I have been facing some wifi issues with linux distros on my laptop, here are a few:
- The wifi connection is established but page resolving takes time, sometimes pages are simply not found.
|-> Ping 8.8.8.8 during such a time shows 'destination host unreachable' for a while, then suddenly starts
getting response..and we have a page loaded...
- My home router is setup with WPA2 personal security, frequently, when i connect to it, fedora keeps asking
me for the password over and over again, unable to connect. I don't know if this is a router issue or wifi driver..
So, as a part of the solution I tried downloading the rtl 8192ce driver from realtek's website and installing it using the 'make' and 'make install' method.
I am using fedora 17 on a dual boot machine and, Here are my queries:
1) Is it possible that I have installed two drivers, one that comes with the fedora default installation, and the other myself?
2) I really want to get to the bottom of this issue, what commands do I have at my disposal?
here's the output of a few commands i know:
- The wifi connection is established but page resolving takes time, sometimes pages are simply not found.
|-> Ping 8.8.8.8 during such a time shows 'destination host unreachable' for a while, then suddenly starts
getting response..and we have a page loaded...
- My home router is setup with WPA2 personal security, frequently, when i connect to it, fedora keeps asking
me for the password over and over again, unable to connect. I don't know if this is a router issue or wifi driver..
So, as a part of the solution I tried downloading the rtl 8192ce driver from realtek's website and installing it using the 'make' and 'make install' method.
I am using fedora 17 on a dual boot machine and, Here are my queries:
1) Is it possible that I have installed two drivers, one that comes with the fedora default installation, and the other myself?
2) I really want to get to the bottom of this issue, what commands do I have at my disposal?
here's the output of a few commands i know:
Code:
[parths@parth ~]$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
fcoe 27501 0
libfcoe 55993 1 fcoe
libfc 113008 2 fcoe,libfcoe
scsi_transport_fc 59164 2 fcoe,libfc
scsi_tgt 19553 1 scsi_transport_fc
8021q 24268 0
garp 14087 1 8021q
stp 12868 1 garp
llc 14045 2 stp,garp
be2iscsi 98059 0
iscsi_boot_sysfs 15641 1 be2iscsi
bnx2i 54714 0
cnic 62777 1 bnx2i
uio 19044 1 cnic
cxgb4i 32879 0
cxgb4 126625 1 cxgb4i
cxgb3i 32950 0
cxgb3 155601 1 cxgb3i
mdio 13435 1 cxgb3
libcxgbi 56492 2 cxgb3i,cxgb4i
ib_iser 37805 0
rdma_cm 42166 1 ib_iser
ib_addr 13785 1 rdma_cm
iw_cm 18221 1 rdma_cm
ib_cm 41725 1 rdma_cm
ib_sa 32955 2 rdma_cm,ib_cm
ib_mad 46340 2 ib_cm,ib_sa
ib_core 74064 6 rdma_cm,ib_cm,ib_sa,iw_cm,ib_mad,ib_iser
iscsi_tcp 18333 0
libiscsi_tcp 24176 4 cxgb3i,cxgb4i,iscsi_tcp,libcxgbi
libiscsi 50542 8 libiscsi_tcp,bnx2i,cxgb3i,cxgb4i,be2iscsi,iscsi_tcp,ib_iser,libcxgbi
scsi_transport_iscsi 57490 8 bnx2i,be2iscsi,iscsi_tcp,ib_iser,libcxgbi,libiscsi
binfmt_misc 17463 1
fuse 77970 5
uvcvideo 80924 0
videobuf2_vmalloc 13163 1 uvcvideo
videobuf2_memops 13161 1 videobuf2_vmalloc
videobuf2_core 38816 1 uvcvideo
videodev 120947 2 uvcvideo,videobuf2_core
media 20444 2 uvcvideo,videodev
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 36748 1
coretemp 13435 0
snd_hda_codec_realtek 78433 1
arc4 12615 2
rtl8192ce 53499 0
kvm_intel 132873 0
rtlwifi 78178 1 rtl8192ce
snd_hda_intel 43715 2
snd_hda_codec 132514 3 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel
rtl8192c_common 46052 1 rtl8192ce
mac80211 578735 3 rtlwifi,rtl8192c_common,rtl8192ce
kvm 438094 1 kvm_intel
snd_hwdep 17650 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_seq 64877 0
snd_seq_device 14136 1 snd_seq
cfg80211 495993 2 mac80211,rtlwifi
asus_nb_wmi 12854 0
asus_wmi 24056 1 asus_nb_wmi
iTCO_wdt 13480 0
iTCO_vendor_support 13419 1 iTCO_wdt
lpc_ich 17061 0
snd_pcm 102100 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
snd_page_alloc 18268 2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
snd_timer 28690 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd 79379 13 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_device
serio_raw 13375 0
microcode 23448 0
sparse_keymap 13526 1 asus_wmi
rfkill 21736 4 cfg80211,asus_wmi
i2c_i801 18135 0
mei 75052 0
atl1c 45919 0
soundcore 14491 1 snd
mfd_core 13182 1 lpc_ich
uinput 17614 0
crc32c_intel 22079 0
ghash_clmulni_intel 13259 0
wmi 18697 1 asus_wmi
i915 600432 3
video 18991 2 i915,asus_wmi
i2c_algo_bit 13257 1 i915
drm_kms_helper 46708 1 i915
drm 264680 4 i915,drm_kms_helper
i2c_core 38353 6 drm,i915,i2c_i801,drm_kms_helper,i2c_algo_bit,videodevCode:
[parths@parth ~]$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 05)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 05)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev b5)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev b5)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 6 (rev b5)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 05)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM65 Express Chipset Family LPC Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 05)
02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter (rev 01)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit Ethernet (rev c0)