Wireless on Suse 9

krazy1 · Mar 29, 2004, 12:42 AM

I installed Suse 9 and Windows XP on my laptop. Everything worked great except I am having trouble with my wireless card in Suse. I have it set with my SSID and a static IP. The drivers and modules for the card load fine but I am unable to even surf my network. I installed KWiFi Manager and it shows the MAC of my A/P but in the lower left corner of KWiFi Manager it says AccessPoint: UNKNOWN. I have gone in and checked all the settings for the card and everything looks fine. I have it set for managed but I still get no where. Anyone else set up wireless in linux and have any luck??

UberLord · Mar 29, 2004, 09:56 AM

I wrote some wireless setup and configuration scripts for Gentoo - so I guess I know a little

How did you go about installing the kernel stuff? I you had to download a third party driver, then you still need to enable wireless LAN in your kernel config, recompile and install it. Then you need to install wireless-tools.

At this point you should be able todo

Code:

iwlist eth1 scan

to show a list of available AP's. Replace eth1 with the interface name for your card.

GL

krazy1 · Mar 30, 2004, 05:24 PM

Well Suse 9 has all the dirvers in it and it recognizes my card. The problem I am having is the card is turned on but for some reason it sends no signal out in managed mode. The only mode we can get to work is Ad-hoc. The 2 linux gurus here at work are totally stumped. Heheh I love stumping them too...

krazy1 · Mar 31, 2004, 03:58 PM

well the Linux Guru's threw the towel in on me and Suse. Looks to be a driver problem and we can't get it to work no matter what drivers we try... SOoooo I have now installed Knoppix Linux and that works perfect.

Time to play with Kismet and Nessus

Mar 29, 2004, 12:42 AM	#1
krazy1 Live from the Dungeon Join Date: May 2003 Location: Between the SubWoofers Posts: 1,395 Rep Power: 0	Wireless on Suse 9 I installed Suse 9 and Windows XP on my laptop. Everything worked great except I am having trouble with my wireless card in Suse. I have it set with my SSID and a static IP. The drivers and modules for the card load fine but I am unable to even surf my network. I installed KWiFi Manager and it shows the MAC of my A/P but in the lower left corner of KWiFi Manager it says AccessPoint: UNKNOWN. I have gone in and checked all the settings for the card and everything looks fine. I have it set for managed but I still get no where. Anyone else set up wireless in linux and have any luck?? __________________

Mar 29, 2004, 09:56 AM	#2
UberLord A Legend in Underwear Join Date: May 2002 Location: Unknown Posts: 5,255 Rep Power: 0	I wrote some wireless setup and configuration scripts for Gentoo - so I guess I know a little How did you go about installing the kernel stuff? I you had to download a third party driver, then you still need to enable wireless LAN in your kernel config, recompile and install it. Then you need to install wireless-tools. At this point you should be able todo Code: iwlist eth1 scan to show a list of available AP's. Replace eth1 with the interface name for your card. GL __________________ Gentoo Linux - Developer (baselayout) Read my blog "I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours." Stephen Roberts

Mar 30, 2004, 05:24 PM	Thread Starter #3
krazy1 Live from the Dungeon Join Date: May 2003 Location: Between the SubWoofers Posts: 1,395 Rep Power: 0	Well Suse 9 has all the dirvers in it and it recognizes my card. The problem I am having is the card is turned on but for some reason it sends no signal out in managed mode. The only mode we can get to work is Ad-hoc. The 2 linux gurus here at work are totally stumped. Heheh I love stumping them too... __________________

Mar 31, 2004, 03:58 PM	Thread Starter #4
krazy1 Live from the Dungeon Join Date: May 2003 Location: Between the SubWoofers Posts: 1,395 Rep Power: 0	well the Linux Guru's threw the towel in on me and Suse. Looks to be a driver problem and we can't get it to work no matter what drivers we try... SOoooo I have now installed Knoppix Linux and that works perfect. Time to play with Kismet and Nessus __________________