Enable Intel Corporation WiFi Link 5100 in centos6.2

1. Check my kernel: uname-A (2.6.32-220. el6.i686 );

2. In http://intellinuxwireless.org /? N = downloads address download5000 images-for Intel Wireless WiFi 5100agn, 5300agn, and 5350agnFile, decompress the file to copy the iwlwifi-5000-5.ucode file to/lib/firmware.

3. Set Wireless Configuration in the graphic interface; (SSID and key)

4.

 
# Enable the wireless Nic Power SupplyIwconfig wlan0 txpower on# List wireless networks in a regionIwlist wlan0 Scan# If you want to connect to the network myhome (that is, the network where Essid is myhome), enter the commandIwconfig wlan0 Essid"Myhome"# If the network is encrypted and the password is 0123456789, enter the commandIwconfig wlan0 Essid"Myhome"Key 0123-4567-895. Error: Error for wireless request "set encode" (8b2a): Set failed on device wlan0; invalid argument.
 

Solution:

Enter system-config-services in the terminal, and a window is displayed. The first one is NetworkManager, hook it up, start it, and save it:

Refer:

Http://linux-wiki.cn/wiki/zh-hans/

Http://carvin.iteye.com/blog/1102080

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