I have a new 4-core AMD 64bit system.
So I installed 64bit openSuse on a second primary partition next to my WindowsXP.
I have been trying to get my AVM Wlan dongle to work in openSuse for 5 days now. I have a few documents here which you required in the primer.
In my WindowsXP partition, the file avm_fritz!wlan_usb_stick_x64_build_100906.exe will not open because I have 32bit WindowsXP, so I use the 32bit (I assume) driver used in WindowsXP.
under root in openSuse
ndiswrapper -i fwlan.inf
ndiswrapper -l
fwlan : driver installed
device (057C:6201) present
modprobe ndiswrapper
YaST => here I have many questions about what goes where in all of the fields
two entries I am sure of is that it employs DHCP.
and SSID = "Zitadelle10" (the name of the access box)
here is a description of the ifcfg-wlan0 file found in /etc/sysconfig/network/
#
# ifcfg-wlan0
#
BOOTPROTO='dhcp'
BROADCAST=''
ETHTOOL_OPTIONS=''
IPADDR=''
MTU=''
NAME=''
NETMASK=''
NETWORK=''
REMOTE_IPADDR=''
STARTMODE='auto'
USERCONTROL='no'
WIRELESS_AP=''
WIRELESS_AP_SCANMODE='1'
WIRELESS_AUTH_MODE='open'
WIRELESS_BITRATE='54'
WIRELESS_CA_CERT=''
WIRELESS_CHANNEL=''
WIRELESS_CLIENT_CERT=''
WIRELESS_CLIENT_KEY=''
WIRELESS_CLIENT_KEY_PASSWORD=''
WIRELESS_DEFAULT_KEY='0'
WIRELESS_EAP_AUTH=''
WIRELESS_EAP_MODE='TTLS'
WIRELESS_ESSID='Zitadelle10'
WIRELESS_FREQUENCY=''
WIRELESS_KEY=''
WIRELESS_KEY_0=''
WIRELESS_KEY_1=''
WIRELESS_KEY_2=''
WIRELESS_KEY_3=''
WIRELESS_KEY_LENGTH='128'
WIRELESS_MODE='Managed'
WIRELESS_NICK=''
WIRELESS_NWID=''
WIRELESS_PEAP_VERSION=''
WIRELESS_POWER='no'
WIRELESS_WPA_ANONID=''
WIRELESS_WPA_IDENTITY='Zitadelle10'
WIRELESS_WPA_PASSWORD=''
WIRELESS_WPA_PSK=''
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lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 050d:0307 Belkin Components
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0409:005a NEC Corp. HighSpeed Hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 046d:089d Logitech, Inc. QuickCam E2500 series
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 067b:2571 Prolific Technology, Inc.
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 04fc:0c25 Sunplus Technology Co., Ltd SATALink SPIF225A
**Bus 001 Device 006: ID 057c:6201 AVM GmbH AVM Fritz!WLAN v1.1 [Texas Instruments TNETW1450]**
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 046d:c50e Logitech, Inc. Cordless Mouse Receiver
Bus 001 Device 008: ID 046d:c31b Logitech, Inc. Compact Keyboard K300
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dmesg > dmesg_output.txt
out of these 1067 lines I saw wlan mentioned in the neighbourhood of line 843
No mention of any firmware was present
......
2.376118] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 156x60
2.384468] usb 1-1.4: new high speed USB device number 6 using ehci_hcd
2.384710] bootsplash: scaling image from 1024x768 to 1280x1024
2.408892] bootsplash: scaling image from 1024x768 to 1280x1024
2.424893] fb0: radeondrmfb frame buffer device
2.424894] drm: registered panic notifier
2.424899] [drm] Initialized radeon 2.11.0 20080528 for 0000:01:05.0 on minor 0
** 2.458949] usb 1-1.4: New USB device found, idVendor=057c, idProduct=6201
2.458952] usb 1-1.4: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
2.458953] usb 1-1.4: Product: WLAN USB Device
2.458955] usb 1-1.4: Manufacturer: AVM GmbH
2.458956] usb 1-1.4: SerialNumber: 001A4F4A8BD9**
2.521331] usb 1-1.5: new low speed USB device number 7 using ehci_hcd
2.606189] usb 1-1.5: New USB device found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=c50e
2.606191] usb 1-1.5: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
2.606193] usb 1-1.5: Product: USB RECEIVER
2.606194] usb 1-1.5: Manufacturer: Logitech
......
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when I enter iwconfig I receive this :
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 is not mentioned. Why? And are the values in my cfcfg-wlan0 good enough?