[opensuse] Connecting to WiFi
Boris Epstein wrote:
I am not 100% sure here but it sounds to me like your wireless device might not get properly recognized. Are you sure it is (i.e., all the modules load properly, etc.)?
Boris.
./NetworkManager (as root) made it work, but 'no connection' ./wifi-radar resulted in same reaction as before ./ndiswrapper -l did not list anyhing ./ndiswrapper - i inffile 'couldn't inffile' What next? André -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
A. den Oudsten wrote:
Boris Epstein wrote:
I am not 100% sure here but it sounds to me like your wireless device might not get properly recognized. Are you sure it is (i.e., all the modules load properly, etc.)?
Boris.
./NetworkManager (as root) made it work, but 'no connection' ./wifi-radar resulted in same reaction as before ./ndiswrapper -l did not list anyhing ./ndiswrapper - i inffile 'couldn't inffile'
What next?
André
The people on this forum cannot do this for you. You need to do some serious research on the AR5006EG chip in your card. Read up on ndiswrapper in Suse at http://www.andrewd18.com/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapperinfo-gui.php. The .inf file is contained in this package, which is for an Acer Aspire 4720Z, but it is from Acer and is the only one I see for this wireless card: ftp://ftp.work.acer-euro.com/notebook/aspire_4710/driver/Wireless_Atheros.zip After extracting the files, you will see ar5211.sys, net5211.cat and net5211.inf, plus 12 others that relate to a Windows installation. As root, from the command line in the directory where these files are located, execute ndiswrapper -i net5211.inf. ndiswrapper -l will confirm the installation of the driver, and the presence of the device. modprobe ndiswrapper should bring the card up. iwconfig will confirm a running wireless card--who knows what its name will be. It could be eth1, wlan0, wlan1, etc., but it should show up in the list. ifup-dhcp (name of device from iwconfig) should make a connection to the router. wifi-radar should also work and give you a chance to input a passphrase if you use one. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Ed Harrison wrote:
A. den Oudsten wrote:
Boris Epstein wrote:
Hi, last week I didn't know a thing about madwifi and the ar5006eg, now I got one working. I bought an Acer Aspire 4720z laptop as a gift for a student last week and found that it had a ar5007eg installed. In windows vista the wireless card was listed as an atheros ar5007eg, but it showed up as a ar5006eg in suse. Doing research on this, I found out that there is a known bug in the madwifi driver that prevents the card from being recognized properly. There is a patch for this for the 32 bit driver, but I found that it was already installed in the driver that I used. I installed a 32 bit Opensuse OS, version 10.3. I had to install the driver and the kernel module to get it working. The source for the driver and the madwifi-kmp-default was here: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/schmolle1980/openSUSE_10.3_u... I seem to remember that you were using a 64 bit system from your posts, the bug workaround says that the patch doesn't work with 64 bit, only 32 bit. But maybe that is all fixed for 64 bit now, you can try it to see. I didn't have to add the patch to the 32 bit, it was all fixed since some time had transpired. If you want to read up a little, here is the patch info: http://madwifi.org/ticket/1679 As regards ndiswrapper, I did try that too. I first tried madwifi, but I couldn't get the madwifi to work. So then I tried ndiswrapper. I was able to get the driver inf file from the vista preinstalled on the laptop, but it didn't work in suse. It showed installed and all, but didn't work. Maybe it is because the ndiswrapper is supposed to work with winxp drivers and not vista, I don't know as I don't know that much about computers. I took a look at the inf file and it looked different then the inf files that I have successfully used from winxp. When I found the information about madwifi above, I removed the ndiswrapper driver and ndiswrapper packages. I put in the madwifi driver and kmp, and after a couple of tries to connect with the network everything began to work. I hope this info will put you on the write track. Mark -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Ed Harrison wrote:
A. den Oudsten wrote:
Boris Epstein wrote:
I am not 100% sure here but it sounds to me like your wireless device might not get properly recognized. Are you sure it is (i.e., all the modules load properly, etc.)?
Boris.
./NetworkManager (as root) made it work, but 'no connection' ./wifi-radar resulted in same reaction as before ./ndiswrapper -l did not list anyhing ./ndiswrapper - i inffile 'couldn't inffile'
What next?
André
The people on this forum cannot do this for you. You need to do some serious research on the AR5006EG chip in your card.
Read up on ndiswrapper in Suse at http://www.andrewd18.com/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapperinfo-gui.php.
The .inf file is contained in this package, which is for an Acer Aspire 4720Z, but it is from Acer and is the only one I see for this wireless card:
ftp://ftp.work.acer-euro.com/notebook/aspire_4710/driver/Wireless_Atheros.zip
After extracting the files, you will see ar5211.sys, net5211.cat and net5211.inf, plus 12 others that relate to a Windows installation.
As root, from the command line in the directory where these files are located, execute ndiswrapper -i net5211.inf.
ndiswrapper -l will confirm the installation of the driver, and the presence of the device.
modprobe ndiswrapper should bring the card up. iwconfig will confirm a running wireless card--who knows what its name will be. It could be eth1, wlan0, wlan1, etc., but it should show up in the list.
ifup-dhcp (name of device from iwconfig) should make a connection to the router. wifi-radar should also work and give you a chance to input a passphrase if you use one.
Thanks to all who made suggestions !! Via the instructions on www.andrew18, and some interpretations of certain terms things work!! André -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
participants (3)
-
A. den Oudsten -
Ed Harrison -
Mark Misulich