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Sam Preston

12 Aug 2007 12 Aug '07

21:48

Hi all, I just purchased a Toshiba Satellite laptop (A215-S4807), and am dual-booting Vista and OpenSUSE 10.2. The laptop has an Atheros AR5007EG wireless NIC. After searching around, I tried installing the ndiswrapper module and the windows drivers, and 'ndiswrapper -l' states that everything is okay. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to get the connection to work. I'm new to setting up a wireless connetion in linux, so I'm not sure if the driver isn't working correctly, or if I'm just not setting up the connection correctly. 'iwconfig' shows wlan0, so I try:

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iwconfig wlan0 essid "my_network_name"

after which 'iwconfig wlan0' shows signal strength, etc. I then try:

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ifconfig wlan0 up ifup wlan0

I get a warning that NetworkManager is being notified to set up the DHCP connection, but I don't seem to actually connect -- I can open up a browser and I just get a 'page not found' error. What should I be doing to test this connection? Also, the NetworkManager icon in the system tray still says that there is a connection to eth0, not wlan0. Thanks for any help, -Sam -- -------------------- J. Samuel Preston Research Associate Center for Advanced Engineering Environments Old Dominion University Research Foundation -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

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Jos van Kan

13 Aug 13 Aug

07:17

Sam Preston schreef:

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Hi all,

I just purchased a Toshiba Satellite laptop (A215-S4807), and am dual-booting Vista and OpenSUSE 10.2. The laptop has an Atheros AR5007EG wireless NIC. After searching around, I tried installing the ndiswrapper module and the windows drivers, and 'ndiswrapper -l' states that everything is okay. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to get the connection to work. I'm new to setting up a wireless connetion in linux, so I'm not sure if the driver isn't working correctly, or if I'm just not setting up the connection correctly. 'iwconfig' shows wlan0, so I try:

...
iwconfig wlan0 essid "my_network_name"

after which 'iwconfig wlan0' shows signal strength, etc. I then try:

...
ifconfig wlan0 up ifup wlan0

I get a warning that NetworkManager is being notified to set up the DHCP connection, but I don't seem to actually connect -- I can open up a browser and I just get a 'page not found' error. What should I be doing to test this connection? Also, the NetworkManager icon in the system tray still says that there is a connection to eth0, not wlan0.

Thanks for any help,

-Sam

Two questions: 1. Does wlan0 show an IP-address in ifconfig/iwconfig? 2. Does your WLAN use any form of encryption like WEP or WPA to connect to the router? That must be set up as well. (Use Yast instead of the CLI, that's a lot easier) To test the router connection ping the router: ping 192.168.x.x where x.x have to be the actual values of you router's IP address. Regards, -- Jos van Kan registered Linux user #152704 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Sam Preston

15:46

On 8/13/07, Jos van Kan wrote:

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Sam Preston schreef:

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Hi all,

I just purchased a Toshiba Satellite laptop (A215-S4807), and am dual-booting Vista and OpenSUSE 10.2. The laptop has an Atheros AR5007EG wireless NIC. After searching around, I tried installing the ndiswrapper module and the windows drivers, and 'ndiswrapper -l' states that everything is okay. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to get the connection to work. I'm new to setting up a wireless connetion in linux, so I'm not sure if the driver isn't working correctly, or if I'm just not setting up the connection correctly. 'iwconfig' shows wlan0, so I try:

...
iwconfig wlan0 essid "my_network_name"

after which 'iwconfig wlan0' shows signal strength, etc. I then try:

...
ifconfig wlan0 up ifup wlan0

I get a warning that NetworkManager is being notified to set up the DHCP connection, but I don't seem to actually connect -- I can open up a browser and I just get a 'page not found' error. What should I be doing to test this connection? Also, the NetworkManager icon in the system tray still says that there is a connection to eth0, not wlan0.

Thanks for any help,

-Sam

Two questions: 1. Does wlan0 show an IP-address in ifconfig/iwconfig?

