Here's some output:
[root@lent530i floridomd]# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
ppp0 no wireless extensions. <----(currently using a Verizon card to surf)
^As we can see, the wireless card is not being picked up, despite the fact that the driver is loaded:[root@lent530i ~]$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor DRAM Controller (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller (rev 09)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI Host Controller (rev 04)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev c4)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev c4)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation QM77 Express Chipset LPC Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 7 Series Chipset Family 4-port SATA Controller [IDE mode] (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.5 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 7 Series Chipset Family 2-port SATA Controller [IDE mode] (rev 04)
02:00.0 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd MMC/SD Host Controller (rev 07)
^Firmware appears to be there, and then some.^[root@lent530i ~]$ rpm -qa | grep iwl
iwl5150-firmware-8.24.2.2-1.el6.noarch
python-iwlib-0.1-1.2.el6.i686
iwl5000-firmware-8.83.5.1_1-1.el6_1.1.noarch
iwl6000-firmware-9.221.4.1-1.el6.noarch
iwl6000g2a-firmware-17.168.5.3-1.el6.noarch
iwl6050-firmware-41.28.5.1-2.el6.noarch
modprobe iwlwifi produces the following output in /var/log/messages:
rfkill produces no output, and dmesg appears to show that the radio is enabled:2015-03-28T21:08:26.703161-04:00 lent530i kernel: cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
2015-03-28T21:08:26.817174-04:00 lent530i kernel: cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated:
2015-03-28T21:08:26.817263-04:00 lent530i kernel: cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
2015-03-28T21:08:26.817299-04:00 lent530i kernel: cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm)
2015-03-28T21:08:26.817305-04:00 lent530i kernel: cfg80211: (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm)
2015-03-28T21:08:26.817308-04:00 lent530i kernel: cfg80211: (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm)
2015-03-28T21:08:26.817311-04:00 lent530i kernel: cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 160000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm)
2015-03-28T21:08:26.817314-04:00 lent530i kernel: cfg80211: (5250000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 160000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm)
2015-03-28T21:08:26.817317-04:00 lent530i kernel: cfg80211: (5490000 KHz - 5730000 KHz @ 160000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm)
2015-03-28T21:08:26.817320-04:00 lent530i kernel: cfg80211: (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 80000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm)
2015-03-28T21:08:26.817323-04:00 lent530i kernel: cfg80211: (57240000 KHz - 63720000 KHz @ 2160000 KHz), (N/A, 0 mBm)
2015-03-28T21:08:28.146234-04:00 lent530i kernel: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi driver for Linux, in-tree:
2015-03-28T21:08:28.146252-04:00 lent530i kernel: Copyright(c) 2003-2013 Intel Corporation
Any help would be greatly appreciatedthinkpad_acpi: radio switch found; radios are enabled