From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040804 Netscape/7.2 (ax) Description of problem: I have a PCI wireless card RaLink RT2600 802.1. With kernels newer than 2.6.23.15-137 it does not connect at all. It connects OK with that kernel. However, even with 2.6.23.15-137 it won't use the static address of the machine properly setup, it will always go the DHCP to get an IP number. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): subsequent to kernel-2.6.23.15-137 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. After reboot, just check connection with the Network Manager and it says something like "Wireless Network Disconnected" 2. 3. Actual Results: No wireless connection. Expected Results: It should have established a connection to the present wireless network. Additional info:
What is the latest kernel you have tried?
The latest I've tried was 2.6.24.3-50.
Please try 2.6.24.4-69.fc8 -- many rt2x00 users have reported success with it: http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=44648 Does that help?
No, it's still deaf and mute. The worst part is that when I installed that kernel, it erased the one that was working, so I have to figure out how to get it back.
Please attach the contents of /var/log/messages after a failed connection. Also attach the output of running 'iwconfig' and 'lspci -n'...thanks!
Created attachment 304342 [details] outputs of different commands.
Do you continue to experience problems with current kernels?
The latest kernel I downloaded was 2.6.25.9-40 and is still deaf and mute. The one that works is the old 2.6.23.15-137 . As a reminder, even with the latter, the IP is not what I set, it always goes to auto (dhcp). Thanks, Dan
Last night I updated the system, that included 2.6.25.10-47.fc8. Now it is able to talk and hear through the wireless card. However the other problem still remains. It assigns a random IP number, ala DHCP, although I have the LAN configured as a fixed IP number. Or there is something else that keeps the system from using the IP I gave it? Cheers, Daniel
It sounds like either you are enabling NetworkManager or have not properly configured the network in system-config-network. In either case, this does not sound like a kernel issue any longer. I'm going to close this one -- you should open a new bug if system-config-network is not working properly...thanks!
Hi John, Yes, that was the problem. I just stopped Network Manager and it gives the right IP. Thanks for all your help. Cheers, Daniel