started  supporting the Ralink rt28xxx chipset.

What kernel version are you running? Have you done yum update since you 
installed F14?


> These two lines are all I have in my /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
>
>> # ap_scan=1
>> ap_scan=2
>>
>> network={
>>       
>>     bssid=aa.bb.cc.dd.ee.ff    #
>> This is a fictitious MAC address
>> of the router. You must change it to the real MAC address
>> of the router.
> I don't know what is the MAC address of the router. I don't have a router at home. I'm using wifi (windowze only at this moment) only in Cafes. I hope I don't need to ask the MAC address everytime I go to a different cafe to be able to use fedora wifi :-)

Also, the BSSID in the wpa_supplicant.conf file
has nothing to do with connecting to wifi hot spots.
I connect to wifi hot spots via the firefox web browser.