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:
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..
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