Which wireless wifi adapter is natively supported by centos 6.3?
Which wireless wifi adapter is natively supported by centos 6.3?
Hi
i'm goind to build a wireless network and i want CentOS 6.3 as the main server OS (Dell Poweredge).
so i would like to know which PCI, PCI-E wifi adapter is supported without need to install additional drivers.
ths for your answer
i'm goind to build a wireless network and i want CentOS 6.3 as the main server OS (Dell Poweredge).
so i would like to know which PCI, PCI-E wifi adapter is supported without need to install additional drivers.
ths for your answer
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Which wireless wifi adapter is natively supported by centos
I would suggest that you consider controller cards that use [i]Intel[/i] chipsets and avoid those using the [i]Broadcom[/i] or [i]Realtek[/i] chipsets.
Re: Which wireless wifi adapter is natively supported by centos 6.3?
thks for your anwser
may you suggest a specifis one with 300 mbs N ?
i try on google but the chipset is not in all mentionned wifi adapter description i found.
may you suggest a specifis one with 300 mbs N ?
i try on google but the chipset is not in all mentionned wifi adapter description i found.
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Re: Which wireless wifi adapter is natively supported by centos 6.3?
I performed a [url=http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Dell+PowerEdge+Intel+WiFi+Adaptor&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:unofficial&client=firefox-a]Google search[/url] using the string "[b]Dell PowerEdge Intel WiFi Adaptor[/b]" and the first result returned was [url=http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/wireless-products/wifi-link-5100-brief.html]Intel Wi-Fi Link 5100: Product Brief[/url], from where a [url=http://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/product-briefs/wifi-link-5100-brief.pdf]PDF file[/url] may be downloaded.
Perhaps that will be appropriate for your needs?
Perhaps that will be appropriate for your needs?
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Re: Which wireless wifi adapter is natively supported by centos 6.3?
Not exactly native (you need to install their kernel module to get it to work 100% right) but the Asus USB-N13 [url=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002UVNW5W/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00]Asus USB-N13 on Amazon[/url] is the one I picked up that works without hassles. Just jam the thing in there, copy the Linux directory off of the CD to your local drive, chmod +x the install.sh file and run it. Once installed reboot and your WiFi works like a champ. I replaced a Cisco / Linksys that I didn't want to bother digging to get it to work with CentOS...
Just remember, it's not a native kernel module, so you have to rerun the install.sh script every time you update your kernel.
Just remember, it's not a native kernel module, so you have to rerun the install.sh script every time you update your kernel.
Re: Which wireless wifi adapter is natively supported by centos 6.3?
thks AlanBartlett for your answer but if i'm not wrong i think the wifi adapter you are talking about is for laptops.
and my server is a tower.
dbhost3006 tks for your suggestion. even if i prefer a pci/pci-e wifi card i'll first of all use this usb wifi adapter with the hope that some one will suggest and other one according to his experiment.
thks!
and my server is a tower.
dbhost3006 tks for your suggestion. even if i prefer a pci/pci-e wifi card i'll first of all use this usb wifi adapter with the hope that some one will suggest and other one according to his experiment.
thks!
Re: Which wireless wifi adapter is natively supported by centos 6.3?
Hello dbhost3006,
Was there a specific directory that you copied the Linux information to on your local drive before you ran the Install.sh? When I run the script from my home directory I get the following error message:
[quote]
make ARCH=x86_64 CROSS_COMPILE= -C /lib/modules/2.6.32-358.11.1.el6.x86_64/build M=/home/Tom/Net/Linux/RTL8192CU_linux_v3.0.2164.20110715/RTL8192CU_8188CUS_8188CE-VAU_linux_v3.0.2164.20110715/driver/rtl8192_8188CU_linux_v3.0.2164.20110715 modules
make: *** /lib/modules/2.6.32-358.11.1.el6.x86_64/build: No such file or directory. Stop.
