ndiswrapper / wireless suse linux problems

[evilamigo]

http://www.suseforums.net/index.php?showtopic=28566

Seems like if you blacklist the driver then it works fine. How come there is a blacklist for him but not for me even though we are both using SUSE?

[AlexK]

After some googling, this may help esp the part at end about blacklisting.

[evilamigo]

I decided to scrap the ndiswrapper idea and go with the default drivers after reading that article. Everything seems to be OK when I type iwconfig now.. However, I still cannot connect to the internet, what else do I need to do? I am still googling this so I'll let you know if I get it working.

[evilamigo]

I am supposed to type these two commands to get it working?

# ifconfig wlan0 up
# dhcpcd wlan0

When I type ifconfig wlan0 up, it seems to work ok (nothing is printed and I am returned to cmd line.) When I type dhcpcd wlan0 it hangs (does not return me to cmd line and nothing is printed.. just waits..)

[evilamigo]

Alright well the dhcpcd command eventually finishes after 30 seconds, but afterwards when I type..
# iwlist eth2 scan
eth2 Interface doesn't support scanning : No such device
# iwconfig
eth2 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:my_essid Nickname "Broadcom 4318"
Mode: Managed Freq =2.436 GHz etc....

[evilamigo]

I am typing this post over my wirelessly connected laptop

I configured everything through YAST and the final step that made it all work was to set eth1 (my wired interface) to "enable on wire connect". I guess it was interfering with my wireless card or firefox was trying to browse the web using the disconnected interface?

The link you posted about using the default drivers was very easy to implement. Thanks a bunch... now I just need to re-enable encryption on my wireless network and get my laptop connected again

[evilamigo]

Encryption works great. Thanks again!

[AlexK]

Glad you could get everything working just right.