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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>I think that I am missing something in trying to get the nl80211 driver.<br><br>1. I have looked at :-<br><a href="http://linuxwireless.org/en/developers/Documentation/nl80211" target="_blank">http://linuxwireless.org/en/developers/Documentation/nl80211</a><br> - Is cfg80211 to replace nl80211 ?<br><br>2. From:-<br><a href="http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=277190" target="_blank">http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=277190</a><br> - This thread suggests installing kmod_staging - which I did, but no change.<br> - I cannot see how this thread is any way related ..<br><br><blockquote><div class="smallfont">
<strong>Re: F16 and no wireless... "nl80211 not found" (help, thnx)</strong>
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The driver should be in kmod-staging install the rpmfusion software
repositories first. Also see this thread, it has some recent issues
near the end.<br>
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<a href="http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?p=1559624" target="_blank">http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?p=1559624</a>
</div></blockquote><br>3. I have iw, and this dumps a ton of stuff.<br><br>4. I have a basic Fedora hotspot running in <u>ad-hoc</u> mode, which is of little use to my Android<br> devices, so I know that the wifi device can operate as a hotspot. I can confirm its presence using<br> a wifi detector app. Android just does not allow me to connect to it.<br><br>5. $ modinfo iwlwifi | grep -A 3 -B 2 depend<br>alias: pci:v00008086d00004232sv*sd00001301bc*sc*i*<br>alias: pci:v00008086d00004232sv*sd00001201bc*sc*i*<br>depends: cfg80211<br>intree: Y<br>vermagic: 3.8.7-201.fc18.x86_64 SMP mod_unload <br>parm: debug:debug output mask (uint)<br><br> $ uname -r<br>3.8.7-201.fc18.x86_64<br><br><br><br>Best Regards<br>
Naipaul Ojar<br>
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