toddbmobile@hotmail.com wrote:
> I have got my Broadcom wireless card set up w/ ndiswrapper and cannot
> connect to the Internet. I can however ping my wireless router (gateway)
> and even pull an IP from it. What I cannot do is get beyond the router. I
> am dual booting with Windows XP pro and, I can using the same security
> settings (WEP/WPA) connect my laptop to the Internet while in Windows. I
> also added my router as a nameserver to the etc/resolv.conf file with no
> effect. Is the issues related to IPv6 or something else? Below is a scren
> shot of my wlan device after running the iwconfig in the shell. I have
> altered my encryption key below for security reasons. I had this working
> fine under Suse 9.3, I just cannot figure out what is the problem. Also
> is the KDE wireless manager a good tool to use?
>
> IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"thewifihide68" Nickname:"Suse-linuxLT"
> Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point:
> 00:11:50:31:CF:AB
> Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power:25 dBm
> RTS thr=2347 B Fragment thr=2346 B
> Encryption key82C-(my encrypiton key)-B99D-EF Security
> modepen
> Power Managementff
> Link Quality:100/100 Signal level:-40 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm
> Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
> Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
>
Go to /etc/sysconfig/network
find the ifcf* that relates to your broadcom
add the following lines
DHCLIENT_MODIFY_RESOLV_CONF="yes"
DHCLIENT_SET_DEFAULT_ROUTE="yes"

then execute rcnetwork restart