WIFI will not connect

[idk]

I just installed Suse 10.1. Since my internal MSI card will not work I opted for an old linksys b card. Suse recognizes my card and auto installed the drivers. When I click on NM on the desktop I see the available networks but they just never connect. I haven't used linux since 1998 on my P75 so I'm completely new to this. Here are the out puts from the terminal:

Bonjovi:/home/Sven # ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:90:F5:4C:AE:4E
UP BROADCAST 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)
Interrupt:50 Base address:0xa800

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:421 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:421 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:32541 (31.7 Kb) TX bytes:32541 (31.7 Kb)

Bonjovi:/home/Sven # route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
loopback * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo

Bonjovi:/home/Sven # cat /etc/resolv.conf
search Sven

I've tried several options in the configuration utility but none seem to work. Changing loopback and just about every other option either gives me the same problem or MN doesn't display any networks. I'm dying to get rid of XP once and for all and this is the last step...please help!!!

[Juan Pablo]

Try using ndiswrapper. Google for it

If you don't understand something you can ask here

[idk]

Thanks Juan. I was using ndiswrapper to get my MSI card working. No luck. Ir detects my PCMCIA card and it detects networks so I'm thinking it's a config problem with the network utility. So your in Ecuador? I spent a few weeks down there this year, picked up 77 people off of a fishing boat and dropped them off in Guatemala. I always love traveling south. Thanks.

[idk]

ndiswrapper didn't work. Any ideas???

ndiswrapper -i name of driver
ndiswrapper -l
good to go

[industrialpunk]

If you are using KNetworkManager try "Connect to Other Wireless Network..." and enter the info for the network manually paying close attention to the encryption settings.

[Flight_118]

ndiswrapper didn't work. Any ideas???

ndiswrapper -i name of driver
ndiswrapper -l
good to go

What it the return ndiswrapper gives when you user the command ndiswrapper -l

If the driver works and the hardware is present, you should write a modprobe entry by doing this in the terminal:

ndiswrapper -m

and finally do:

modprobe ndiswrapper

After the device is working, most of the time Networkmanager picks it up better....

If that doesn't work (worked in 99% of the cases i've come across), then I'm not sure how to make it work...

[idk]

Thanks flight, I'll let you know how it goes, thanks for the help!

[tkm]

I've got an almost similar question.
But I'm using WPA on my wireless lan.

The card is correctly installed. The networkmanager starts it up after 60secs it gets tired scanning for my network and closes the interface.

I tried it by hand with:

wpa_supplicant -Dndiswrapper -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -dd

It scans, scans...scans...after 5 minutes I broke it off.

My hardware is: Acer Aspire 5024 WLMI
SuSe 10.1 64bit version
Lan driver bcmwl5.inf + bcmwl564.sys
I use a fixed IP adres.

My test /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf file
looks like:
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
network={
ssid="APNAME"
psk="MYPASSPHRASE"
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
proto=WPA
pairwise=TKIP
group=TKIP
}

In the /var/run dir is nothing from wpa_supplicant.

I use the ndiswrapper & wpa_supplicant that came with the CD.

Further, I don't know where to look for errors, just can't find any. Maybe hidden in a file I've not seen.

Can please someone help me with this. Do I have to toggle some option that I have overseen?

Regards,

Theo