ndiswrapper / wireless suse linux problems

**AlexK** · 01-01-2007

strange....
could you post the results from these commands:

Code:

lsmod
lspci

If you deleted the hardware config in Yast, why not try recreating it?

**evilamigo** · 01-03-2007

I recreated a hardware profile for "Wireless Network" using this tutorial
http://nextgen.no-ip.org/~andrew/lin...#IsThisThingOn

After I set it up, I rebooted and found that my wireless card was once again listed in the nic list. So I deleted the old "Wireless" and changed the module name in the recognized one to "ndiswrapper"... not really sure what i'm doing

lsmod spits out a lot but ndiswrapper is listed (let me know if you want anything else specific)...
ndiswrapper 185876 0

lspci spits out a lot too, but here is my card...
02:03.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)

Currently when I iwconfig I get...

eth1 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:"" Nickname:"Broadcom 4318"
Mode: Managed Access Point: Invalid
etc.....

Why do I get a blank ESSID and an invalid access point even though I set these up in YAST? The ESSID should at least be what I set it up as. Also, is it going to hurt anything having the interface called eth1 instead of wlan0? I found a couple tutorials that said this could be a problem (but no solutions on how to fix the problem with suse distro.)

Thanks for helping.

**evilamigo** · 01-03-2007

Also..

# iwlist eth1 scan
eth1 Interface doesn't support scanning : No such device

**AlexK** · 01-03-2007

I still think there may be a conflict with the drivers i.e. ndiswrapper and b44. In output from lsmod, look for something like b44 or b44win, if it is there, use rmmod to remove it i.e. execute: rmmod b44

Also try this:

Code:

iwconfig eth1 essid my_ssid

**evilamigo** · 01-03-2007

Originally Posted by AlexK

I still think there may be a conflict with the drivers i.e. ndiswrapper and b44. In output from lsmod, look for something like b44 or b44win, if it is there, use rmmod to remove it i.e. execute: rmmod b44

Also try this:

Code:

iwconfig eth1 essid my_ssid

yep b44 is in there and I removed it. However, when I reboot it comes back...

bcm43xx is in there too, not sure what it is.

**evilamigo** · 01-04-2007

also...

# iwconfig eth1 essid my_essid

Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A)
SET failed on device eth1 : No such device

**AlexK** · 01-05-2007

From google, the bcm43xx is the wireless card, b44 is a wired ethernet card. Try rmmodding bcm43xx also, could you post the result from this command (for curiosity and incase ndiswrapper doesn't work):

Code:

dmesg | grep bcm

**evilamigo** · 01-05-2007

Originally Posted by AlexK

From google, the bcm43xx is the wireless card, b44 is a wired ethernet card. Try rmmodding bcm43xx also, could you post the result from this command (for curiosity and incase ndiswrapper doesn't work):

Code:

dmesg | grep bcm

Nothing shows up when I type the command. Is there a way to blacklist the native driver in SuSe like..

http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache...s&ct=clnk&cd=6

**AlexK** · 01-06-2007

try this

Code:

dmesg | grep -i bcm
cat /var/log/messages | grep -i bcm

as for preventing modules from loading, look in /etc/modules.conf for bcm43xx, then put a # infront of any lines which contain bcm43xx. The # comments out the line thus making the system skip over it during boot.

**evilamigo** · 01-06-2007

I do not have an /etc/modules.conf

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