make: *** [modules] Error 2
Compile make driver error: 2, Please check error Mesg
[/quote]
Correction from my first post. Here is the directory and file information:
[quote]
[root@localhost RTL8192CU_8188CUS_8188CE-VAU_linux_v3.0.2164.20110715]# cd /lib/modules
[root@localhost modules]# ls
2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 2.6.32-279.22.1.el6.x86_64 2.6.32-358.11.1.el6.x86_64
2.6.32-279.19.1.el6.x86_64 2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64
[root@localhost modules]# cd 2.6.32-358.11.1.el6.x86_64
[root@localhost 2.6.32-358.11.1.el6.x86_64]# ls
build modules.block modules.ieee1394map modules.ofmap modules.symbols.bin weak-updates
extra modules.ccwmap modules.inputmap modules.order modules.usbmap
kernel modules.dep modules.isapnpmap modules.pcimap source
modules.alias modules.dep.bin modules.modesetting modules.seriomap updates
modules.alias.bin modules.drm modules.networking modules.symbols vdso
[root@localhost 2.6.32-358.11.1.el6.x86_64]# ls -l
total 3412
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 51 Jun 22 21:31 build -> ../../../usr/src/kernels/2.6.32-358.11.1.el6.x86_64
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Jun 11 23:59 extra
drwxr-xr-x. 11 root root 4096 Jun 22 21:31 kernel
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 566961 Jun 22 21:49 modules.alias
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 546171 Jun 22 21:49 modules.alias.bin
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1369 Jun 11 23:59 modules.block
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 69 Jun 22 21:49 modules.ccwmap
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 196840 Jun 22 21:49 modules.dep
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 287250 Jun 22 21:49 modules.dep.bin
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 68 Jun 11 23:59 modules.drm
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 665 Jun 22 21:49 modules.ieee1394map
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 141 Jun 22 21:49 modules.inputmap
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1236 Jun 22 21:49 modules.isapnpmap
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 29 Jun 11 23:59 modules.modesetting
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1905 Jun 11 23:59 modules.networking
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 74 Jun 22 21:49 modules.ofmap
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 74887 Jun 11 23:59 modules.order
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 405140 Jun 22 21:49 modules.pcimap
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 6259 Jun 22 21:49 modules.seriomap
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 215998 Jun 22 21:49 modules.symbols
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 274552 Jun 22 21:49 modules.symbols.bin
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 837314 Jun 22 21:49 modules.usbmap
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 5 Jun 22 21:31 source -> build
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Jun 11 23:59 updates
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Jun 22 21:31 vdso
drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 4096 Jun 22 21:49 weak-updates
[root@localhost 2.6.32-358.11.1.el6.x86_64]# cd ../../../usr/src/kernels
[root@localhost kernels]# pwd
/usr/src/kernels
[root@localhost kernels]# ls -l
total 0
[/quote]
Thanks,
Tom
Was there a specific directory that you copied the Linux information to on your local drive before you ran the Install.sh? When I run the script from my home directory I get the following error message:
[quote]
make ARCH=x86_64 CROSS_COMPILE= -C /lib/modules/2.6.32-358.11.1.el6.x86_64/build M=/home/Tom/Net/Linux/RTL8192CU_linux_v3.0.2164.20110715/RTL8192CU_8188CUS_8188CE-VAU_linux_v3.0.2164.20110715/driver/rtl8192_8188CU_linux_v3.0.2164.20110715 modules
make: *** /lib/modules/2.6.32-358.11.1.el6.x86_64/build: No such file or directory. Stop.
make: *** [modules] Error 2
Compile make driver error: 2, Please check error Mesg
[/quote]
Correction from my first post. Here is the directory and file information:
[quote]
[root@localhost RTL8192CU_8188CUS_8188CE-VAU_linux_v3.0.2164.20110715]# cd /lib/modules
[root@localhost modules]# ls
2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 2.6.32-279.22.1.el6.x86_64 2.6.32-358.11.1.el6.x86_64
2.6.32-279.19.1.el6.x86_64 2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64
[root@localhost modules]# cd 2.6.32-358.11.1.el6.x86_64
[root@localhost 2.6.32-358.11.1.el6.x86_64]# ls
build modules.block modules.ieee1394map modules.ofmap modules.symbols.bin weak-updates
extra modules.ccwmap modules.inputmap modules.order modules.usbmap
kernel modules.dep modules.isapnpmap modules.pcimap source
modules.alias modules.dep.bin modules.modesetting modules.seriomap updates
modules.alias.bin modules.drm modules.networking modules.symbols vdso
[root@localhost 2.6.32-358.11.1.el6.x86_64]# ls -l
total 3412
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 51 Jun 22 21:31 build -> ../../../usr/src/kernels/2.6.32-358.11.1.el6.x86_64
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Jun 11 23:59 extra
drwxr-xr-x. 11 root root 4096 Jun 22 21:31 kernel
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 566961 Jun 22 21:49 modules.alias
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 546171 Jun 22 21:49 modules.alias.bin
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1369 Jun 11 23:59 modules.block
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 69 Jun 22 21:49 modules.ccwmap
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 196840 Jun 22 21:49 modules.dep
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 287250 Jun 22 21:49 modules.dep.bin
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 68 Jun 11 23:59 modules.drm
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 665 Jun 22 21:49 modules.ieee1394map
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 141 Jun 22 21:49 modules.inputmap
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1236 Jun 22 21:49 modules.isapnpmap
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 29 Jun 11 23:59 modules.modesetting
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1905 Jun 11 23:59 modules.networking
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 74 Jun 22 21:49 modules.ofmap
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 74887 Jun 11 23:59 modules.order
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 405140 Jun 22 21:49 modules.pcimap
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 6259 Jun 22 21:49 modules.seriomap
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 215998 Jun 22 21:49 modules.symbols
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 274552 Jun 22 21:49 modules.symbols.bin
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 837314 Jun 22 21:49 modules.usbmap
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 5 Jun 22 21:31 source -> build
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Jun 11 23:59 updates
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Jun 22 21:31 vdso
drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 4096 Jun 22 21:49 weak-updates
[root@localhost 2.6.32-358.11.1.el6.x86_64]# cd ../../../usr/src/kernels
[root@localhost kernels]# pwd
/usr/src/kernels
[root@localhost kernels]# ls -l
total 0
[/quote]
Thanks,
Tom
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Re: Which wireless wifi adapter is natively supported by centos 6.3?
Just perform --
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[b]yum install kernel-devel[/b]
[/code]
-- and then try the build once again.
[code]
[b]yum install kernel-devel[/b]
[/code]
-- and then try the build once again.