suse11 - wlan setup

[samurdha]

I'm switching from windows vista to suse11 and I need help setting up my wlan network on suse11. Trying to get wlan up from livecd bootup before I install the real thing..

Here are the settings I have on windows:
SSID:MAIN OFFICE
Security: no security / no encryption
DHCP not enabled
IPv4 IP address: 10.0.0.8
IPv4 subnet mask: 255.0.0.0
IPv4 default gateway: 10.0.0.2
IPv4 DNS server: 10.0.0.2

please explain to me how to setup wlan with these settings on suse11

[waterhead]

This is more likely a driver problem, not a network setup problem. To determine the proper driver, please post the output of these commands.

lsusb

lspci

lsmod

[samurdha]

Ive uploaded the outputs of the commands to: results.html

The 2nd command did not work for some reason.

[waterhead]

Please post your results right into the post. The link you gave wanted me to download a file, and I'm not going to do that!

[gogalthorp]

Ive uploaded the outputs of the commands to: results.html

The 2nd command did not work for some reason.

You need to be root. type
su
then the root password note the password does not echo to the screen.

[samurdha]

ok, here it is:

linux-xxft:/home/samurdha # lsusb 
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub 
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 09da:0006 A4 Tech Co., Ltd Optical Mouse WOP-35 / Trust 450L Optical Mouse 
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub 
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 1020:0006 Labtec  
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub 
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub 
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub 
linux-xxft:/home/samurdha # lspci 
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 02) 
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P PCI to AGP Controller (rev 02) 
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02) 
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02) 
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02) 
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02) 
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02) 
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev c2) 
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02) 
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) IDE Controller (rev 02) 
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801EB (ICH5) SATA Controller (rev 02) 
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) SMBus Controller (rev 02) 
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02) 
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV44A [GeForce 6200] (rev a1) 
02:02.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7130 Video Broadcast Decoder (rev 01) 
02:04.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR2413 802.11bg NIC (rev 01) 
linux-xxft:/home/samurdha # lsmod 
Module                  Size  Used by 
nls_iso8859_1          20480  0  
nls_cp437              22144  0  
vfat                   28800  0  
fat                    66720  1 vfat 
usb_storage           100744  0  
binfmt_misc            28040  1  
af_packet              38656  2  
snd_pcm_oss            64256  0  
snd_mixer_oss          33408  1 snd_pcm_oss 
snd_seq                73664  0  
snd_seq_device         25100  1 snd_seq 
microcode              30608  0  
firmware_class         25984  1 microcode 
fuse                   66332  3  
loop                   35332  0  
dm_mod                 78676  0  
saa7134               153684  0  
videodev               48000  1 saa7134 
v4l1_compat            29572  1 videodev 
compat_ioctl32         17664  1 saa7134 
arc4                   18432  2  
v4l2_common            27776  1 saa7134 
videobuf_dma_sg        30724  1 saa7134 
ecb                    20096  2  
crypto_blkcipher       36356  1 ecb 
snd_intel8x0           50460  3  
videobuf_core          35204  2 saa7134,videobuf_dma_sg 
snd_ac97_codec        120868  1 snd_intel8x0 
ir_kbd_i2c             26384  1 saa7134 
ath5k                 109572  0  
mac80211              190484  1 ath5k 
ppdev                  25348  0  
ac97_bus               18304  1 snd_ac97_codec 
ir_common              53764  2 saa7134,ir_kbd_i2c 
usbhid                 60260  0  
parport_pc             55100  0  
rtc_cmos               27168  0  
snd_pcm               100100  3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec 
i2c_i801               26128  0  
tveeprom               31376  1 saa7134 
cfg80211               35592  1 mac80211 
snd_timer              40712  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm 
parport                52948  2 ppdev,parport_pc 
rtc_core               37148  1 rtc_cmos 
snd                    79544  14 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer 
rtc_lib                19328  1 rtc_core 
button                 25360  0  
hid                    53708  1 usbhid 
soundcore              24264  1 snd 
serio_raw              23428  0  
iTCO_wdt               28580  0  
i2c_core               41108  5 saa7134,v4l2_common,ir_kbd_i2c,i2c_i801,tveeprom 
shpchp                 50196  0  
snd_page_alloc         27400  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm 
sr_mod                 33320  0  
intel_agp              43460  1  
agpgart                50868  1 intel_agp 
iTCO_vendor_support    20228  1 iTCO_wdt 
sg                     52020  0  
cdrom                  50588  1 sr_mod 
ff_memless             21896  1 usbhid 
pci_hotplug            46116  1 shpchp 
sd_mod                 45208  4  
ehci_hcd               52492  0  
uhci_hcd               40848  0  
usbcore               164684  5 usb_storage,usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd 
edd                    26440  0  
ext3                  155784  2  
mbcache                25348  1 ext3 
jbd                    73376  1 ext3 
fan                    22660  0  
ata_piix               38404  3  
libata                176220  1 ata_piix 
scsi_mod              168308  5 usb_storage,sr_mod,sg,sd_mod,libata 
dock                   27536  1 libata 
thermal                39452  0  
processor              67504  1 thermal 
linux-xxft:/home/samurdha #

[waterhead]

Thank you!

This is the wireless device.

02:04.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR2413 802.11bg NIC (rev 01)

This is the driver that seems to be loded for it.

Module                  Size  Used by 
ath5k                 109572  0  
mac80211              190484  1 ath5k

The ath5k driver is a new open-source driver for some Atheros wireless chips. Here is some info on it.
ath5k - Linux Wireless

Try using the ath5k driver, but there is a good chance that you will be better off using the the MadWifi driver.

madwifi.org - Trac

The best results are usually obtained by downloading and compiling the latest SVN version of the driver.

UserDocs/GettingMadwifi - madwifi.org - Trac


If you end up using the MadWifi driver, you will need to remove and blacklist the ath5k driver.

[samurdha]

thanks. is it possible for u to explain to me how to do this step by step? i'm a new linux user..

[waterhead]

You most likely need to set up the wireless in YaST. My guess is that it won't work until you do this.