Noob needs help with Internet for RHEL7 new installation.
Hello
I am having a tough time finding a solution for a new installation of RHEL7 which is fantastic by the way but it doesn't see the Arris SBG6580 wireless cable modem gateway nor does it seem to see the wireless adapter that is plugged in. It does see the Bluetooth adapter so that is good.
I am mostly a click and go kind of guy and I like having RHEL so I find some set-up challenges difficult.
I looked in /etc at a couple of things that I read about in the https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/pdf/Networking_Guide/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-7-Networking_Guide-en-US.pdf and I see that there isn't anything for the Cable modem. There is an entry for the Unknown with hardware address 00:00:00:00:00:00
I can use some help. Modem works when plugged into Laptop running RHEL6 and Laptop is on Wireless right now.
Responses
Hello Ernst,
Network drivers that are no longer supported upstream are not shipped in RHEL7.
Which network drivers were added or removed in RHEL 7?
To see which Wireless NIC you have, do:
lspci | grep -i wireless
For my laptop, I get:
04:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 7200 (rev 83)
To get more information on the NIC, do:
lspci -vvv -s
In my case that would be:
lspci -vvv -s 04:00.0
This can be used to help figure out which driver would be used with that NIC.
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