On 11/02/2010 10:08 PM, 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....
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...
Hmm, 11.2, and broadcom sounds pretty standard, and like something that should be painless to make work. The iwlist test:
marcslaptop:/home/marc # iwlist wlan2 scan wlan2 No scan results
tells us your laptop cannot see any APs. I'm sure you haven't done this, but check your wireless AP config (security) and make sure you haven't 'hidden' (disabled) your ESSID broadcast. What we know for certain, is if you can't see it, you have little hope of connecting....
And again no joy! I am striking out!
marcslaptop:/home/marc # modprobe wlan_scan_sta FATAL: Module wlan_scan_sta not found.
This isn't a strike-out, this is just telling us that broadcom doesn't have a wlan_scan_sta module. (problem is I don't know if it should or not) I doubt you do. That is probably an Atheros specific module. We will have to check.
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..
Marc, You are on the right track. I'll google a bit later and see if I can find something. (I'd start with something like 'suse 11.2 broadcom wireless problem connect', etc...) and see what you get. My guess is that either you don't have the correct wireless driver installed or there is a problem with the kernel module alias that incorrectly identifies the wireless chipset and loads a driver for a different broadcom card. (I bugged this with 11.0 and the ath5k module, so it isn't out of the question...) The scanning test is really a good test for debugging. You are just forcing the card to 'take a look at what it can see to connect to'. The biggest plus is that you do not have to be connected to anything to make use of the test. Once you can see the APs available, then the investigation will shift into "howto make it connect" mode. (which I'll wager solves itself) I know that this issue has to have been solved many times over. We just have to find where -- and pray somebody was kind enough to document the solution instead of simply writing [solved]... -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org