No, I'm not getting an IP address. iwconfig gives: wlan0: IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"insecure.utah.edu" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: 00:0B:0E:26:14:C4 Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Encryption key:off Power Management:off Link quality:78/100 Signal level:-46 dBmh Noise level:-96 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries 676 Ivalid misc:8787 Missed beacon: 0 and ifconfig gives: wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1B:9E:28:79:F2 inet6 addr: fe80::21b:9eff:fe28:79f2/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 ... (sorry, having to type all of this since I don't have a network connection) I'm not sure what the ip address of the router is -- I'm trying to connect to my school's network. arp -a doesn't give anything, and 'route' doesn't have any routing info for the wlan0 interface.

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2. Does your WLAN use any form of encryption like WEP or WPA to connect to the router? That must be set up as well. (Use Yast instead of the CLI, that's a lot easier)

No, it's an open connection. I tried using Yast, but it didn't have an entry for my wireless card, just the wired interface (that's probably a bad sign), and I didn't see an appropriate card under 'add manually'.

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To test the router connection ping the router:

ping 192.168.x.x

where x.x have to be the actual values of you router's IP address.

Is there another way to get the router's address from the MAC address given by iwconfig? Thanks, -Sam -- -------------------- J. Samuel Preston -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Jos van Kan

17:23

Sam Preston schreef:

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On 8/13/07, Jos van Kan wrote:

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Sam Preston schreef:

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Hi all,

I just purchased a Toshiba Satellite laptop (A215-S4807), and am dual-booting Vista and OpenSUSE 10.2. The laptop has an Atheros AR5007EG wireless NIC. After searching around, I tried installing the ndiswrapper module and the windows drivers, and 'ndiswrapper -l' states that everything is okay. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to get the connection to work. I'm new to setting up a wireless connetion in linux, so I'm not sure if the driver isn't working correctly, or if I'm just not setting up the connection correctly. 'iwconfig' shows wlan0, so I try:

...
iwconfig wlan0 essid "my_network_name" after which 'iwconfig wlan0' shows signal strength, etc. I then try:

...
ifconfig wlan0 up ifup wlan0 I get a warning that NetworkManager is being notified to set up the DHCP connection, but I don't seem to actually connect -- I can open up a browser and I just get a 'page not found' error. What should I be doing to test this connection? Also, the NetworkManager icon in the system tray still says that there is a connection to eth0, not wlan0.

Thanks for any help,

-Sam

Two questions: 1. Does wlan0 show an IP-address in ifconfig/iwconfig?

No, I'm not getting an IP address. iwconfig gives: wlan0: IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"insecure.utah.edu" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: 00:0B:0E:26:14:C4 Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Encryption key:off Power Management:off Link quality:78/100 Signal level:-46 dBmh Noise level:-96 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries 676 Ivalid misc:8787 Missed beacon: 0

and ifconfig gives: wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1B:9E:28:79:F2 inet6 addr: fe80::21b:9eff:fe28:79f2/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 ... (sorry, having to type all of this since I don't have a network connection)

I'm not sure what the ip address of the router is -- I'm trying to connect to my school's network. arp -a doesn't give anything, and 'route' doesn't have any routing info for the wlan0 interface.

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2. Does your WLAN use any form of encryption like WEP or WPA to connect to the router? That must be set up as well. (Use Yast instead of the CLI, that's a lot easier)

No, it's an open connection. I tried using Yast, but it didn't have an entry for my wireless card, just the wired interface (that's probably a bad sign), and I didn't see an appropriate card under 'add manually'.

...
To test the router connection ping the router:

ping 192.168.x.x

where x.x have to be the actual values of you router's IP address.

Is there another way to get the router's address from the MAC address given by iwconfig?

Thanks, -Sam

-- Jos van Kan registered Linux user #152704 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Jos van Kan

17:27

Sam Preston schreef:

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On 8/13/07, Jos van Kan wrote:

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Sam Preston schreef:

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Hi all,

I just purchased a Toshiba Satellite laptop (A215-S4807), and am dual-booting Vista and OpenSUSE 10.2. The laptop has an Atheros AR5007EG wireless NIC. After searching around, I tried installing the ndiswrapper module and the windows drivers, and 'ndiswrapper -l' states that everything is okay. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to get the connection to work. I'm new to setting up a wireless connetion in linux, so I'm not sure if the driver isn't working correctly, or if I'm just not setting up the connection correctly. 'iwconfig' shows wlan0, so I try:

...
iwconfig wlan0 essid "my_network_name" after which 'iwconfig wlan0' shows signal strength, etc. I then try:

...
ifconfig wlan0 up ifup wlan0 I get a warning that NetworkManager is being notified to set up the DHCP connection, but I don't seem to actually connect -- I can open up a browser and I just get a 'page not found' error. What should I be doing to test this connection? Also, the NetworkManager icon in the system tray still says that there is a connection to eth0, not wlan0.

