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[Marc Chamberlin <marc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 11/3/2010 4:51 PM, Peter Nikolic wrote:
> On Wednesday 03 Nov 2010 03:08:54 Marc Chamberlin wrote:
> > On 11/2/2010 3:13 PM, David C. Rankin wrote:
> > > On 11/02/2010 04:05 PM, Marc Chamberlin wrote:
> > > > Thanks David for your reply.  OK here is my iwconfig info and just for
> > > > completeness, my ifconfig info. I have had the wireless working on 11.2
> > > > with my laptops built in wireless card, but it failed so I have turned
> > > > it off and am trying to switch over to using a wireless USB dongle....
> > > First, with 11.3, I had nothing but trouble with the default 2.6.34
> > > kernel and wireless. In fact it would lock my laptop 'tight as a drum'.
> > > See:
> > >
> > > https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=628166
> > David, List -  Guess I should have mentioned I am still running 11.2.
> > Haven't found the time yet to upgrade....
> >
> > > OK wmmaster0 is the 'dummy' connection and 'wlan2' is the actual
> > > interface. The good news is the interface is created and the driver is
> > > loaded. The bad news is the "Access Point: Not-Associated". I presume
> > > your access point is configured with ESSID "CHAMBERLIN" -- double check
> > > spelling, etc.. the wrong ESSID will kill you.
> > The ESSID is correct...
> >
> > > When connected, you should bet the access point MAC back (mine):
> > >     Access Point: 00:23:69:5C:FD:B6
> > >
> > > Check to see what access points you can see from your laptop. Use (as
> > > root)
> > > 'iwlist wlan2 scan'. My interface is ath0, so I get:
> > Well no such joy for me...
> >
> > marcslaptop:/home/marc # iwlist wlan2 scan
> > wlan2     No scan results
> >
> > > This will allow you to (1) test that you can see your AP, (2) confirm the
> > > ESSID it thinks it has. I don't know if the encore driver makes use of
> > > wlanconfig, but you can also use it to scan for AP's. Two steps are
> > > required to use wlanconfig:
> > >
> > > # Insert the scanning module:
> > >     modprobe wlan_scan_sta
> > And again no joy!  I am striking out!
> >
> > marcslaptop:/home/marc # modprobe wlan_scan_sta
> > FATAL: Module wlan_scan_sta not found.
> >
> > I think I have to get this much working before proceeding further. Will
> > keep trying Google and keep my fingers crossed that you are another guru
> > can help me get this thing working... It appears much of the rest of
> > your comments were related to openSuSE 11.3, am I going to have to
> > upgrade? Again thanks for helping!
> >
> >      Marc..
> I dislike being spoken to as in  your comment   it was UNCALLED for ..
>
> Now back to busiuness you have of course followed all the instructions and
> installed and verified  the firmware   and checked to see it is in the right
> place
>
>
>
> Pete .
Thanks Pete for replying also...  Didn't mean to offend you..   I am not 
sure I understand what you mean by following all the instructions, but I 
think so... As for installing firmware, when the YaST software updater 
apparently saw that I had a new wireless USB device that I was trying to 
install, it automatically selected and download a kernel firmware module 
for me. I dunno how to verify if it selected the right one and installed 
it in the right place though...

    Marc....


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