Jeffrey, I have a similar issue and have tried everything you wrote. I updated to 1.0.1 driver and the issue persists. I get a signal strength of ultimate and set everything up correctly (essid/encryption/etc) but it's still not working. I can't even ping my router ip! I have even added default gateway with no luck :( -----Original Message----- From: Jeffrey L. Taylor [mailto:suse@austinblues.dyndns.org] Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 2:27 PM To: suse Subject: Re: [SLE] wireless card ipw2100 Quoting boricua@pepino.is-a-geek.org : [snip]

does this help

Nov 22 06:49:51 linux kernel: ipw2100: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Driver, 0.55 Nov 22 06:49:51 linux kernel: ipw2100: Copyright(c) 2003-2004 Intel Corporation Nov 22 06:49:51 linux kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:02:0a.0[A] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11 Nov 22 06:49:51 linux kernel: ipw2100: 0000:02:0a.0: Detected at mem: 0xC2005000-0xC2005FFF -> f0fd0000, irq: 11 Nov 22 06:49:51 linux kernel: eth1: Using hotplug firmware load. Nov 22 06:49:51 linux kernel: eth1: Bound to 0000:02:0a.0 Nov 22 06:49:52 linux kernel: eth1: Associated with '04Z409048210' at 1Mbps, channel 6 (BSSID=00:00:00:00:00:00) Nov 22 06:50:01 linux kernel: eth1: Association lost. Nov 22 06:50:02 linux kernel: eth1: Associated with 'NYBKLNY' at 11Mbps, channel 6 (BSSID=00:e0:98:c9:09:6c) Nov 22 06:50:12 linux kernel: eth1: no IPv6 routers present

Yes it does. The lines above look good. This version is several months old. My first suggestion is to uninstall the driver thru YaST, rpm, or whatever. If not a separate package, do this: cd /lib/modules/ find . -name "ieee80211*.ko" find . -name "ipw2100.ko" Delete any modules/drivers found. IIRC, these are in the extra/ directory. Go to ipw2100.sf.net, download, make, and install the latest version (1.0.1 at the moment). You will also need to download and install the firmware. The directions are on the site. Be aware that the firmware is closed source, binary only, and you will need to agree to a license. You will need the kernel sources to compile it. The new drivers will be installed in different place, "kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2100/". You do not want to have two versions of the driver in the kernel modules directory tree. My second suggestion is to check routing ("route -n"). If safe, take any firewall down. (I.e., do try this at home or work. Trying it in a coffeehouse/bar/dive where the hackers hang out can be hazardous to the health of your laptop.) Take any other network interface down, e.g. eth0. Try setting the IP address manually. Try pinging the access point. If this all works, try "traceroute google.com" or "traceroute 216.239.37.99" if you don't have DNS working. HTH, Jeffrey -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com