11.2 wireless Netgear WG511T

I’ve run out of search ideas. I cannot get this wireless card to work in
11.2, but it worked fine in 11.0. It’s been awhile, but my recollection is
that it worked “out of the box”, even without having to install madwifi, in
spite of the fact that it uses the atheros 5000+ chipset.

As it is, the card is recognized by YaST, and I can even scan for networks.
It finds my LAN, but refuses to connect. I’ve tried the traditional way,
and with KDE network manager. NADA…

Someone PLEASE point me in the right direction.
TIA

Larry Bristol wrote:

> I’ve run out of search ideas. I cannot get this wireless card to work in
> 11.2, but it worked fine in 11.0. It’s been awhile, but my recollection
> is that it worked “out of the box”, even without having to install
> madwifi, in spite of the fact that it uses the atheros 5000+ chipset.
>
> As it is, the card is recognized by YaST, and I can even scan for
> networks.
> It finds my LAN, but refuses to connect. I’ve tried the traditional way,
> and with KDE network manager. NADA…
>
> Someone PLEASE point me in the right direction.
> TIA

Uh… Am I really the only person in the universe to be using this card?
Do I have to go back to 11.0 to get it to work again?

Larry Bristol wrote:

> I’ve run out of search ideas. I cannot get this wireless card to work in
> 11.2, but it worked fine in 11.0. It’s been awhile, but my recollection
> is that it worked “out of the box”, even without having to install
> madwifi, in spite of the fact that it uses the atheros 5000+ chipset.
>
> As it is, the card is recognized by YaST, and I can even scan for
> networks.
> It finds my LAN, but refuses to connect. I’ve tried the traditional way,
> and with KDE network manager. NADA…
>
> Someone PLEASE point me in the right direction.
> TIA

YaST2->Hardware Information:

  • Wireless LAN
  • Atheros AR5001X+ Wireless Network Adapter (wlan0)
    Bus ID: 2
    Bus: PCI
    Class (spec):
    Class: Network controller
    Device Identifier (spec): 88832
    Device Identifier: 65555
    Device Name: wlan0
  • Device Names
    Device: Atheros AR50001X+ Wireless Network Adapter
    Driver: ath5k
  • Drivers
    Active: Yes
    modprobe: Yes
  • modules
    modprobe ath5k
    Hwcfg Bus: pci
    Kernal Driver: ath5k
    Model: Atheros AR5001X+ Wireless Network Adapter
    Old Unique Key: eHIF.nCMMCpXuwoD
    Parent Unique ID: CCKF.MWGcBse6qM6
  • Resources
    Revision: 1
    Subvendor Identifier: 70533
    Subvendor: Netgear
    Sysfs ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:01:09.0/0000:02:00.0
    Sysfs ID: 0000:02:00.0
    UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_168c_13
    Unique Key: y9sn.nCMMCpXuwoD
    Vendor Identifier: 71308
    Vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
    Wireless LAN: Yes
    modalias: [ci:v0000168Cd000000013sv00001385sd00005B00bc02sc00i00

dmesg | grep firmware
[ 1.634985] IBM TrackPoint firmware: 0x0e, buttons: 3/3
10.672166] thinkpad_acpi: requested hot key mask 0x00ffffff, forced to
0x00fb8000 (NVRAM poll mask is 0x00fb8000): no firmware mask support

iwlist scan:

wlan0 Scan completed
Cell 01 - Address: 00:14:6C:04:60:24
Channel:6
Frequency:Quality=49/70 Signal level=-61 dBm
Encryption key:on
ESSID:“DoubleLuck”
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
12 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=000004ed3439a181
Extra: Last beacon: 500ms ago
IE: Unknown: 000A446F75626C654C75636B
IE: Unknown: 010882848B960C183048
IE: Unknown: 030106
IE: Unknown: 2A0100
IE: Unknown: 32041224606C
IE: Unknown: DD0900037F01010005FF7F
Cell 02 - Address: 00:14:6C:7C:DE:44
Channel:6
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality=70/70 Signal level=-28 dBm
Encryption key:on
ESSID:“DoubleLuck”
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
12 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s

iwconfig:

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:“DoubleLuck”
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:14:6C:04:60:24
Bit Rate=24 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:xxxx-xxxx-xx **** key is accurate ****
Power Management:off
Link Quality=37/70 Signal level=-73 dBm Noise level=-98 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

ifconfig:

wlan0 does not have an IP address

You are connected. Thus the only remaining problems are either routing
or DNS. As you have no IP, I suspect routing.

What does the command

/sbin/route -n

show? Do you have an entry with the flags UG set? If not, use the NM
applet to “Manage Connections” and edit your wireless connection.
Under the IP Address tab, pull down the box in the lower-right hand
corner to Routes and uncheck the two boxes on that page.

Larry Finger wrote:

> You are connected. Thus the only remaining problems are either routing
> or DNS. As you have no IP, I suspect routing.
>
> What does the command
>
> /sbin/route -n
>
> show? Do you have an entry with the flags UG set? If not, use the NM
> applet to “Manage Connections” and edit your wireless connection.
> Under the IP Address tab, pull down the box in the lower-right hand
> corner to Routes and uncheck the two boxes on that page.