Thanks for any help,

-Sam

Two questions: 1. Does wlan0 show an IP-address in ifconfig/iwconfig?

No, I'm not getting an IP address. iwconfig gives: wlan0: IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"insecure.utah.edu" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: 00:0B:0E:26:14:C4 Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Encryption key:off Power Management:off Link quality:78/100 Signal level:-46 dBmh Noise level:-96 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries 676 Ivalid misc:8787 Missed beacon: 0

and ifconfig gives: wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1B:9E:28:79:F2 inet6 addr: fe80::21b:9eff:fe28:79f2/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 ... That's clear then. dhcp hasn't given out an IP address. What do the logs give you?

(cat /var/log/messages | grep -i dhcp) Regards, -- Jos van Kan registered Linux user #152704 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Patrick Shanahan

17:30

* Jos van Kan [08-13-07 13:28]:

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(cat /var/log/messages | grep -i dhcp)

why not: grep -i dhcp /var/log/messages -- Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://counter.li.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Jos van Kan

21:27

Patrick Shanahan schreef:

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* Jos van Kan [08-13-07 13:28]:

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(cat /var/log/messages | grep -i dhcp)

why not: grep -i dhcp /var/log/messages

Yeah, right. Took my eye off the ball for a second. ;-) -- Jos van Kan registered Linux user #152704 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Sam Preston

17:40

On 8/13/07, Jos van Kan wrote:

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Sam Preston schreef:

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On 8/13/07, Jos van Kan wrote:

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Sam Preston schreef:

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Hi all,

I just purchased a Toshiba Satellite laptop (A215-S4807), and am dual-booting Vista and OpenSUSE 10.2. The laptop has an Atheros AR5007EG wireless NIC. After searching around, I tried installing the ndiswrapper module and the windows drivers, and 'ndiswrapper -l' states that everything is okay. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to get the connection to work. I'm new to setting up a wireless connetion in linux, so I'm not sure if the driver isn't working correctly, or if I'm just not setting up the connection correctly. 'iwconfig' shows wlan0, so I try:

...
iwconfig wlan0 essid "my_network_name" after which 'iwconfig wlan0' shows signal strength, etc. I then try:

...
ifconfig wlan0 up ifup wlan0 I get a warning that NetworkManager is being notified to set up the DHCP connection, but I don't seem to actually connect -- I can open up a browser and I just get a 'page not found' error. What should I be doing to test this connection? Also, the NetworkManager icon in the system tray still says that there is a connection to eth0, not wlan0.

Thanks for any help,

-Sam

Two questions: 1. Does wlan0 show an IP-address in ifconfig/iwconfig?

No, I'm not getting an IP address. iwconfig gives: wlan0: IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"insecure.utah.edu" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: 00:0B:0E:26:14:C4 Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Encryption key:off Power Management:off Link quality:78/100 Signal level:-46 dBmh Noise level:-96 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries 676 Ivalid misc:8787 Missed beacon: 0

and ifconfig gives: wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1B:9E:28:79:F2 inet6 addr: fe80::21b:9eff:fe28:79f2/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 ... That's clear then. dhcp hasn't given out an IP address. What do the logs give you?

(cat /var/log/messages | grep -i dhcp)

I just get: Aug 13 08:57:28 samlap network: Starting the DHCP DBUS Deamon: Aug 13 08:57:41 samlap dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 2 ... It tries to discover on eth0 several more times, but nothing on interface wlan0 -Sam

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Regards, -- Jos van Kan registered Linux user #152704 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

-- -------------------- J. Samuel Preston Research Associate Center for Advanced Engineering Environments Old Dominion University Research Foundation -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

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