SuSe 9.3 and WL54USB wlan

[Jeffi80]

Hi

Can anyone tell me what should I do to get this card work.
I have installed the driver for it and I see ditails with iwconfig like this :

linux:~ # iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

sit0      no wireless extensions.

ppp0      no wireless extensions.

eth1      802.11b/g NIC  ESSID:""
          Mode:Managed  Frequency=2.412 GHz  Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00
          Bit Rate:1 Mb/s
          Retry:off   RTS thr=2432 B   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off

linux:~ #

I use also pptpconfig but for some reasons it connect only my lan card named as eth0.

Using interface ppp0pptpconfig: monitoring interface ppp0

Connect&#58; ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/1
CHAP authentication succeeded
local  IP address ***.***.31.252
remote IP address 195.197.59.31
primary   DNS address 195.74.0.47
secondary DNS address 195.74.0.55
pptpconfig&#58; pppd process exit status 0 &#40;started&#41;
ip route add 10.20.30.42 via 192.168.0.1 dev eth0  src 192.168.0.102
pptpconfig&#58; routes added to remote networks
pptpconfig&#58; DNS changes made to /etc/resolv.conf
pptpconfig&#58; connected

Any Idea how to get my wlan card work


I also need to route with this commands :

route add -net 10.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 gw 195.197.59.31
route del -net default
route add -net 0.0.0.0 netmask 0.0.0.0 gw 195.197.59.31 dev ppp0

Is there any way to do some kind of script that pptpconfig route connection for me, because I need to do those commands all the time I restart my pc.

Thanks in advance

Regards,
Jeffi80

[Jeffi80]

I also want to know is there any kind of software which shows me all available wlan networks

Regards,
Jeffi80

[Jeffi80]

When I use #iwlist ccanning command I get these ditails :

linux:~ # iwlist scanning
lo        Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0      Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth1      Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 00:11:95:37:04:B5
                    ESSID:"E1"
                    Mode:Master
                    Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
                    Quality:76/92  Signal level=79/154  Noise level=0/154
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rate:1 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:2 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:5.5 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:11 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:22 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:6 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:9 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:12 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:18 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:24 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:36 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:48 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:54 Mb/s

sit0      Interface doesn't support scanning.

ppp0      Interface doesn't support scanning.

linux:~ #

Can anyone please tell me how to connect to the network

With #iwpriv I get these ditails :

linux:~ # iwpriv
lo        no private ioctls.

eth0      no private ioctls.

eth1      Available private ioctls :
          list_bss         (8BE0) : set   0       & get   0
          card_reset       (8BE1) : set   0       & get   0
          set_auth         (8BE2) : set   1 int   & get   0
          get_auth         (8BE3) : set   0       & get  12 char
          set_preamble     (8BE4) : set   1 int   & get   0
          get_preamble     (8BE5) : set   0       & get   6 char
          cnt              (8BE6) : set   0       & get   0
          regs             (8BE7) : set   0       & get   0
          probe            (8BE8) : set   0       & get   0
          dbg_flag         (8BE9) : set   1 int   & get   0
          connect          (8BEA) : set   1 int   & get   0
          set_mac_mode     (8BEB) : set   1 int   & get   0
          get_mac_mode     (8BEC) : set   0       & get  12 char

sit0      no private ioctls.

ppp0      no private ioctls.

linux:~ #

and when I use #iwpriv connect ...

linux:~ # iwpriv connect
connect   no private ioctls.

linux:~ #

Plese guys, help me out

Regards,
Jeffi80

[AlexK]

eth1      802.11b/g NIC  ESSID:"" 
           Mode:Managed  Frequency=2.412 GHz  Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00 
           Bit Rate:1 Mb/s 
           Retry:off   RTS thr=2432 B   Fragment thr:off 
           Encryption key:off 
           Power Management:off

from your first post, it seems you have gotten driver working, but it is not associating with the AP. try this as root:

iwconfig eth1 essid my_ssid
iwconfig eth1 key xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
iwconfig eth1 mode Managed

for assigining an address, try this:

ifconfig eth1 ip_address

hope this helps.

