[opensuse] wifi for a Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop
Hello I'm having trouble with a Dell Laptop Inspiron 6000. The WIFI seems to not work. Fist, when I did the installation it identified the wifi as eth0 and not ath0, which is different than my other installations. iwconfig identifies the device as follows ath0 radio off ESSID:off/any Mode:Managed Channel:0 Access Point: Not-Associated Bit Rate:0 kb/s Tx-Power=off Sensitivity=8/0 Retry limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:off Power Management:off 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 It shows up in yast as Name │IP Address ││ ││PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection│DHCP ││ ││BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX │DHCP ││ but iwlist fails stat46:~ # iwlist ath0 scanning ath0 No scan results There is wifi available (infact I'm posting from the wifi on my EEEPC) I spin around the net is not coming u with any solutions. Anyone have a clue as to what can be wrong? Maybe the wifi is shot? iwconfig ath0 essid any rate auto channel auto Error for wireless request "Set Frequency" (8B04) : SET failed on device ath0 ; Invalid argument. Ruben -- http://www.mrbrklyn.com - Interesting Stuff http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998 http://fairuse.nylxs.com DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS - RI Safir 2002 "Yeah - I write Free Software...so SUE ME" "The tremendous problem we face is that we are becoming sharecroppers to our own cultural heritage -- we need the ability to participate in our own society." "> I'm an engineer. I choose the best tool for the job, politics be damned.< You must be a stupid engineer then, because politcs and technology have been attached at the hip since the 1st dynasty in Ancient Egypt. I guess you missed that one." © Copyright for the Digital Millennium -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Sorry - I forgot to mention that this is an OpenSuse 11.0 install Ruben On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 04:02:30PM -0400, Ruben Safir wrote:
Hello
I'm having trouble with a Dell Laptop Inspiron 6000. The WIFI seems to not work. Fist, when I did the installation it identified the wifi as eth0 and not ath0, which is different than my other installations.
iwconfig identifies the device as follows
ath0 radio off ESSID:off/any Mode:Managed Channel:0 Access Point: Not-Associated Bit Rate:0 kb/s Tx-Power=off Sensitivity=8/0 Retry limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:off Power Management:off 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
It shows up in yast as
Name │IP Address ││ ││PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection│DHCP ││ ││BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX │DHCP ││
but iwlist fails
stat46:~ # iwlist ath0 scanning ath0 No scan results
There is wifi available (infact I'm posting from the wifi on my EEEPC)
I spin around the net is not coming u with any solutions. Anyone have a clue as to what can be wrong? Maybe the wifi is shot?
iwconfig ath0 essid any rate auto channel auto Error for wireless request "Set Frequency" (8B04) : SET failed on device ath0 ; Invalid argument.
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On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 4:02 PM, Ruben Safir
It shows up in yast as
Name │IP Address ││ ││PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection│DHCP ││ ││BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX │DHCP
No idea why it's trying to use ath when you have an intel chip. The PRO/Wireless 2200BG's module should be: modprobe ipw2200 do an lsmod and remove ath5k, mac80211 and cfg80211 first. The ath5k drive in 11.0 is very flakey. If you actually do have an atheros based chip, use madwifi instead. Do an lspci to verify which chipset you have. Good luck -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Am Dienstag, 27. Oktober 2009 schrieb Larry Stotler:
On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 4:02 PM, Ruben Safir
wrote: It shows up in yast as
Name │IP Address ││ ││PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection│DHCP ││ ││BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX │DHCP
No idea why it's trying to use ath when you have an intel chip. The PRO/Wireless 2200BG's module should be:
modprobe ipw2200
do an lsmod and remove ath5k, mac80211 and cfg80211 first.
Additionally you have to install the firmware package for the PRO/Wireless 2200BG to get it working -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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Larry Stotler
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