TestingMageia2 > Wi-Fi and other things


====Testing Mageia 2 Wi-Fi and other things====

===On eee-pc===
%% lspcidrake -vv|grep -i network
rt2800pci : Ralink corp.|RT2790 Wireless 802.11n 1T/2R PCIe [NETWORK_OTHER] (vendor:1814 device:0781 subv:1814 subd:2790)
atl1e : Atheros Communications Inc.|AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 Gigabit or Fast Ethernet [NETWORK_ETHERNET] (vendor:1969 device:1026 subv:1043 subd:8324) (rev: b0)%%

~- driver rtl2800 for ralink chipset
~- works partially
~- not with wpa?

==works with FreeWifi and probably open wifi==
It's an open network, requiring web authentication, hence should work with open wifi (using captive portal)

==test WEP==
ToDo

==ko with WPA/PSK==
find bugs opened

===on Probook 6460b===
%%lspcidrake -vv|grep -i network
wl : Broadcom Corporation|BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller [NETWORK_OTHER] (vendor:14e4 device:4727 subv:103c subd:145c) (rev: 01)
e1000e : Intel Corporation|82579V Gigabit Network Connection [NETWORK_ETHERNET] (vendor:8086 device:1503 subv:103c subd:161d) (rev: 04)%%

~- driver wl for broadcom chipset? wasn't there a new driver?
~- does not work
~- nor with NetworkManager nor drakxnet
~- missing firmware ?
~-

===on EeePC 1000HE===

ATL1E 0000:03:00.0: (unregistered net_device): get mac address failed
ATL1E: probe of 0000:03:00.0 failed with error -5


uname -a
Linux localhost 3.3.8-netbook-2.mga2 #1 SMP Mon Jul 30 21:47:56 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

[root@localhost ~]# rpm -qa |grep firmware|sort
bluez-firmware-1.2-6.mga1
carl9170-firmware-1.9.4-1.mga2
kernel-firmware-20120219-1.mga2
kernel-firmware-nonfree-20120421-3.mga2.nonfree
ralink-firmware-20120421-3.mga2.nonfree

lspcidrake -v|grep -i eth
atl1e : Atheros Communications Inc.|AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 Gigabit or Fast Ethernet [NETWORK_ETHERNET] (vendor:1969 device:1026) (rev: b0)


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