[RESOLVED] setting up wireless internet connection

[JerrePip]

Hello everyone,

I am trying to connect to the internet through my wifi, because of my job i'm on the road often and it would become handy that i could connect to hotspots.
So far I've managed to install the driver and get my wifi antena to work (at least the light is burning),
but when trying to get a connection through the System-->Preferences-->Network Connections I can't connect to the internet.

Here's the information i got from the getinfo.sh

thanks for looking into it


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== BEGIN uname -rmi ==
2.6.32-71.el6.i686 i686 i386
== END uname -rmi ==

== BEGIN rpm -qa \*-release\* ==
centos-release-6-0.el6.centos.5.i686
== END rpm -qa \*-release\* ==

== BEGIN cat /etc/redhat-release ==
CentOS Linux release 6.0 (Final)
== END cat /etc/redhat-release ==

== BEGIN getenforce ==
Enforcing
== END getenforce ==

== BEGIN free -m ==
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 3789 460 3329 0 36 215
-/+ buffers/cache: 208 3581
Swap: 5967 0 5967
== END free -m ==

== BEGIN rpm -q yum rpm python ==
yum-3.2.27-14.el6.centos.noarch
rpm-4.8.0-12.el6.i686
python-2.6.5-3.el6.i686
== END rpm -q yum rpm python ==

== BEGIN ls /etc/yum.repos.d ==
CentOS-Base.repo
CentOS-Debuginfo.repo
CentOS-Media.repo
== END ls /etc/yum.repos.d ==

== BEGIN cat /etc/yum.conf ==
[main]
cachedir=/var/cache/yum/$basearch/$releasever
keepcache=0
debuglevel=2
logfile=/var/log/yum.log
exactarch=1
obsoletes=1
gpgcheck=1
plugins=1
installonly_limit=5
bugtracker_url=http://bugs.centos.org/set_project.php?project_id=16&ref=http://bugs.centos.org/bug_report_page.php?category=yum
distroverpkg=centos-release

# This is the default, if you make this bigger yum won't see if the metadata
# is newer on the remote and so you'll "gain" the bandwidth of not having to
# download the new metadata and "pay" for it by yum not having correct
# information.
# It is esp. important, to have correct metadata, for distributions like
# Fedora which don't keep old packages around. If you don't like this checking
# interupting your command line usage, it's much better to have something
# manually check the metadata once an hour (yum-updatesd will do this).
# metadata_expire=90m

# PUT YOUR REPOS HERE OR IN separate files named file.repo
# in /etc/yum.repos.d
== END cat /etc/yum.conf ==

== BEGIN yum repolist all ==
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
Could not retrieve mirrorlist http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=i386&repo=os error was
14: PYCURL ERROR 6 - ""
repo id repo name status
base CentOS-6 - Base enabled: 0
c6-media CentOS-6 - Media disabled
centosplus CentOS-6 - Plus disabled
contrib CentOS-6 - Contrib disabled
debug CentOS-6 - Debuginfo disabled
extras CentOS-6 - Extras enabled: 0
updates CentOS-6 - Updates enabled: 0
repolist: 0
== END yum repolist all ==

== BEGIN egrep 'include|exclude' /etc/yum.repos.d/*.repo ==
== END egrep 'include|exclude' /etc/yum.repos.d/*.repo ==

== BEGIN sed -n -e "/^\[/h; /priority *=/{ G; s/\n/ /; s/ity=/ity = /; p }" /etc/yum.repos.d/*.repo | sort -k3n ==
== END sed -n -e "/^\[/h; /priority *=/{ G; s/\n/ /; s/ity=/ity = /; p }" /etc/yum.repos.d/*.repo | sort -k3n ==

== BEGIN cat /etc/fstab ==

#
# /etc/fstab
# Created by anaconda on Tue Sep 13 19:26:21 2011
#
# Accessible filesystems, by reference, are maintained under '/dev/disk'
# See man pages fstab(5), findfs(8), mount(8) and/or blkid(8) for more info
#
/dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_root / ext4 defaults 1 1
UUID=13603ec7-36f5-457b-b606-df5107b7ed5d /boot ext4 defaults 1 2
/dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_home /home ext4 defaults 1 2
/dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_swap swap swap defaults 0 0
tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
== END cat /etc/fstab ==

