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Hey all. Total newbie to Linux, just installed Suse 10.2. Have a BTHomeHub and cannot connect via wireless.. When i try it stops when saying 'ip configuration started'. Currently using ...
  1. 04-01-2007 #1
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    Hey all.

    Total newbie to Linux, just installed Suse 10.2. Have a BTHomeHub and cannot connect via wireless.. When i try it stops when saying 'ip configuration started'. Currently using eth cable to connect to hub, not ideal.. Any idea's? Interface type is 802.11b/g.

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  2. 04-01-2007 #2
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    Can you post the output of lspci please ?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Juan Pablo
    Can you post the output of lspci please ?

    linux-l57o:/home/guypb # iwconfig
    lo no wireless extensions.

    eth0 no wireless extensions.

    eth1 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"Vodafone_At_Home"
    Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: 00:18:4D:66:EE:A6
    Bit Rate:54 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm Sensitivity=8/0
    Retry limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
    Encryption key:off
    Power Management:off
    Link Quality=52/100 Signal level=-66 dBm Noise level=-90 dBm
    Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
    Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:25

    sit0 no wireless extensions.

    Make of wireless card: Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG

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    Screenshot FYI
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    lspci please, not iwconfig
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    Quote Originally Posted by Juan Pablo
    lspci please, not iwconfig
    Sorry!

    00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller (rev 02)
    00:00.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller (rev 02)
    00:00.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller (rev 02)
    00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to AGP Controller (rev 02)
    00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
    00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
    00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
    00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
    00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 83)
    00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03)
    00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller (rev 03)
    00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
    00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
    00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 03)
    01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 [Mobility Radeon 9600 M10]
    02:02.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401 100Base-T (rev 01)
    02:04.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection (rev 05)
    02:06.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx21/x515 Cardbus Controller
    02:06.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
    02:06.3 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments PCIxx21 Integrated FlashMedia Controller
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    From your screenshots and command outputs, you card should be working, but you still need to set an IP

    as root:

    dhclient eth1
    if it doesn't work, try
    dhcpcd eth1

    All this, assuming you are using DHCP on your network, are you?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Juan Pablo
    From your screenshots and command outputs, you card should be working, but you still need to set an IP

    as root:

    dhclient eth1
    if it doesn't work, try
    dhcpcd eth1

    All this, assuming you are using DHCP on your network, are you?
    I'll give that a go thanks! Yes i am using a DHCP. My card can find my hub but can't get an ip..
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    Still can't get it too work...

    guypb@linux-l57o:~> su
    Password:
    linux-l57o:/home/guypb # dhcpcd eth1
    linux-l57o:/home/guypb # dhclient eth1
    Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.5
    Copyright 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium.
    All rights reserved.
    For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

    Listening on LPF/eth1/00:0e:35:83:52:90
    Sending on LPF/eth1/00:0e:35:83:52:90
    Sending on Socket/fallback
    DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4
    DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4
    DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9
    DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 12
    DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 11
    receive_packet failed on eth1: Network is down
    DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 18
    DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3
    No DHCPOFFERS received.
    No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.
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    let's try again

    ifconfig eth1 down
    ifconfig eth1 up
    iwlist eth1 scan
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