Wireless is not working

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08-18-2008
Amman-DJ

Wireless is not working

Hello,

the wireless is not working on my Acer Aspire 5920G - LinkSys Router
using OpenSuse 11,

its working perfect on windows and there is a button for wireless it flash's when i start windows , but on linux it doesn't flash . i tried to setup the connection but it doesn't recognise any wireless connection not mine and not even my neighbors.

Code:

lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. wmaster0 no wireless extensions. wlan0 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:"" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=0 dBm Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B Encryption key:off Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0 Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

the result of lspci

Code:

06:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02) 08:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5787M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02)

any idea how to get it to work :(

thanks
08-18-2008
bigtomrodney

There seems to be some incompatibility with that card and the kernel openSUSE 11 shipped with.

Check out this article for some information and a possible solution.
08-18-2008
Amman-DJ

i got error while compiling the driver

Code:

# make && make install make -C /lib/modules/2.6.25.11-0.1-pae/build M=/home/salim/compat-wireless-2008-08-06 modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.25.11-0.1-obj/i386/pae' make[1]: *** No rule to make target `modules'. Stop. make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.25.11-0.1-obj/i386/pae' make: *** [modules] Error 2

:confused:
08-18-2008
coopstah13

did you run the configure script first?
08-18-2008
Amman-DJ

Quote:

did you run the configure script first?

No. the tutorial that i was reading did not say anything about configure script
08-18-2008
waterhead

You need to have firmware for the card to work. Because it is proprietary software, it most likely is not present in your system. It can be downloaded here:
http://www.intellinuxwireless.org/iw...e-2.14.1.5.tgz

Unpack it and put it in the /lib/firmware folder. You can first check to see if indeed this is the problem, with this command:

Code:

dmesg | grep firmware
08-19-2008
Amman-DJ

Quote:

Originally Posted by waterhead $\"View$

You need to have firmware for the card to work. Because it is proprietary software, it most likely is not present in your system. It can be downloaded here:
http://www.intellinuxwireless.org/iw...e-2.14.1.5.tgz

Unpack it and put it in the /lib/firmware folder. You can first check to see if indeed this is the problem, with this command:

Code:

dmesg | grep firmware

it WORKS :)

Perfect

Thanks Man

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