== BEGIN df -h ==
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_root
46G 4.9G 39G 12% /
tmpfs 1.9G 420K 1.9G 1% /dev/shm
/dev/sda5 485M 34M 427M 8% /boot
/dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_home
45G 910M 42G 3% /home
/dev/sdb 7.5G 251M 7.3G 4% /media/DBRAIN
== END df -h ==

== BEGIN fdisk -l ==
Disk /dev/dm-0 doesn't contain a valid partition table
Disk /dev/dm-1 doesn't contain a valid partition table
Disk /dev/dm-2 doesn't contain a valid partition table

Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x631b00a7

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 1698 13631488 27 Unknown
/dev/sda2 * 1698 1710 102400 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 1710 48053 372250624 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda4 48053 60802 102401024 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 48054 48117 512000 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 48117 60802 101886976 8e Linux LVM

Disk /dev/dm-0: 49.7 GB, 49736056832 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 6046 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000


Disk /dev/dm-1: 6257 MB, 6257901568 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 760 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000


Disk /dev/sdb: 8040 MB, 8040480768 bytes
248 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1021 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 15376 * 512 = 7872512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x69686373

This doesn't look like a partition table
Probably you selected the wrong device.

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 ? 50608 141214 696583935+ 66 Unknown
Partition 1 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
phys=(111, 110, 32) logical=(50607, 43, 11)
Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings:
phys=(357, 32, 45) logical=(141213, 204, 43)
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sdb2 ? 10971 128223 901429538 66 Unknown
Partition 2 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
phys=(362, 104, 41) logical=(10970, 238, 49)
Partition 2 has different physical/logical endings:
phys=(373, 102, 47) logical=(128222, 114, 60)
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sdb3 ? 127004 127047 329401+ 65 Novell Netware 386
Partition 3 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
phys=(288, 111, 48) logical=(127003, 106, 25)
Partition 3 has different physical/logical endings:
phys=(288, 101, 46) logical=(127046, 68, 15)
Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sdb4 187675 187678 27749+ 0 Empty
Partition 4 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
phys=(0, 0, 0) logical=(187674, 92, 25)
Partition 4 has different physical/logical endings:
phys=(0, 0, 0) logical=(187677, 243, 33)
Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary.

Partition table entries are not in disk order

Disk /dev/dm-2: 48.3 GB, 48335159296 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 5876 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

== END fdisk -l ==

== BEGIN blkid ==
/dev/sda1: LABEL="PQSERVICE" UUID="6074F8B774F89150" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sda2: LABEL="SYSTEM RESERVED" UUID="8C1EF92E1EF911C6" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sda3: LABEL="Packard Bell" UUID="7668FA6568FA2391" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sda5: UUID="13603ec7-36f5-457b-b606-df5107b7ed5d" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sda6: UUID="NXpWAY-9xfc-7hYz-wIci-ijEE-4eT7-5eSbYq" TYPE="LVM2_member"
/dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_root: UUID="f3f21f75-b878-4362-8927-8eba132ac1da" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_swap: UUID="e37b203c-e6c4-40ad-8808-e67af1615fa8" TYPE="swap"
/dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_home: UUID="21b759c2-4f34-4a14-88c3-ef6001da1585" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sdb: LABEL="DBRAIN" UUID="B60E-BA83" TYPE="vfat"
== END blkid ==

== BEGIN cat /proc/mdstat ==
Personalities :
unused devices: <none>
== END cat /proc/mdstat ==

== BEGIN pvs ==
PV VG Fmt Attr PSize PFree
/dev/sda6 VolGroup lvm2 a- 97.16g 0
== END pvs ==

== BEGIN vgs ==
VG #PV #LV #SN Attr VSize VFree
VolGroup 1 3 0 wz--n- 97.16g 0
== END vgs ==

