Okay, i seem to have this same problem over and over. I know its a bit repetitive but, Its a different machine and It won’t even scan the network this time. I’ve tried to get it to prompt for firmware. But it won’t. I’ve entered commands like
yast2 -i ipw-firmware
Please help, I need to get this machine online to replace another that is failing. I thought setting up a newer machine would be easier. I thought wrong, however, Shouldn’t it be scanning? If theres a cmd for scanning i’ll do anything. I need to troubleshoot this ASAP.
I’m gathering the information about the machine, sorry. Its a bit harder to get since its not on the internet. The network card i believe is RTL-8185 in YAST2
lspci -nnk | grep "RTL"
Returned the result of ::
RTL-8185 IEEE 802.11a/b/g Wireless LAN Controller
This doesn’t look like the output of the command. It should be something like this :
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [168c:002b] (rev 01)
Subsystem: AzureWave Device [1a3b:1089]
Kernel driver in use: ath9k
Just get a pendrive, save the output to a text file and post it here.
What is the output of this command ?
/usr/sbin/iwlist scan
ugh, So complicated. Give me a few minutes. I just got back, I need to find a pendrive. Oh and i entered the iwlist command: on wlan0:
Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down
#lspci -nnk | grep "RTL"
06:09.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8185 IEEE 802.11a/b/g Wireless LAN Controller [10ec:8185] (rev 20)
00:00.0 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge [10de:02f3] (rev a2)
Subsystem: Gateway 2000 Device [107b:0317]
00:00.1 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 0 [10de:02fa] (rev a2)
Subsystem: Gateway 2000 Device [107b:0317]
00:00.2 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 1 [10de:02fe] (rev a2)
Subsystem: Gateway 2000 Device [107b:0317]
00:00.3 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 5 [10de:02f8] (rev a2)
Subsystem: Gateway 2000 Device [107b:0317]
00:00.4 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 4 [10de:02f9] (rev a2)
Subsystem: Gateway 2000 Device [107b:0317]
00:00.5 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge [10de:02ff] (rev a2)
Subsystem: Gateway 2000 Device [107b:0317]
00:00.6 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 3 [10de:027f] (rev a2)
Subsystem: Gateway 2000 Device [107b:0317]
00:00.7 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 2 [10de:027e] (rev a2)
Subsystem: Gateway 2000 Device [107b:0317]
00:03.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge [10de:02fd] (rev a1)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:05.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation C51 [GeForce Go 6100] [10de:0247] (rev a2)
Subsystem: Gateway 2000 Device [107b:0317]
00:09.0 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Host Bridge [10de:0270] (rev a2)
Subsystem: Gateway 2000 Device [107b:0317]
00:0a.0 ISA bridge [0601]: nVidia Corporation MCP51 LPC Bridge [10de:0260] (rev a3)
Subsystem: Gateway 2000 Device [107b:0317]
00:0a.1 SMBus [0c05]: nVidia Corporation MCP51 SMBus [10de:0264] (rev a3)
Subsystem: Gateway 2000 Device [107b:0317]
Kernel driver in use: nForce2_smbus
00:0a.3 Co-processor [0b40]: nVidia Corporation MCP51 PMU [10de:0271] (rev a3)
Subsystem: Gateway 2000 Device [107b:0317]
00:0b.0 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP51 USB Controller [10de:026d] (rev a3)
Subsystem: Gateway 2000 Device [107b:0317]
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:0b.1 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP51 USB Controller [10de:026e] (rev a3)
Subsystem: Gateway 2000 Device [107b:0317]
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:0d.0 IDE interface [0101]: nVidia Corporation MCP51 IDE [10de:0265] (rev f1)
Subsystem: Gateway 2000 Device [107b:0317]
Kernel driver in use: pata_amd
00:10.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP51 PCI Bridge [10de:026f] (rev a2)
00:10.1 Audio device [0403]: nVidia Corporation MCP51 High Definition Audio [10de:026c] (rev a2)
Subsystem: Gateway 2000 Device [107b:0317]
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
00:14.0 Bridge [0680]: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Ethernet Controller [10de:0269] (rev a3)
Subsystem: Gateway 2000 Device [107b:0317]
Kernel driver in use: forcedeth
00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration [1022:1100]
00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map [1022:1101]
00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller [1022:1102]
00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control [1022:1103]
Kernel driver in use: k8temp
06:09.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8185 IEEE 802.11a/b/g Wireless LAN Controller [10ec:8185] (rev 20)
Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device [10ec:8225]
Kernel driver in use: rtl8180
Full list of lspci from pendrive unmodified by grep
zontreck wrote:
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> Code:
> --------------------
>
> #lspci -nnk | grep “RTL”
> 06:09.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
> RTL-8185 IEEE 802.11a/b/g Wireless LAN Controller [10ec:8185] (rev 20)
>
> --------------------
>
>
It should work out of the box
Make sure you have kernel-firmware installed
Ok, I’ll just run a install incase its not there.
Ya, still not scanning for networks.
Snippet from “iwlist scan”
wlan0 No Scan Results
Maybe the radio is off ?
Please try this command :
rfkill unblock all
or look for some hardware switch on the PC to enable it. Rfkill might not be installed by default. In that case you need to somehow copy the required .rpm to the machine having problems and install using rpm.
I just think its not scanning. Its saying no scan results 
I’m very confused as to why this is. When it was windows it worked perfectly. However, I don’t like windows so i changed it to linux…
Do you still have windows installed ? If yes can you boot to windows, enable all wireless stuff (bluetooth, wifi) and reboot to linux ? Another thing you might try is a complete poweroff for something like 5 minutes (remove the battery if it’s a laptop or unplug the power cable if it’s a desktop). I’ve got no idea why but sometimes it helps.
I’m going to try a reinstall in a minute. I just need to try that. Maybe something went wrong during the PXE Install