[Jeffi80]

for assigining an address, try this:

ifconfig eth1 ip_address

hope this helps.

Can you tell me which IP should I use for that setting

Do I need to use MAC address of access point somewhere ?

I use D-Link wireless router (DI-624+) and from the log I can see that my usb card is trying to connect to it after I have configured the network card settings from the YaST.

Regards,
Jeffi80

[AlexK]

Can you tell me which IP should I use for that setting

Do I need to use MAC address of access point somewhere ?

In response to 1st question, that IP address should be the ip address of your wireless card.

In response to 2nd question, after executing the commands given in my previous post, execute this command:

iwconfig eth1

if the access point field shows something other than 00:00:00:00:00:00, then you don't have to manually enter your AP's mac address.

Remember when you set it up in yast, be sure to check the usb box, otherwise system will think it is a pci based wireless card.

[Jeffi80]

I did just like you said but its not working.
I tried also with KInternet without much result ... all settings seems to be fine but no connection to access point.

For some reasons wlan card dont get the ip from the provider and it seems to be like this all the time :

eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:02:72:4B:47:D0
          UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

and here how it looks after configuration :

linux:~ # ifconfig eth1 192.168.0.102
linux:~ # iwconfig eth1 essid "E1"
linux:~ # iwconfig eth1 mode Managed
linux:~ # iwconfig eth1 rts 512
linux:~ # iwconfig eth1 frag 512
linux:~ # iwconfig eth1 key s:password [2]
linux:~ # iwconfig eth1 power on
linux:~ # ifconfig eth1
eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:02:72:4B:47:D0
          inet addr:192.168.0.102  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
linux:~ #

but pptpconfig says that it cant reach the network

Lan is working great and it gets the new ip from provider but wlan cant connect to ap.

I tried to disable my lan card and run only wlan usb card but result is the same.

linux:~ # ifstatus eth1
    eth1
    eth1      configuration: wlan-id-00:02:72:4b:47:d0
    eth1      DHCP client (dhcpcd) is running
/var/lib/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-eth1.info file not available
eth1 is up
9&#58; eth1&#58; <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,NOTRAILERS,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 1000
    link/ether 00&#58;02&#58;72&#58;4b&#58;47&#58;d0 brd ff&#58;ff&#58;ff&#58;ff&#58;ff&#58;ff
    inet 192.168.0.102/24 brd 192.168.0.255 scope global eth1
    eth1      IP address&#58; 192.168.0.102/24
Active routes for interface eth1&#58;
  192.168.0.0/24  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.0.102
linux&#58;~ #

Any ideas ...

Regards,
Jeffi80

[Jeffi80]

Here you can see thet there isnt any ip for card yet ...

linux:~ # ifup eth1
    eth1
    eth1      configuration: wlan-id-00:02:72:4b:47:d0
Starting DHCP Client Daemon on eth1... . . . . . no IP address yet... backgrounding.
linux:~ #

but im not sure what this means if the ifplugstatus says that the card is unplugged

linux:~ # ifplugstatus
lo: link beat detected
eth0: link beat detected
sit0: unplugged
ppp0: link beat detected
eth1: unplugged
linux:~ #

and here is ifstatus ...

linux:~ # ifstatus eth1
    eth1
    eth1      configuration: wlan-id-00:02:72:4b:47:d0
    eth1      DHCP client NOT running
    eth1      is down
linux:~ #

Regards,
Jeffi80

[AlexK]

woah, a lot of info there.

Ok, firstly, I don't think you need pptpconfig to configure the wireless interface. When you setup the card in yast, did you enter the correct gateway address and dns server address (both should be the AP address for the wireless card). Also be sure to tick the usb box in the hardware settings. Now somewhere in the network setup for the wireless card, make sure that it is set to be activated on boot time and for the wired card, tell it only to bring it up if the cable is plugged in.