Another Broadcom WLAN Issue

English Network/Internet
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I am vary new to opensuse 11.1 and to linux, but so far it sooooo much better than vista. My problem is not drivers it is in the setup. I have read “Getting Your Wireless To Work” by lwfinger witch was vary helpful, but I still cannot connect to my router via wireless. when i runn (usr/sbin/iwconfig) this is what i get

lo no wireless extentions.

eth0 no wireless extentions.

wmaster0 no wireless extentions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11gb ESSID:(hidden)
Mode: Managed Frequincy:2.412GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=0 dBm
Retry min Limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
Power Managment:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt frag"0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

is it my settings or what?>:(

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You should have read all the stickies,here’s why:

wlan0 IEEE 802.11gb ESSID hidden
which gave the clue,

contribution by prhunt

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

As you have a hidden ESSID, this is what you need to do

Andy

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finally it works.:slight_smile: I had read all the sticky posts but the Welcome one and there was the fix to my problem. the how to update the firmware. Sorry but I have been a windows user since 3.0 and DOS before that so this is a big change for me. this site is a lifesaver thank you all so much