Hi all,
I have a dual boot system : Windows XP SP3 and openSUSE 11.4 64 bits, GRUB for boot loader.
Having had problems with my NVidia driver (computer hanging all the time), I reïnstalled openSUSE 11.4 from DVD.
Since then : no more wireless internet-access, which functioned very well before.
**/usr/sbin/iwlist scan**
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.
eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
wlan0 Scan completed :
...]
Cell 02 - Address: F0:7D:68:55:08:00
Channel:11
Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
Quality=48/70 Signal level=-62 dBm
Encryption key:on
ESSID:"My ESSID"
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
18 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=00000000c06c9711
Extra: Last beacon: 48ms ago
IE: Unknown: 001174656C656E65742D61706E2D3131323042
IE: Unknown: 010882848B961224486C
IE: Unknown: 03010B
IE: Unknown: 2A0100
IE: Unknown: 32040C183060
IE: Unknown: 2D1AEC0117FFFF0000000000000000000000000000000C0000000000
IE: Unknown: 3D160B000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown: 3E0100
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101800003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
IE: Unknown: 7F0101
IE: Unknown: DD07000C4307000000
IE: Unknown: 0706455520010B10
IE: Unknown: DD1E00904C33EC0117FFFF0000000000000000000000000000000C0000000000
IE: Unknown: DD1A00904C340B000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown: DD050050F20500
IE: Unknown: DD750050F204104A00011010440001021041000100103B00010310470010D9D33A70B226AC6C86AFF07D6855080010210006442D4C696E6B102300074449522D363135102400074449522D3631351042000830303030303030301054000800060050F2040001101100074449522D363135100800020086
...]
So my ESSID and the MAC-address of the router are recognized.*
iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"My ESSID"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: AA:BB:CC:DD
Bit Rate=1 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:on
Link Quality=44/70 Signal level=-66 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
Although my encryption key is on.
YAST->Network Settings->
Global options tab :
Traditional method with IfUp
Ipv6 protocol settings disabled
DHCP Client options :
DHCP client identifier : remains empty
Hostname to send : AUTO
Change default route via DHCP enabled
Overview tab
Edit 802.11 bg WLAN
General tab :
Activate device : on hotplug Firewall zone : external zone
Address tab :
Dynamic address : DHCP enabled – DHCP both version 4 and 6
Hardware tab :
Kernel module – module name : rt73usb (no options)
Next :
Wireless device settings operating mode : Managed
Network name : my ESSID appears
Authentication mode : WPA-PSK (WPA version 1 or 2)
Key input type : Passphrase
Encryption key : the encryption key for my wireless router
I verified and re-verified my password, so this is correct.
**sbin/ifconfig**
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:17:E4:85:B7
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:23 Base address:0xe000
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:212 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:212 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:16072 (15.6 Kb) TX bytes:16072 (15.6 Kb)
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:12:BF:C5:12:28
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:7898 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:7897 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:892474 (871.5 Kb) TX bytes:1224035 (1.1 Mb)
Strangely enough, my inet addr appears in the local loopback … nothing in wlan0. The kernel driver is the same as in the previous installation rt73usb. I know I had problems with rt2800usb before, so I did not use it.
**ping -c 5 127.0.0.1**
PING 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_req=1 ttl=64 time=0.058 ms
64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_req=2 ttl=64 time=0.047 ms
64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_req=3 ttl=64 time=0.049 ms
64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_req=4 ttl=64 time=0.035 ms
64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_req=5 ttl=64 time=0.050 ms
--- 127.0.0.1 ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 3999ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.035/0.047/0.058/0.011 ms
Any help will be greatly appreciated,
W