Hi
Thank for the reply, i am very sorry i was busy during the holidays.
here is the output of what you requested :
#lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge DRAM Controller (rev 09)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge PCI Express Root Port (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Cougar Point HECI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:16.3 Serial controller: Intel Corporation Cougar Point KT Controller (rev 04)
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Cougar Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Cougar Point High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Cougar Point PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev b4)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Cougar Point PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev b4)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Cougar Point PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev b4)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Cougar Point PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev b4)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Cougar Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Cougar Point LPC Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Cougar Point 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation Cougar Point SMBus Controller (rev 04)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Device 1057 (rev a1)
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation 6000 Series Gen2 (rev 34)
0d:00.0 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd Device e823 (rev 05)
0d:00.3 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd Device e832 (rev 04)
#lsmod
Module Size Used by
vfat 10646 1
fat 55086 1 vfat
usb_storage 49386 1
fuse 66138 2
ebtable_nat 1975 0
ebtables 18101 1 ebtable_nat
xt_CHECKSUM 1269 1
iptable_mangle 3283 1
ipt_MASQUERADE 2400 3
iptable_nat 6124 1
nf_nat 22788 2 ipt_MASQUERADE,iptable_nat
bridge 74113 0
stp 2107 1 bridge
llc 5608 2 bridge,stp
autofs4 27683 3
sunrpc 241630 1
cpufreq_ondemand 10382 4
acpi_cpufreq 8593 1
freq_table 4847 2 cpufreq_ondemand,acpi_cpufreq
xt_physdev 1707 1
ipt_REJECT 2349 4
nf_conntrack_ipv4 9440 6 iptable_nat,nf_nat
nf_defrag_ipv4 1449 1 nf_conntrack_ipv4
iptable_filter 2759 1
ip_tables 17733 3 iptable_mangle,iptable_nat,iptable_filter
ip6t_REJECT 4562 2
nf_conntrack_ipv6 19655 2
xt_state 1458 5
nf_conntrack 79643 6 ipt_MASQUERADE,iptable_nat,nf_nat,nf_conntrack_ipv4,nf_conntrack_ipv6,xt_state
ip6table_filter 2855 1
ip6_tables 19392 1 ip6table_filter
ipv6 321209 46 ip6t_REJECT,nf_conntrack_ipv6
dm_mirror 14003 0
dm_region_hash 12200 1 dm_mirror
dm_log 10088 2 dm_mirror,dm_region_hash
kvm_intel 45674 0
kvm 291811 1 kvm_intel
uinput 8182 0
wmi 6221 0
sg 30186 0
uvcvideo 61644 0
videodev 38980 1 uvcvideo
v4l2_compat_ioctl32 7145 1 videodev
i2c_i801 11190 0
iTCO_wdt 11708 0
iTCO_vendor_support 3022 1 iTCO_wdt
snd_hda_intel 25194 2
snd_hda_codec 82097 1 snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 6746 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_seq 56557 0
snd_seq_device 6626 1 snd_seq
snd_pcm 84700 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_timer 23087 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd 70021 11 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 8052 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 8628 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
e1000e 140051 0
ext4 353979 3
mbcache 7918 1 ext4
jbd2 89033 1 ext4
sr_mod 16162 0
cdrom 39769 1 sr_mod
sd_mod 37221 5
crc_t10dif 1507 1 sd_mod
ahci 39105 2
firewire_ohci 24867 0
firewire_core 50853 1 firewire_ohci
crc_itu_t 1683 1 firewire_core
nouveau 537914 0
ttm 46942 1 nouveau
drm_kms_helper 32113 1 nouveau
drm 200778 3 nouveau,ttm,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit 5664 1 nouveau
