Can't connect my computers to the wireless network.

[opE]

I've just installed Fedora 8 on my laptop and my stationary pc, but I can't get them connected to the password protected wireless network at home. I know the password and SSID, but I'm new to Fedora so I need some (or a lot of) help to get it working

Thanks
--opE

[s.v.g.]

what have you tried so far? is your wireless network being detected at all?

open the terminal (applications>system tools>terminal) and type in this command:

/sbin/iwlist wlan0 scan

it should tell you whether the network is detected. don't post up what it says in case it pops up with information you'd rather keep secure we can work from there

[opE]

Originally Posted by s.v.g.

what have you tried so far? is your wireless network being detected at all?

open the terminal (applications>system tools>terminal) and type in this command:

/sbin/iwlist wlan0 scan

it should tell you whether the network is detected. don't post up what it says in case it pops up with information you'd rather keep secure we can work from there

The output was:

wlan0     No scan results

[opE]

...however, when I ran that command as root just now it detected the network.

[s.v.g.]

for the network card on your laptop (assuming you have a wireless card), you can use ndiswrapper.

download and install the livna repository from:

http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-8.rpm

then install ndiswrapper in add/remove programs.

go to this website:

http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/j...,installation/

and scroll down to the part where the title reads 'Install Windows Driver' and follow the instructions

[s.v.g.]

ah ignore that then. sorry forget to mention the root part :o

if the network is detected, however ironic this might be, i don't think i can help you! i got my network working with ndiswrapper as i couldnt even see the network from the laptop. someone else would be better off helping.

what i can suggest for now is going to services, disable 'network' and enable 'networkmanager' and 'networkmanagerdispatcher'. this should give an icon in the panel you can use to find/connect to the network.

[opE]

Originally Posted by s.v.g.

ah ignore that then. sorry forget to mention the root part :o

if the network is detected, however ironic this might be, i don't think i can help you! i got my network working with ndiswrapper as i couldnt even see the network from the laptop. someone else would be better off helping.

what i can suggest for now is going to services, disable 'network' and enable 'networkmanager' and 'networkmanagerdispatcher'. this should give an icon in the panel you can use to find/connect to the network.

OK, I tried that, enabling network manager an all that. I didn't see the icon so I rebooted and now the icon was there, I found the network, tried to connect and a box pops up asking for the network password. I entered the password bu then a second box pops up asking for another password along with the message "The application 'nm-applet' (/usr/bin/nm-applet) wants access to the default keyring, but is locked" None of my passwords works on this including the network password.
Any advice is well appreciated :P

[stevea]

The NM(NetworkManager) programand a lot of othes want to keep your passwords (like the nwifi net passwords) in a "keyring".

You should have been asked to establish a keyring password at one of the prompts.
I thought the root passwd was the default but theat's probably not the case.

Try System->Preferences-->System->Keyring MAnager and soo if you can get through the keyring passwd.
I'll take a quick took to see if there is way to reset.

[opE]

Originally Posted by stevea

The NM(NetworkManager) programand a lot of othes want to keep your passwords (like the nwifi net passwords) in a "keyring".

You should have been asked to establish a keyring password at one of the prompts.
I thought the root passwd was the default but theat's probably not the case.

Try System->Preferences-->System->Keyring MAnager and soo if you can get through the keyring passwd.
I'll take a quick took to see if there is way to reset.

All I can find in the System menu is Power Management, I think I'm missing a few options here.

[stevea]

Delete ~/.gnome2/keyrings/default.keyring
This blows away the keyring and it's contents for your user (~), then it will create a new default keyring when you try nm again.
The next time remember the keyring passwd when you are asked to set it.

[stevea]

Originally Posted by opE

All I can find in the System menu is Power Management, I think I'm missing a few options here.

Try "/usr/bin/gnome-keyring-manager" from a terminal. If that also fails then install the keyring manager with

su -
yum -y install gnome-keyring-manager

There is also the possibility you are using KDE so don't have the gnome stuff installed ?!!!?
What is your rev (F7, F8 ?) ? What is your desktop (Gnome ? KDE ?) ?

[opE]

Originally Posted by stevea

Delete ~/.gnome2/keyrings/default.keyring
This blows away the keyring and it's contents for your user (~), then it will create a new default keyring when you try nm again.
The next time remember the keyring passwd when you are asked to set it.

There's no file or folder named keyrings in the .gnome2 folder.

[opE]

Anyways - that was on my laptop. I just tried connecting on my stationary now, I entered the network password and a box pops up where I can create a keyring password. After I did that the computer tried to connect, but it isn't able to connect and just goes back to the network password box. I know the password is correct, so I just don't understand what the problem is.

[opE]

Originally Posted by stevea

Try "/usr/bin/gnome-keyring-manager" from a terminal. If that also fails then install the keyring manager with



There is also the possibility you are using KDE so don't have the gnome stuff installed ?!!!?
What is your rev (F7, F8 ?) ? What is your desktop (Gnome ? KDE ?) ?

I'm using gnome. And seeing as there's no problem with the keyring on my stationary and obviously a problem with it on my laptop, I don't think the keyring is causing the problem with the wireless network since the connection problems on both computers are identical.

[s.v.g.]

ok this might or might not work, but could be a solution to your problems.

create a text file in gedit in your home directory called:

start_wlan.bat

now paste this inside and save:

-------------------------------

echo 'Setting Specific Wireless Network Access Point...'
/sbin/iwconfig wlan0 essid moozie

echo 'Scanning For Specific Access Point...'
/sbin/iwlist wlan0 scan

#echo 'Setting Wireless LAN To Managed Mode...'
#/sbin/iwconfig wlan0 mode Managed

echo 'Setting WEP Encryption Key...'
/sbin/iwconfig wlan0 key restricted insertkeyhere

echo 'Setting Specific Wireless Network Access Point...'
/sbin/iwconfig wlan0 essid insertssidhere

echo 'Bring Up Wireless LAN Interface...'
#/sbin/ifconfig wlan0 up
/sbin/dhclient wlan0
#/sbin/dhcpcd wlan0

----------------------------------------------------

now open terminal and run this as root (su, password, /home/insertusername/start_wlan.bat)
this might work, although i really am stabbing in the dark. networking is not my area of expertise, nor linux either to be honest i've assumed that your password is in the form of a WEP encryption key (e.g. 21:FJ78FP32)

this is something i found off a random website that i used to get my network working, although i used ndiswrapper aswell (which you don't need to use). run this as root everytime you turn the computer on. if it works then it can be temporary solution.