[opensuse] Belkin wireless pci destination host unreachable
Hello, I just purchased a Belkin Wireless G desktop card. I downloaded the necessary madwifi and madwifi kernel module for suse 10.1 from the madwifi.org web site. I installed them, configured with yast2->network devices->network cards I chose a static address 192.168.0.50/255.255.255.0 the nameserver and host name is set to 192.168.0.20 primary 192.168.0.70 secondary hostname linux domain local.net default gateway to 192.168.0.1 I set the encryption to 128 bit wep and supplied my key. I told it to use traditional method with ifup. output of ifconfig shows the interface ath0 up with the correct address/netmask and connected to the correct ap. output of iwlist scanning returns my ap output of route -n 192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 ath0 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo 0.0.0.0 192.168.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 ath0 this looks just like my wired connections and one other wireless connection based on the broadcom chipset. Problem, every time I try to ping a local machine it tells me that the destination host unreachable. Any ideas would be appreciated, as I need to get this machine connected through the wireless so I can relocate it. John -- Registered Linux User 263680, get counted at http://counter.li.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 2006-11-24 15:16, John Pierce wrote:
Hello, I just purchased a Belkin Wireless G desktop card.
I downloaded the necessary madwifi and madwifi kernel module for suse 10.1 from the madwifi.org web site.
<snip> It probably isn't working because the madwifi module only supports Atheros chipsets, while the Belkin NICs use Ralink rt2500 series.
According to Linuxemporium (http://www.linuxemporium.co.uk/products/wireless/) SuSE 10.1 has had support for those chips surgically removed, but they give a link to get it up and running: http://linux.wordpress.com/2006/05/14/suse-101-and-rt2500-wi-fi/. Maybe support has been returned by now; I don't see any date on the Linuxemporium article. Since Ralink has put its drivers under the GPL, you should have no problem finding them. Here's one freebie to get you started :-) http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/ -- The best way to accelerate a computer running Windows is at 9.81 m/s² -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Well, lspci indicates that it is an atheros based card 5212 chipset, on the card it is an atheros chipset. If I use knetwork manager to configure it asks for the wep key and tells me that it is connected and the little knetworkmanager icon changes to a signal meter. It scans my ap and just now after a reboot it picked up another cell in my neighborhood. It is like the system is not going through the belkin card. John -- Registered Linux User 263680, get counted at http://counter.li.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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