video 20966 1 nouveau
output 2471 1 video
i2c_core 31274 6 videodev,i2c_i801,nou
# rpm -qa wireless-tools
wireless-tools-29-5.1.1.el6.x86_64
# /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-wireless
#!/bin/bash
# Network Interface Configuration System
# Copyright (c) 1996-2009 Red Hat, Inc. all rights reserved.
#
# Based on PCMCIA wireless script by (David Hinds/Jean Tourrilhes)
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2,
# as published by the Free Software Foundation.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA
#
# Configure wireless network device options. See iwconfig(8) for more info.
# Valid variables:
# MODE: Ad-Hoc, Managed, etc.
# ESSID: Name of the wireless network
# NWID: Name of this machine on the network. Hostname is default
# FREQ: Frequency to operate on. See CHANNEL
# CHANNEL: Numbered frequency to operate on. See FREQ
# SENS: Sensitivity threshold for packet rejection.
# RATE: Transfer rate. Usually one of Auto, 11, 5, 2, or 1.
# KEY: Encryption key for WEP.
# RTS: Explicit RTS handshake. Usually not specified (auto)
# FRAG: Fragmentation threshold to split packets. Usually not specified.
# SPYIPS: List of IP addresses to "spy" on for link performance stats.
# IWCONFIG: Extra parameters to pass directly to IWCONFIG
# SECURITYMODE: Security mode, e.g: 'open' or 'restricted'
# IWPRIV: Extra parameters to pass directly to IWPRIV
# Only meant to be called from ifup.
# Mode need to be first : some settings apply only in a specific mode !
if [ -n "$MODE" ] ; then
iwconfig $DEVICE mode $MODE
fi
# Set link up (some cards require this.)
/sbin/ip link set dev ${DEVICE} up
# This is a bit hackish, but should do the job right...
if [ -n "$ESSID" -o -n "$MODE" ] ; then
NICKNAME=$(/bin/hostname)
iwconfig $DEVICE nick "$NICKNAME" >/dev/null 2>&1
fi
# Regular stuff...
if [ -n "$NWID" ] ; then
iwconfig $DEVICE nwid $NWID
fi
if [ -n "$FREQ" -a "$MODE" != "Managed" ] ; then
iwconfig $DEVICE freq $FREQ
elif [ -n "$CHANNEL" -a "$MODE" != "Managed" ] ; then
iwconfig $DEVICE channel $CHANNEL
fi
if [ -n "$SENS" ] ; then
iwconfig $DEVICE sens $SENS
fi
if [ -n "$RATE" ] ; then
iwconfig $DEVICE rate "$RATE"
fi
if [ -n "$KEY" -o -n "$KEY1" -o -n "$KEY2" -o -n "$KEY3" -o -n "$KEY4" ] ; then
[ -n "$KEY1" ] && iwconfig $DEVICE key "[1]" $KEY1
[ -n "$KEY2" ] && iwconfig $DEVICE key "[2]" $KEY2
[ -n "$KEY3" ] && iwconfig $DEVICE key "[3]" $KEY3
[ -n "$KEY4" ] && iwconfig $DEVICE key "[4]" $KEY4
[ -n "$DEFAULTKEY" ] && iwconfig $DEVICE key "[${DEFAULTKEY}]"
[ -n "$KEY" ] && iwconfig $DEVICE key $KEY
else
iwconfig $DEVICE key off
fi
if [ -n "$SECURITYMODE" ]; then
iwconfig $DEVICE enc $SECURITYMODE
fi
if [ -n "$RTS" ] ; then
iwconfig $DEVICE rts $RTS
fi
if [ -n "$FRAG" ] ; then
iwconfig $DEVICE frag $FRAG
fi
# More specific parameters passed directly to IWCONFIG
if [ -n "$IWCONFIG" ] ; then
iwconfig $DEVICE $IWCONFIG
fi
if [ -n "$SPYIPS" ] ; then
for IP in $SPYIPS; do
iwspy $DEVICE + $IP
done
fi
if [ -n "$IWPRIV" ] ; then
iwpriv $DEVICE $IWPRIV
fi
# ESSID need to be last : most device re-perform the scanning/discovery
# when this is set, and things like encryption keys are better be
# defined if we want to discover the right set of APs/nodes.
if [ -n "$ESSID" ] ; then
iwconfig $DEVICE essid "$ESSID"
else
# use any essid
iwconfig $DEVICE essid any >/dev/null 2>&1
fi
If you do have a switch/button to enable the WLAN, what is dumped to /var/log/messages when you press the button?
No changes in the /var/messages..
I have the machine is dual booting for windows 7 and redhat linux 6 64bit.