/sbin/route -n:
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo

I’m using ifup (not NM). There is no NM applet running. The NetworkManager
application will not start, and displays no messages whatsoever. The good
news is that I get exactly the same response trying to start it from the
command line!

Just for s&g’s, I went into YaST and switched from ifup to NM. When it got
down to “Activate network services”, a couple of message boxes popped up
(presumably from NM) telling me interfaces wlan and netork have been
attached. Shortly after that, I get a TaST message box reporting “Error:
no network running”. At no time has there ever been a NM icon on the task
bar.

<editorial comment>
And this is an improvement over 11.0? Obviously, they are using the
word “improvement” in a manner to which I have not been accustomed.
</editorial comment>

On 12/07/2009 07:57 AM, Larry Bristol wrote:
> Larry Finger wrote:
>
>> You are connected. Thus the only remaining problems are either routing
>> or DNS. As you have no IP, I suspect routing.
>>
>> What does the command
>>
>> /sbin/route -n
>>
>> show? Do you have an entry with the flags UG set? If not, use the NM
>> applet to “Manage Connections” and edit your wireless connection.
>> Under the IP Address tab, pull down the box in the lower-right hand
>> corner to Routes and uncheck the two boxes on that page.
>
> /sbin/route -n:
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
> 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
>
> I’m using ifup (not NM). There is no NM applet running. The NetworkManager
> application will not start, and displays no messages whatsoever. The good
> news is that I get exactly the same response trying to start it from the
> command line!
>
> Just for s&g’s, I went into YaST and switched from ifup to NM. When it got
> down to “Activate network services”, a couple of message boxes popped up
> (presumably from NM) telling me interfaces wlan and netork have been
> attached. Shortly after that, I get a TaST message box reporting “Error:
> no network running”. At no time has there ever been a NM icon on the task
> bar.
>
> <editorial comment>
> And this is an improvement over 11.0? Obviously, they are using the
> word “improvement” in a manner to which I have not been accustomed.
> </editorial comment>

This was a bug. If you are a coder that never introduces any bugs,
then I would appreciate you getting more involved. If you do not code,
then please keep your editorial comments to yourself.

In any case, I am no longer responding to your threads.

Larry Finger wrote:

> On 12/07/2009 07:57 AM, Larry Bristol wrote:
>> Larry Finger wrote:
>>
>>> You are connected. Thus the only remaining problems are either routing
>>> or DNS. As you have no IP, I suspect routing.
>>>
>>> What does the command
>>>
>>> /sbin/route -n
>>>
>>> show? Do you have an entry with the flags UG set? If not, use the NM
>>> applet to “Manage Connections” and edit your wireless connection.
>>> Under the IP Address tab, pull down the box in the lower-right hand
>>> corner to Routes and uncheck the two boxes on that page.
>>
>> /sbin/route -n:
>> Kernel IP routing table
>> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
>> Iface
>> 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
>>
>> I’m using ifup (not NM). There is no NM applet running. The
>> NetworkManager
>> application will not start, and displays no messages whatsoever. The
>> good news is that I get exactly the same response trying to start it from
>> the command line!
>>
>> Just for s&g’s, I went into YaST and switched from ifup to NM. When it
>> got down to “Activate network services”, a couple of message boxes popped
>> up (presumably from NM) telling me interfaces wlan and netork have been
>> attached. Shortly after that, I get a TaST message box reporting “Error:
>> no network running”. At no time has there ever been a NM icon on the
>> task bar.
>>
>> <editorial comment>
>> And this is an improvement over 11.0? Obviously, they are using the
>> word “improvement” in a manner to which I have not been accustomed.
>> </editorial comment>
>
> This was a bug. If you are a coder that never introduces any bugs,
> then I would appreciate you getting more involved. If you do not code,
> then please keep your editorial comments to yourself.
>
> In any case, I am no longer responding to your threads.

What the heck are you getting so huffy about?!? As a matter of fact, I AM
a coder. I have been a professional software developer since 1967. And
yes, I have introduced plenty of bugs over those years. But as a
professional, I have this tendancy to TEST the code I write (with help from
a QA staff) before it gets into the hands of a customer. Even then, of
course, bugs can still get through all that testing and end up in the
field. I have heard plenty of complaints from customers over those 40+
years. But here is the difference between you and I — When a customer
complains to me, I APOLOGIZE for the inconvenience and do my best to FIX
the problem ASAP; I also look for ways the customer might circumvent the
problem and get on with their work. But one thing is guaranteed — I
would NEVER say anything that might imply it was the customer’s fault, no
matter how rude I might think they are. Since your reaction makes it
obvious that YOU are not a professional coder, I do not appreciate your
attitude.

So apparently I spent several minutes carefully typing the information you
(or someone) requested in the “stickie” (one cannot cut and paste into a
post on a system that cannot access the internet). And now you decide to
get huffy and abandon me because I have the audacity to “complain” about a
bug in what is obviously a “tongue in cheek” comment? Thanks a bunch for
your help. If I wanted help like yours, I would have contacted Microsoft
directly!