== BEGIN lvs ==
LV VG Attr LSize Origin Snap% Move Log Copy% Convert
lv_home VolGroup -wi-ao 45.02g
lv_root VolGroup -wi-ao 46.32g
lv_swap VolGroup -wi-ao 5.83g
== END lvs ==

== BEGIN rpm -qa kernel\* | sort ==
kernel-2.6.32-71.el6.i686
kernel-devel-2.6.32-71.el6.i686
kernel-firmware-2.6.32-71.el6.noarch
kernel-headers-2.6.32-71.el6.i686
== END rpm -qa kernel\* | sort ==

== BEGIN lspci ==
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor PCI Express x16 Root Port (rev 02)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller (rev 06)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 05)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 05)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev 05)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev a5)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 4 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem (rev 05)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Manhattan [Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series]
01:00.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc Manhattan HDMI Audio [Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series]
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM57780 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 01)
03:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8192SE Wireless LAN Controller (rev 10)
ff:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers (rev 02)
ff:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder (rev 02)
ff:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 (rev 02)
ff:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Physical 0 (rev 02)
ff:02.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)
ff:02.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)
== END lspci ==

== BEGIN lspci -n ==
00:00.0 0600: 8086:0044 (rev 02)
00:01.0 0604: 8086:0045 (rev 02)
00:16.0 0780: 8086:3b64 (rev 06)
00:1a.0 0c03: 8086:3b3c (rev 05)
00:1b.0 0403: 8086:3b56 (rev 05)
00:1c.0 0604: 8086:3b42 (rev 05)
00:1c.1 0604: 8086:3b44 (rev 05)
00:1d.0 0c03: 8086:3b34 (rev 05)
00:1e.0 0604: 8086:2448 (rev a5)
00:1f.0 0601: 8086:3b09 (rev 05)
00:1f.2 0106: 8086:3b29 (rev 05)
00:1f.3 0c05: 8086:3b30 (rev 05)
00:1f.6 1180: 8086:3b32 (rev 05)
01:00.0 0300: 1002:68e0
01:00.1 0403: 1002:aa68
02:00.0 0200: 14e4:1692 (rev 01)
03:00.0 0280: 10ec:8174 (rev 10)
ff:00.0 0600: 8086:2c62 (rev 02)
ff:00.1 0600: 8086:2d01 (rev 02)
ff:02.0 0600: 8086:2d10 (rev 02)
ff:02.1 0600: 8086:2d11 (rev 02)
ff:02.2 0600: 8086:2d12 (rev 02)
ff:02.3 0600: 8086:2d13 (rev 02)
== END lspci -n ==

== BEGIN lsusb ==
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 090c:1000 Feiya Technology Corp. Flash Drive
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 064e:a219 Suyin Corp.
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
== END lsusb ==

== BEGIN ifconfig -a ==
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 88:AE:1D:A7:25:2C
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:16

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:480 (480.0 b) TX bytes:480 (480.0 b)

virbr0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 2E:A2:4A:42:6D:8E
inet addr:192.168.122.1 Bcast:192.168.122.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 70:F1:A1:E7:EF:78
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:17 Memory:f9608000-f9608100

== END ifconfig -a ==

== BEGIN route -n ==
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
192.168.122.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 virbr0
== END route -n ==

== BEGIN cat /etc/resolv.conf ==
cat: /etc/resolv.conf: No such file or directory
== END cat /etc/resolv.conf ==

== BEGIN grep net /etc/nsswitch.conf ==
#networks: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files
#netmasks: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files
netmasks: files
networks: files
netgroup: nisplus
== END grep net /etc/nsswitch.conf ==

== BEGIN chkconfig --list | grep -Ei 'network|wpa' ==
NetworkManager 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
network 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
wpa_supplicant 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
== END chkconfig --list | grep -Ei 'network|wpa' ==

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[JerrePip]

found a solution on following webpage
http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Laptops/NetworkManager
i'm still very new to CentOS6 but glad i got it working :)

[AlanBartlett]

Thank you for reporting back.

For posterity, and on your behalf, this thread is marked [RESOLVED].