I have install suse 11 on my toshiba laptop it has a build in wireless card,im new to suse or linux os how can I setup my wireless internet connection.Im also not sure if suse knows the name of the wireless card. I also tried to call linsky for help and they only help with windows or mac also my ISP provider also give no support for suse 11 so im thinking if there is no help I will end up formating my suse back to win xp
Read the stickies at the start of the wireless forum, and provide the
information that is requested. We have no idea what wireless card is
in a Toshiba notebook, but the things that are suggested there will
allow us to find out if it is supported.
Larry
My toshiba use a Atheros Ar5005gs wireless network adapter aslo what is BSSID where do I fine the setting for that
Did you read the stickies? We need to know the PCI ID for the device.
The easiest way is to issue the command ‘/sbin/lspci -nnv’ and post
the first two lines THAT CORRESPOND TO YOUR WIRELESS DEVICE. If my
shouting bothers you, it is because there have been too many times
that the first two lines of the output have been posted, and I have
absolutely no interest in some arbitrary bridge.
Larry
Where do I type this command im using suse 11 grome, I dont know where the terminal is located
Hi
It’s called the Gnome Terminal in the Menu, else if you press alt+F2
(run command) and enter gnome-terminal
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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
openSUSE 11.0 x86 Kernel 2.6.25.16-0.1-default
up 6 days 0:24, 3 users, load average: 0.08, 0.10, 0.08
GPU GeForce 6600 TE/6200 TE - Driver Version: 173.14.12
I tried the cmd you gave me and it doesnt open
> I tried the cmd you gave me and it doesnt open
Show the exact command you entered and the error response please! It
doesn’t open means nothing.
Larry
‘/sbin/lspci -nnv’ No such file or directory
fasturn wrote:
> ‘/sbin/lspci -nnv’ No such file or directory
>
>
Take the single quotes off. I only put them there to show you the full
command.
Larry
/sbin/|spci-nnv command not found bash /sbin/ is a directory this is the message Im getting what am I doing wrong here
Hi
The command is lspci that’s a lower case L not a | (pipe).
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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
openSUSE 11.0 x86 Kernel 2.6.25.16-0.1-default
up 6 days 9:52, 1 user, load average: 0.38, 0.39, 0.34
GPU GeForce 6600 TE/6200 TE - Driver Version: 173.14.12
/sbin/lspci-nnv no such file or directory
Hi
The command is lspci the switch (options) is -nnv so you need a space
between the command and the switch.
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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
openSUSE 11.0 x86 Kernel 2.6.25.16-0.1-default
up 6 days 13:42, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.02, 0.09
GPU GeForce 6600 TE/6200 TE - Driver Version: 173.14.12
Can you please post the command as it is this is day 3 trying to get suse 11 online I have never took this long to get on line with a mac or windows I give it 1 more day and if i cant get online I well uninstall and get back to what I know,maybe in the near future when suse is able to function better on its own I pick it up, im sure its a good OS but too many issue to simple get online.
Hi
It’s lspci{space}-{minus character}nnv
/sbin/lspci -nnv
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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
openSUSE 11.0 x86 Kernel 2.6.25.16-0.1-default
up 6 days 15:02, 1 user, load average: 0.14, 0.37, 0.32
GPU GeForce 6600 TE/6200 TE - Driver Version: 173.14.12
hi fasturn; as a newbie, we are sorry to hear you are having trouble with commands; a useful way to get around the problem of typing all the details out is to copy and paste the commands; so if you highlight the command in post #4, that lwfinger originally cited; and control-c the highlight; and then paste into the terminal: but you should go to edit on the top menu and then down to paste in the options of a terminal, as most terminals use shift+control+V;and for most folks, that is more fiddley;
good luck
Thanks for taking me through the command very slow I use your example and it finally work so I will post the result soon
02:02.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5212/AR5213 Multiprotocol MAC/baseband processor [168c:0013] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Askey Computer Corp. Device [144f:7084]
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 18
Memory at e8200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ath5k_pci
Kernel modules: ath5k
02:03.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ [10ec:8139] (rev 10)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff00]
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 128, IRQ 19
I/O ports at a000 [size=256]
Memory at e8214800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: 8139too
Kernel modules: 8139cp, 8139too
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fasturn wrote:
> 02:02.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc.
> AR5212/AR5213 Multiprotocol MAC/baseband processor [168c:0013] (rev 01)
> Subsystem: Askey Computer Corp. Device [144f:7084]
> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 18
> Memory at e8200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64]
> Capabilities: <access denied>
> Kernel driver in use: ath5k_pci
> Kernel modules: ath5k
As this says, your device is covered by the ath5k driver using the
ath5k_pci variant. First of all, does the command ‘lsmod | grep ath5k’
produce any output? If not, please let us know that.
What is likely is that the built-in driver does not work. You might
try the madwifi drivers. According to deltaflyer44, you should check
the index of /repositories/home:/schmolle1980’
(http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/schmolle1980/) as
some people have reported better success with these drivers.
Larry
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