Help anyone!! I've just loaded Suse 9.1 pro on an HP laptop. I've got my 100BT (eth0) working but I haven't been able to get my PCMCIA wireless card to work. Yast see the card and knows what it is but I can't get it to connect. I've tried my NetgearWG511 (802.11g), a Netgear WG521 (802.11b) and a Linksys WPC11 (also 802.11b). At least with the Linksys I get a green power light. Any suggestions?? Am I missing a kernel module or subsystem entry??
On Monday 04 October 2004 17:58, jcannare1@comcast.net wrote:
Help anyone!! I've just loaded Suse 9.1 pro on an HP laptop. I've got my 100BT (eth0) working but I haven't been able to get my PCMCIA wireless card to work. Yast see the card and knows what it is but I can't get it to connect. I've tried my NetgearWG511 (802.11g), a Netgear WG521 (802.11b) and a Linksys WPC11 (also 802.11b). At least with the Linksys I get a green power light. Any suggestions?? Am I missing a kernel module or subsystem entry??
I use SuSE 9.1 on my desktop, but I am a simple end user, and so I use Linspire on my notebook for wireless. You can get a decent notebook with Linspire on it here, and this store is gnu linux only, no Windows boxes. Also, SuSE will run on their boxes, so they say. I have never tested putting SuSE on their boxes. I just stayed with Linspire: http://www.sub300.com Many people have issues with the fact that Linspire runs in root, but creating a different user account might be easier for you than trying to tweak wireless cards, etc. Plus, Linspire gives you the ability to play commercial DVDs on Linux, etc.
On Monday 04 October 2004 21:26, Christian Einfeldt wrote:
On Monday 04 October 2004 17:58, jcannare1@comcast.net wrote:
Help anyone!! I've just loaded Suse 9.1 pro on an HP laptop. I've got my 100BT (eth0) working but I haven't been able to get my PCMCIA wireless card to work. Yast see the card and knows what it is but I can't get it to connect. I've tried my NetgearWG511 (802.11g), a Netgear WG521 (802.11b) and a Linksys WPC11 (also 802.11b). At least with the Linksys I get a green power light. Any suggestions?? Am I missing a kernel module or subsystem entry??
I use SuSE 9.1 on my desktop, but I am a simple end user, and so I use Linspire on my notebook for wireless. You can get a decent notebook with Linspire on it here, and this store is gnu linux only, no Windows boxes. Also, SuSE will run on their boxes, so they say. I have never tested putting SuSE on their boxes. I just stayed with Linspire:
Many people have issues with the fact that Linspire runs in root, but creating a different user account might be easier for you than trying to tweak wireless cards, etc. Plus, Linspire gives you the ability to play commercial DVDs on Linux, etc.
I'm using an SMC 2835W 802.11G card in my Toshiba Satellite. Configured through YAST and WEP works. Still working on WPA. -- -- "Remember that if the opportunities for great deeds should never come, the opportunities for good deeds are renewed day by day. The thing for us to long for is the goodness, not the glory." --F.W. Faber
jcannare1@comcast.net wrote:
Help anyone!! I've just loaded Suse 9.1 pro on an HP laptop. I've got my 100BT (eth0) working but I haven't been able to get my PCMCIA wireless card to work. Yast see the card and knows what it is but I can't get it to connect. I've tried my NetgearWG511 (802.11g), a Netgear WG521 (802.11b) and a Linksys WPC11 (also 802.11b). At least with the Linksys I get a green power light. Any suggestions?? Am I missing a kernel module or subsystem entry??
I have wifi working on my HP laptop (zd7260) and 9.0. You need the windows driver and a wrapper for it. I'm using the linuxant driver. Some people have gotten ndiswrapper to work. I have read various problems with both solutions depending on the kernel version. The linuxant folks have very good support help, especially their email list. I'm also using the linuxant driver for the modem. Otherwise, you'll need to provide more info to get help, like the config file for the connection, or what iwconfig shows. Good luck, Jim
jcannare1@comcast.net wrote:
Help anyone!! I've just loaded Suse 9.1 pro on an HP laptop. I've got my 100BT (eth0) working but I haven't been able to get my PCMCIA wireless card to work. Yast see the card and knows what it is but I can't get it to connect. I've tried my NetgearWG511 (802.11g), a Netgear WG521 (802.11b) and a Linksys WPC11 (also 802.11b). At least with the Linksys I get a green power light. Any suggestions?? Am I missing a kernel module or subsystem entry??
Your Netgear WG511 (try google: WG511 linux) is prism54 card. Check out http://prism54.org/ . Suse is actually very good at handling these cards (better than Fedora) but you must understand the method of loading a binary firmware for your card. you probably see this when running 'iwconfig': eth0 "DEVICE NOT READY" If you have the windows driver on CD, you may find a file named 1.0.3.0.arm or 1.0.4.3.arm on the CD. Either of these should be copied to /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware and renamed isl3890. Then try "ifconfig eth0 up" and "iwconfig": you should now be able to configure the card to your wireless network. Attached is a mini-howto I wrote for some guys at work for the same card. Hope that helps. Cosmo 1) physically install prism wireless card 2) boot os, run 'iwconfig'. you should see: eth0 NOT READY! ESSID:off/any ... 3) ifconfig eth0 up (this will fail, but give us dmesg output) 4) dmesg |tail prism54: request_firmware() failed for 'isl3890' eth0: could not upload firmware ('isl3890') 5) find the firmware from vendor CD (or from www.prism54.org). it will be named something like: 1.0.4.3.arm Copy it to /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/ and rename it isl3890 6) try again: ifconfig eth0 up; dmesg | tail if the correct firmware (and loading mechanism) are in place, you should see: eth0: islpci_open() eth0: resetting device... eth0: uploading firmware... eth0: firmware uploaded done, now triggering reset... 7) and: iwconfig eth0 eth0 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID: "pogo-guest" ... that means all should be working.
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Mitch Thompson