On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 3:34 PM, Chris Murphy <lists(a)colorremedies.com> wrote:
On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 3:28 PM, Chris Murphy
<lists(a)colorremedies.com> wrote:
> Here we go again!
>
> Fedora 23 Server, no GUI, running on an Intel NUC which has Intel
> Corporation Wireless 3165. The problem is, despite the radio being on
> and no obvious complaints, no APs are listed with nmcli d list.
>
> # nmcli r
> WIFI-HW WIFI WWAN-HW WWAN
> enabled enabled enabled enabled
> [root@f23s ~]# nmcli c
> NAME UUID TYPE DEVICE
> virbr0-nic 9b346e45-60a4-48d4-a4d2-b5452946093b generic virbr0-nic
> virbr0 a4bc029b-716c-41d7-82a1-71af8f2a045e bridge virbr0
> enp3s0 5cfa14cc-0d22-4c12-ae08-d61d8f47a011 802-3-ethernet enp3s0
> [root@f23s ~]# nmcli d
> DEVICE TYPE STATE CONNECTION
> virbr0 bridge connected virbr0
> enp3s0 ethernet connected enp3s0
> virbr0-nic tap connected virbr0-nic
> lo loopback unmanaged --
> wlp2s0 wifi unmanaged --
> [root@f23s ~]# nmcli d wifi list
> [root@f23s ~]#
>
> That's not expected. A laptop sees many APs for this same command, but
> it's running Workstation so I wonder if there's something Server needs
> that it doesn't get by default (other than firmware and wpa_supplicant
> which I installed afterward).
>
> Also suspicious:
>
> # journalctl -b | grep iwlwifi
>
https://paste.fedoraproject.org/377327/
>
> It's a model 3165 but it wants 7265D firmware, which it finds and uses
> without complaint. But the Carrier: OFF is curious, not sure what that
> means.
>
> Although this is Fedora 23, it is the Fedora 24 kernel and firmware
> files being used which could be related. But it's the first time I've
> tried to use this wifi.
Fedora 23 Server
[chris@f23s ~]$ rpm -qa | grep NetworkManager
NetworkManager-1.0.12-2.fc23.x86_64
NetworkManager-libnm-1.0.12-2.fc23.x86_64
Fedora 24 Workstation
[chris@f24m Downloads]$ rpm -qa | grep NetworkManager
NetworkManager-wifi-1.2.2-2.fc24.x86_64
NetworkManager-pptp-1.2.2-1.fc24.x86_64
NetworkManager-openvpn-gnome-1.2.2-1.fc24.x86_64
NetworkManager-1.2.2-2.fc24.x86_64
NetworkManager-bluetooth-1.2.2-2.fc24.x86_64
NetworkManager-pptp-gnome-1.2.2-1.fc24.x86_64
NetworkManager-adsl-1.2.2-2.fc24.x86_64
NetworkManager-openvpn-1.2.2-1.fc24.x86_64
NetworkManager-wwan-1.2.2-2.fc24.x86_64
NetworkManager-libnm-1.2.2-2.fc24.x86_64
NetworkManager-vpnc-gnome-1.2.2-1.fc24.x86_64
NetworkManager-vpnc-1.2.2-1.fc24.x86_64
NetworkManager-config-connectivity-fedora-1.2.2-2.fc24.x86_64
NetworkManager-team-1.2.2-2.fc24.x86_64
NetworkManager-openconnect-1.2.2-1.fc24.x86_64
NetworkManager-glib-1.2.2-2.fc24.x86_64
OK! So I'm gonna guess it wants at least NetworkManager-wifi...
That did it. It needed some other things also, ModemManager and a few
libraries. But now the command works. And I've connected.
--
Chris Murphy