http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530264 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530264#c14 Vladimir Botka <vbotka@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Priority|P5 - None |P3 - Medium Status|NEW |ASSIGNED Component|Network |Network Version|Factory |Final AssignedTo|vbotka@novell.com |bnc-team-screening@forge.pr | |ovo.novell.com Product|openSUSE 11.2 |openSUSE 11.3 Severity|Major |Normal --- Comment #14 from Vladimir Botka <vbotka@novell.com> 2010-07-29 10:01:47 UTC --- (In reply to comment #13)
Currently (openSUSE-11.3) iwlist reports more then 10 access points with link
The driver must be working if iwlist can see the APs. This works for me too.
I think 'iwconfig eth1 essid <My ESSID>' shoud associate my acess point but it does not.
Yes, if the AP is OPEN, if the AP is encrypted then wpa_supplicant is needed.
Even after 'iwconfig eth1 ap <MAC address>' the interface remains 'Not-Associated'.
I can associate with OPEN AP. # iwconfig eth1 essid vlado-test-ap4 # iwconfig eth1 eth1 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"vlado-test-ap4" Nickname:"ipw2100" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: 00:1C:F0:89:9D:CC Bit Rate=11 Mb/s Tx-Power:16 dBm Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:off Power Management:off Link Quality=99/100 Signal level=-32 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:2
Meanwhile I also found a relevant bug report on ubuntu launchpad (#482291) which indicates that ipw2100 and ipw2200 did not get ported to a new 'rfkill infrastructure' in kernel-2.6.31. This has been fixed there in november 2009. I would expect that the fixes would automatically appear in openSUSE updates some point of time.
11.3 got kernel 2.6.34 and ipw2100 seems to be working fine for me. If you think there is a problem with the rfkill then you can install the rfkill utility. As root you can list and manipulate the available rfkill interfaces. # rfkill list all 0: hci0: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 1: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.