as we get a lot of wireless questions i thought I'd give a list of places to check for drivers & to see if your card is supported & what chipset it may use. i will update it as & when i find new updates
url=http://www.prism54.org/index.html]The Prism54 Project[/url]
Compatibility - madwifi.org - Trac
http://www.linux-wlan.org/docs/wlan_adapters.html.gz
HCL/Network Adapters (Wireless) - openSUSE
Ralink chipsets based wireless devices
Linux wireless LAN support http://linux-wless.passys.nl
some wireless tools
WiFi Radar
KWirelessMonitor
for setting up your card
http://wiki.suselinuxsupport.de/wikk...ConfigWifiCard
Ndiswrapper howto - openSUSE
for the rt2xxx series look here
10.2 Rt2500 No Connection - SuSE Linux Forums
commands to find your chipset :
run these in a console as root
lspci ( press enter ) for unique ID
lspci -n ( press enter ) for PCI ID
what you are looking for is the unique ID number which may look like this
00:0d.0
the PCI ID will look something like this
168c:0015
also, the results of there commands could also be useful
compliments of schmolle1980 for posting this
Code:
dmesg | egrep 'ath|wifi|hal'
lspci -nn | grep Ethernet
if you have a broadcom chip-set, & a wired connection, this command, in a console, may help
Code:
sudo /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware
To install the BCM43xx firmware if you do not have a connection in Linux, do the following:
Using any method that you have to access the Internet, download this
http://mirror2.openwrt.org/sources/b...0.10.5.tar.bz2
Then copy it into your home directory. Once you have it there, you should enter the following:
tar xjf broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2
sudo mkdir -p /lib/firmware
sudo b43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware \ broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/driver/wl_apsta_mimo.o
These three commands will skip the download step and extract the firmware in the same way that the /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware does.
Note: If the output of 'lspci -n | grep 14e4' contains 14e4:4315 or
14e4:432X, this procedure will not work. For those cases, you need
either the Broadcom-wl proprietary driver package from the Packman
repository, or ndiswrapper and the Windows driver. The wl driver is
the preferred option..
For those devices that support 802.11a/b/g, 802.11a operation is not yet supported.
compliments of LarryFinger
contribution by prhunt
Quote:
Scenario: You need to use WPA security for your wireless connection, and the access point has a hidden SSID.
Problem: Your wlan won't associate with the access point even though your passphrase and all other config details are correct.
Solution: As root, edit the wlan device configuration file and add the following two entries:
WIRELESS_HIDDEN_SSID='yes'
WIRELESS_AP_SCANMODE='2'
This configuration is located in /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-wlan0
(or a similar file - it should be fairly obvious).
Sources: wpa_supplicant docs.
/etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg.template
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if you come across a particularly good tool or a good site regarding wireless stuff please pm me & i will add it to the list
any problems/queries please post in the wireless forum
Andy