WiFi on HP G62-144DX and SuSE Linux 11.3 not working

Hello,

I'm new in Linux. I've downloaded SUSE Linux 11.3 64 Bit.

I finished to install it, but the wireless Lan will not connect.
I entered my connection, but no reaction.

Here are the information of my system due to your HowTo:

lspci

Code:

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00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller [8086:0044] (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1426]
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Core Processor PCI Express x16 Root Port [8086:0045] (rev 02)
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller [8086:3b64] (rev 06)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1426]
00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller [8086:3b3c] (rev 05)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1426]
        Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio [8086:3b56] (rev 05)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1426]
        Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 [8086:3b42] (rev 05)
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 [8086:3b44] (rev 05)
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller [8086:3b34] (rev 05)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1426]
        Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev a5)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller [8086:3b09] (rev 05)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1426]
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 4 port SATA AHCI Controller [8086:3b29] (rev 05)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1426]
        Kernel driver in use: ahci
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller [8086:3b30] (rev 05)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1426]
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Device [1002:68e1]
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1426]
        Kernel driver in use: radeon
01:00.1 Audio device [0403]: ATI Technologies Inc Manhattan HDMI Audio [Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series] [1002:aa68]
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1426]
        Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [168c:002b] (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3040]
        Kernel driver in use: ath9k
03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1426]
        Kernel driver in use: r8169
ff:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers [8086:2c62] (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1426]
ff:00.1 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder [8086:2d01] (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1426]
ff:02.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 [8086:2d10] (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1426]
ff:02.1 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Physical 0 [8086:2d11] (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1426]
ff:02.2 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved [8086:2d12] (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1426]
ff:02.3 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved [8086:2d13] (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1426]

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lsmod

Code:

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Module                  Size  Used by
nls_iso8859_1          4729  1
nls_cp437              6447  1
vfat                  12114  1
fat                    59802  1 vfat
ip6t_LOG                5898  6
xt_tcpudp              2859  2
xt_pkttype              1288  3
ipt_LOG                6067  6
xt_limit                2559  12
af_packet              23229  2
snd_pcm_oss            53669  0
snd_mixer_oss          19415  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq                68137  0
snd_seq_device          7834  1 snd_seq
edd                    10208  0
ip6t_REJECT            4828  3
nf_conntrack_ipv6      21550  4
ip6table_raw            1627  1
xt_NOTRACK              1192  4
ipt_REJECT              2672  3
xt_state                1618  8
iptable_raw            1686  1
iptable_filter          1946  1
ip6table_mangle        2036  0
nf_conntrack_netbios_ns    1854  0
nf_conntrack_ipv4      10379  4
nf_conntrack          89639  5 nf_conntrack_ipv6,xt_NOTRACK,xt_state,nf_conntrack_netbios_ns,nf_conntrack_ipv4
nf_defrag_ipv4          1673  1 nf_conntrack_ipv4
ip_tables              21698  2 iptable_raw,iptable_filter
ip6table_filter        1887  1
cpufreq_conservative    12628  0
cpufreq_userspace      3264  0
cpufreq_powersave      1258  0
acpi_cpufreq            8399  1
ip6_tables            23320  4 ip6t_LOG,ip6table_raw,ip6table_mangle,ip6table_filter
x_tables              26644  16 ip6t_LOG,xt_tcpudp,xt_pkttype,ipt_LOG,xt_limit,ip6t_REJECT,ip6table_raw,xt_NOTRACK,ipt_REJECT,xt_state,iptable_raw,iptable_filter,ip6table_mangle,ip_tables,ip6table_filter,ip6_tables
mperf                  1523  1 acpi_cpufreq
fuse                  75897  1
loop                  18524  0
dm_mod                86809  0
snd_hda_codec_atihdmi    3375  1
arc4                    1601  2
snd_hda_codec_realtek  324064  1
ecb                    2495  2
ath9k                  87594  0
ath9k_common            3581  1 ath9k
mac80211              290013  2 ath9k,ath9k_common
ath9k_hw              249932  2 ath9k,ath9k_common
sr_mod                16684  0
snd_hda_intel          28461  3
usblp                  13865  0
snd_hda_codec        113025  3 snd_hda_codec_atihdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep              7954  1 snd_hda_codec
ath                    11135  2 ath9k,ath9k_hw
iTCO_wdt              12170  0
hp_wmi                  7258  0
snd_pcm              105589  3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_timer              26828  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd                    84348  16 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_timer
cfg80211              182659  4 ath9k,ath9k_common,mac80211,ath
uvcvideo              67959  0
videodev              43828  1 uvcvideo
v4l1_compat            17249  2 uvcvideo,videodev
usb_storage            52819  1
v4l2_compat_ioctl32    11225  1 videodev
cdrom                  43440  1 sr_mod
pcspkr                  2222  0
joydev                11942  0
rfkill                21863  2 hp_wmi,cfg80211
soundcore              9003  1 snd
iTCO_vendor_support    3150  1 iTCO_wdt
sg                    33348  0
i2c_i801              11881  0
wmi                    8750  1 hp_wmi
r8169                  44332  0
snd_page_alloc          9569  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
video                  25256  0
ac                      4055  0
battery                12302  0
button                  6989  0
ext4                  401724  1
jbd2                  100410  1 ext4
crc16                  1715  1 ext4
radeon                868464  2
ttm                    65906  1 radeon
drm_kms_helper        33008  1 radeon
drm                  221762  4 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit            6728  1 radeon
sd_mod                41436  5
intel_agp              33976  0
fan                    4527  0
processor              45715  5 acpi_cpufreq
ahci                  42680  2
libata                211330  1 ahci
scsi_mod              191748  5 sr_mod,usb_storage,sg,sd_mod,libata
thermal                20625  0
thermal_sys            18230  4 video,fan,processor,thermal

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kernel version: 2.6.34-12-desktop

the "dmesg | grep firmware"-command doesn't work and I cannot input the "dmesg"-answer.

ifconfig

Code:

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eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  Hardware Adresse C8:0A:A9:52:29:C8 
          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 Sendewarteschlangenlänge:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
          Interrupt:28 Basisadresse:0x2000

lo        Link encap:Lokale Schleife 
          inet Adresse:127.0.0.1  Maske:255.0.0.0
          inet6 Adresse: ::1/128 Gültigkeitsbereich:Maschine
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:88 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:88 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 Sendewarteschlangenlänge:0
          RX bytes:6104 (5.9 Kb)  TX bytes:6104 (5.9 Kb)

wlan0    Link encap:Ethernet  Hardware Adresse 78:E4:00:03:90:0F 
          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 Sendewarteschlangenlänge:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

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iwconfig

Code:

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lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wlan0    IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:off/any 
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated  Tx-Power=20 dBm 
          Retry  long limit:7  RTS thr:off  Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off

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Thank you for your help.
Greets,
Dominic

Everything looks fine there. What kind of encryption do you have on your network?

Do you see your network listed with the networkmanager?

Open YaST and configure the wireless device under the Network Devices. Choose these settings:

Allow all users...
Use NetworkManager (not traditional ifup/ifdown)
Use DHCP
Use auto DNS

Hello,

thank you for your help.

I solved the problem: It didn't work because the Network SSID was not visible. I turned it off in the DSL-Router.

When I turnfed it on Linux saw my connection and could connect.

Dominic