Wireless available, but no APs found when scanning.

linux guy linuxguy123 at gmail.com
Thu Sep 22 16:59:21 UTC 2011


F15, fully up to date, KDE session.

Kstart->Settings->System Settings-> Network Settings -> Wireless -> Add ->
Scan doesn't find any APs available.   All my other F15 computers show
several.

Manually, it finds some.  See below.

It also finds them when running from the F15 Live ISO.

Details

$ uname -a
Linux dragon.localdomain 2.6.40.4-5.fc15.i686 #1 SMP Tue Aug 30 14:54:41 UTC
2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

$ yum list kdebase
kdebase.i686                          6:4.6.5-1.fc15

$ yum list NetworkManager
NetworkManager.i686                1:0.9.0-1.fc15

$ lspci | grep Wire
02:06.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev
05)
10:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN
[Kedron] Network Connection (rev 61)

$ lsmod | grep iwl
iwl4965               150420  0
iwl_legacy            113106  1 iwl4965
mac80211              211975  2 iwl4965,iwl_legacy
cfg80211              126267  3 iwl4965,iwl_legacy,mac80211

Let me know if you need anything else.

LG

List of manual scan.

# ifconfig wlan0 up

# iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0     Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 00:13:10:F0:B9:15
                    Channel:6
                    Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
                    Quality=35/70  Signal level=-75 dBm
                    Encryption key:off
                    ESSID:"linksys123213"
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                              24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
                    Mode:Master
                    Extra:tsf=000005458a0c1104
                    Extra: Last beacon: 1559ms ago
                    IE: Unknown: 000D6C696E6B737973313233323133
                    IE: Unknown: 010882848B962430486C
                    IE: Unknown: 030106
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0100
                    IE: Unknown: 2F0100
                    IE: Unknown: 32040C121860
                    IE: Unknown: DD06001018010100
          Cell 02 - Address: 58:6D:8F:27:D9:E6
                    Channel:149
                    Frequency:5.745 GHz (Channel 149)
                    Quality=39/70  Signal level=-71 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    ESSID:"E4200"
                    Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s
                              36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Mode:Master
                    Extra:tsf=0000000000000000
                    Extra: Last beacon: 503ms ago
                    IE: Unknown: 00054534323030
                    IE: Unknown: 01088C129824B048606C
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : CCMP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown:
2D1A73081BFF00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
                    IE: Unknown:
3D16950D0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
                    IE: Unknown:
DD7F0050F204104A00011010440001021041000100103B00010310470010081862432749CFF89FEA856B3EFAFCCC10210005436973636F1023000D4C696E6B7379732045343230301024000776312E302E30311042000234321054000800060050F20400011011000D4C696E6B737973204534323030100800020084103C000103
                    IE: Unknown: DD090010180200F03C0000
                    IE: Unknown:
DD180050F2020101800003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
          Cell 03 - Address: 58:6D:8F:27:D9:E5
                    Channel:6
                    Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
                    Quality=49/70  Signal level=-61 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    ESSID:"E4200"
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                              24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
                    Mode:Master
                    Extra:tsf=0000000000000000
                    Extra: Last beacon: 1560ms ago
                    IE: Unknown: 00054534323030
                    IE: Unknown: 010882848B962430486C
                    IE: Unknown: 030106
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0100
                    IE: Unknown: 2F0100
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : CCMP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: 32040C121860
                    IE: Unknown:
2D1AF2181BFF00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
                    IE: Unknown:
3D16060D1100000000000000000000000000000000000000
                    IE: Unknown: 4A0E14000A002C01C800140005001900
                    IE: Unknown: 7F0101
                    IE: Unknown:
DD7F0050F204104A00011010440001021041000100103B00010310470010081862432749CFF89FEA856B3EFAFCCC10210005436973636F1023000D4C696E6B7379732045343230301024000776312E302E30311042000234321054000800060050F20400011011000D4C696E6B737973204534323030100800020084103C000103
                    IE: Unknown: DD090010180200F02C0000
                    IE: Unknown:
DD180050F2020101800003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
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