Difficulty getting my Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG card working

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Hi Folks,

I’ve just put OpenSUSE 11.3 on my old Dell laptop. It has the following configuration:

/sbin/lspci -nnk

…

03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX [14e4:170c] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Dell Inspiron 9400 Laptop [1028:01cd]
Kernel driver in use: b44
…

0c:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection [8086:4222] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:1022]
Kernel driver in use: iwl3945

I’m able to connect to the net using an ethernet cable, but the wireless has no connectivity. The nm-tool gives this:

nm-tool

NetworkManager Tool

State: connected

  • Device: wlan0 ----------------------------------------------------------------
    Type: 802.11 WiFi
    Driver: iwl3945
    State: disconnected
    Default: no
    HW Address: 00:13:02:8E:32:7C

    Capabilities:

    Wireless Properties
    WEP Encryption: yes
    WPA Encryption: yes
    WPA2 Encryption: yes

    Wireless Access Points

  • Device: eth0 [Auto eth0] ----------------------------------------------------
    Type: Wired
    Driver: b44
    State: connected
    Default: yes
    HW Address: 00:14:22:F7:1E:C6

    Capabilities:
    Carrier Detect: yes
    Speed: 100 Mb/s

    Wired Properties
    Carrier: on

    IPv4 Settings:
    Address: 10.1.1.4
    Prefix: 24 (255.255.255.0)
    Gateway: 10.1.1.1

Any advice in getting my wireless up and running would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers!