I've recently upgraded to SP2 and my previous wireless connectivity problems are still there. Please help. I have previously posted on the opensuse forums. Here are some details of my queries.
Boy do I need help on this one.
OK.....I'll be much more specific. I've have a dual boot Fujitsu Siemens Laptop (XP, Partition 1 & Novell SLED, Partion 2). The wired ethernet connection works fine and I can access the internet. However problems occur when I try to use the wirelss connection which otherwise works fine under XP.
Here are some details of the problem:
1. Make and model of the wireless device:
00:0b.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4303 802.11b Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
2. Driver version in use - Copied from the Windows system directory to a linux directory in an earlier attempt to sort this out. However I do not know where it is currently installed
bcmwl5.inf
3. Linux Kernel & Novell SLED version:
Linux version 2.6.16.27-0.6-smp
Novell SLED 10.2
4. Error messages - None that I can see or work out
5. What have i done to rectify this problem:
First up. I made sure NDIS Wrapper was installed. I installed the version that came with the distro via YAST
ndiswrapper-kmp-smp 1.10_2.6 16 21_0.8-19.2 i586
I've deleted and reinstalled the WLAN 0 interface via YAST
6. I've run the following commands (logged in as root su. Output is listed:
linux-u4t1:/home/nevski # lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 645xx (rev 51)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS AGP Port (virtual PCI-to-PCI bridge)
00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS963 [MuTIOL Media IO] (rev 14)
00:02.1 SMBus: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS961/2 SMBus Controller
00:02.3 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] FireWire Controller
00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE]
00:02.6 Modem: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97 Modem Controller (rev a0)
00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97 Sound Controller (rev a0)
00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f)
00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f)
00:03.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f)
00:03.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0 Controller
00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet (rev 91)
00:09.0 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711M1/MC1 4-in-1 MemoryCardBus Controller (rev 20)
00:09.1 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711M1/MC1 4-in-1 MemoryCardBus Controller (rev 20)
00:09.2 System peripheral: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711Mx 4-in-1 MemoryCardBus Accelerator
00:0b.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4303 802.11b Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 [Mobility Radeon 9600 M10]
dmesg | less
Having run the above command this is the output pertaining to the wireless driver and ndis wrapper. I see no reference to the chipset e.g.
04:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11a/b/g (rev 01) - taken from "My wireless does'nt work primer"
ndiswrapper: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag.
ndiswrapper version 1.10 loaded (preempt=no,smp=yes)
device-mapper: 4.5.0-ioctl (2005-10-04) initialised:
dm-devel@redhat.com
dm-netlink version 0.0.2 loaded
ndiswrapper: driver bcmwl5 (Broadcom,12/29/2002, 3.10.36.0) loaded
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0b.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 177
ndiswrapper: using irq 177
wlan0: vendor: ''
wlan0: ndiswrapper ethernet device 00:90:4b:18:26:c9 using driver bcmwl5, 14E4:4301.5.conf
ndiswrapper (set_auth_mode:694): setting auth mode to 3 failed (C0010015)
wlan0: encryption modes supported: none
These are the wireless devices this command found.
linux-u4t1:/home/nevski # iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:off/any
Mode:Ad-Hoc Frequency:2.462 GHz Cell: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:11 Mb/s Tx-Power:14 dBm
RTS thr:2347 B Fragment thr:2346 B
Encryption key:off
Power Management: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
sit0 no wireless extensions.
The cell I wish to connect to is IGLOO45
linux-u4t1:/home/nevski # iwlist scan
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.
eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:18:4D:AB:FB:D4
ESSID:"IGLOO45"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11b
Mode:Managed
Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
Quality:0/100 Signal level:-56 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
Extra:atim=0
Cell 02 - Address: 00:14:7F:46:BE:50
ESSID:"BTHomeHub-929E"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11b
Mode:Managed
Frequency:2.442 GHz (Channel 7)
Quality:0/100 Signal level:-79 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
Extra:atim=0
sit0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
Things I'd have'nt tried:
I have downloaded the newest version of NDIS Wrapper 1.53.tar.gz
however I have no idea how to de-install the old one and install this version.
Upgraded the firmware. I have no idea whether I should do this (I don't want to mess up my XP wirelss connection) or how !
My thoughts on this:
From these last two commands clearly, despite ndiswrapper and the device driver loading ok, (or it seems) the chipset recieves broadcasts but does not associate with the cell.
I am very stuck at this point and can see no way forward (desperate plea) I would really appreciate some help.
Thanks
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