On 11/1/2010 3:38 PM, David C. Rankin wrote:
On 11/01/2010 02:38 PM, Marc Chamberlin wrote:
Of course I also rebooted just to be sure the new kernel was running. But no joy with getting it to actually send/receive anything over the wireless network.
Any guru out there want to guide me into the light and get this thing working? Much appreciate and thanks in advance...
Marc... Marc,
I'm no guru with Encore cards, but common problems with wireless are often associated with encryption methods used (wep, wpa, wpa-2). Post the output of iwconfig so we can look at the connection stats. If you want, you can blank the encryption key info (no that it matters) like this:
16:48 alchemy:~/dev/prg/ccpp/lib/gsl> sudo iwconfig <snip>
ath0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"skyline" Nickname:"" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:23:69:5C:FD:B6 Bit Rate:48 Mb/s Tx-Power:16 dBm Sensitivity=1/1 Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:****-****-****-****-992A-E954-D3CD-56BC Security mode:restricted Power Management:off Link Quality=46/70 Signal level=-49 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm Rx invalid nwid:976013 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
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Also, have you ever had wireless working on 11.2? We will need to make sure the driver is loaded. (we will know once we see the iwconfig info). Check yast to see when it is being loaded ('on boot', 'on cable connection', 'hotplug', etc..) I don't know whether encore uses wpa_supplicant for encryption or not, but if it does, configuring wpa_supplicant is separate from setting the card up in yast.
Somebody here will know what it takes to get the encore card going.
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.... I have configured Yast to load it 'on boot' and am using WEP 128bit encryption. I double checked the key to make sure it is right, and it is.. In the interim I am using a wired cable for my laptop, but time is running out as my wife is not a happy camper having a cable run across our living room! ;-) Marc.. marcslaptop:/home/marc # ifdown eth0 eth0 device: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Ethernet Controller (rev a3) marcslaptop:/home/marc # ifup wlan2 wlan2 name: 802.11 n WLAN SuSEfirewall2: Warning: no default firewall zone defined, assuming 'ext' marcslaptop:/home/marc # iwconfig lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. wmaster0 no wireless extensions. wlan2 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"CHAMBERLIN" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=9 dBm Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:1234-1234-1234-1234-1234-1234-12 Power Management:on Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0 Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 marcslaptop:/home/marc # ifconfig lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:174 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:174 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:10770 (10.5 Kb) TX bytes:10770 (10.5 Kb) wlan2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:02:6F:5F:98:45 inet addr:192.168.2.10 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-02-6F-5F-98-45-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00 UP RUNNING MTU:0 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org