Can't connect through wireless!

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Hi
Like I said, mine works fine and is exactly the same, so I’m guessing
it maybe some interference that the kernel driver doesn’t like.

Do you get a good connection under windows?

Try setting your router to a channel with the least access points
visible.

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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
openSUSE 11.1 (i586) Kernel 2.6.27.19-3.2-pae
up 1 day 6:40, 1 user, load average: 0.06, 0.10, 0.09
ASUS eeePC 1000HE ATOM N280 1.66GHz | GPU Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME

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Although the same device seems to work fine for malcolmlewis with the in-kernel driver, there are some reports that ath9k in 2.6.27 has still some issues.

You can try a newer driver version from the “compat-wireless” project.

You will find ready made packages in my OBS-repository.

Index of /repositories/home:/Akoellh

Install compat-wireless-kmp-pae from openSUSE-11.1-update and reload the ath9k module.

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Thanks, I’ll give it a try. Any idea what the issues are with it?

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I’m not familiar with this hardware, but if you google ‘ath9k 2.6.27 driver issues’ and similar, you will get a lot of results with others having problems. Have a look for yourself.

A useful reference:

ath9k - Linux Wireless

Good luck.

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Thanks. How do I install those patches to the kernel (they’re in a tar.gz file)?

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Why don’t you install the rpm-packages?

Guess what they were made from …

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OK, but how do I do:

  1. Install the newest kernel rpm side-by-side with current kernel (so new entry in grub I think)?

  2. If it works, switch to the new one, delete the old one OR if it doesn’t work, delete the new one?

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I have no bloody clue what you are talking about.

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I mean, it’s possible to install two kernel versions side-by-side so at startup, you can choose which one to boot into. That way if the new one has problems, you still have your original kernel installed.

I don’t know how to do that.

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Would be possible but is completely unnecessary.

If it does not work, you can just deinstall the compat-wireless packages and that’s it.

I still have no clue what you are talking about, which “new kernel”?

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Version 2.2.29 instead of 2.6.27. That’s all I meant.

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2.2.29 is older and does not even exist (you presumably mean 2.6.29).

But still this has nothing to do with the suggested solution(s), absolutely nothing.

Perhaps you should read a little more carefully.

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Sorry to bring up an old thread but just wanted to give an update:

Still unable to get wireless to work in openSUSE on the netbook.

HOWEVER, I got it to work with Fedora 11. (YAY!)

So I’ll be using that on my netbook and OpenSUSE will only be on the desktop. Too bad - I love openSUSE. :’(

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I am having similar issue…openSUSE 11.1, laptop computer,
Atheros AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express),
Driver = ath9k, [very similar listings]

My laptop sometimes connects right away…but the next day, not at all…very frustrating…and unacceptable when you are trying to get some work done.

I too really like openSUSE 11.x but am forced to move over to Fedora 11 until openSUSE 11.x can fix this. I did try patch
and compat-wireless fix…did not work for me…and I have built
lots of code.

See you guys soon, I hope…nice product.

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Yes, it is crazy this hasn’t been fixed. I’ve used Moblin (2.0, 2.1), Fedora, Windows XP on that computer and they all work. OpenSUSE does not. :frowning:

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Still having this problem in openSUSE 11.3! Argh!

Looks like I’m never getting openSUSE on a netbook.

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Hi
You have exactly the same wireless device as me on the ASUS 1000HE, so
it is indeed strange.


01:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR928X Wireless
Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01) Subsystem: Device 1a3b:1067
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
Memory at fbef0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ath9k
Kernel modules: ath9k

Now, I run eee-control so maybe you can give that a whirl and ensure
the device is active;
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/malcolmlewis:/Gnome/openSUSE_11.3/i586/eee-control-0.9.6-5.1.i586.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/malcolmlewis:/Gnome/openSUSE_11.3/noarch/eee-control-lang-0.9.6-5.1.noarch.rpm

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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (x86_64) Kernel 2.6.32.23-0.3-default
up 1 day 2:12, 5 users, load average: 0.30, 0.22, 0.15
GPU GeForce 8600 GTS Silent - Driver Version: 260.19.06

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Thanks. Question:

Since I have the netbook working with Fedora, I only want to try openSUSE via USB stick right now. Can I install those and try that while running via LiveUSB stick?

Also, is your network broadcast SSID or non-broadcast?[/size]

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Hi
You would need to do a build on SuSE Studio and add the rpm’s and roll
your own version. But I guess you could try installing (never tried it
to be honest).

No I broadcast my SSID. I’m at the MIL’s at present connected
fine 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1 :slight_smile: on SLE, but the MIL uses openSUSE 11.3
as well.

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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (i586) Kernel 2.6.32.23-0.3-pae
up 12:56, 2 users, load average: 0.28, 0.12, 0.03
ASUS eeePC 1000HE ATOM N280 1.66GHz | GPU Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME

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Sorry to bring up an old thread but after all this time I found a solution! Even with 11.4, opensuse still could not connect to my hidden ssid no matter what I did…until I read this:
Hidden SSID Wifi on 11.3 KDE NetworkManager

After configuring the profile [with knetworkmanager] be sure to select connect automatically and after that issue this command :
iwlist wlan0 scanning essid YOURSSID
where you replace “YOURSSID” with the ssid of your hidden network

After waiting about 30 seconds, my taskbar showed the icon thinking and finally the green check and then the icon showing it’s connected!