This is probably the 1 millionth post about WIFI issues. I have tried many sources on the internet but cant get my wireless to work. I have been using another version of linux for long time. But recent edition of that particular linux does not support my wifi any more. Just recently i have tried SuSE and almost fell in love with it. The only problem, WIFI.
I got a Linksys WUSB54GC USB wifi stick which uses RT2800USB native driver. I installed SuSE from the scratch and it found the wifi stick installed the drivers. My only problem is it does not scan for wireless networks. I haev two wifi networks around here. I can connect to them with windows computer with the same wifi stick.
I have tried iwconfig iwlist ifup but i am stuck exactly what to do. I get the following messages.
$>iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0 No scan results
$>ifup wlan0
wlan0 name: 802.11 G wlan
wlan0 is controlled by ifplugd
It seems to me i am sooo close. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
On 04/29/2010 01:36 PM, symmcom wrote:
>
> This is probably the 1 millionth post about WIFI issues. I have tried
> many sources on the internet but cant get my wireless to work. I have
> been using another version of linux for long time. But recent edition of
> that particular linux does not support my wifi any more. Just recently i
> have tried SuSE and almost fell in love with it. The only problem,
> WIFI.
>
> I got a Linksys WUSB54GC USB wifi stick which uses RT2800USB native
> driver. I installed SuSE from the scratch and it found the wifi stick
> installed the drivers. My only problem is it does not scan for wireless
> networks. I haev two wifi networks around here. I can connect to them
> with windows computer with the same wifi stick.
> I have tried iwconfig iwlist ifup but i am stuck exactly what to do. I
> get the following messages.
> $>iwlist wlan0 scan
> wlan0 No scan results
>
> $>ifup wlan0
> wlan0 name: 802.11 G wlan
> wlan0 is controlled by ifplugd
>
> It seems to me i am sooo close. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
Firstly, set wlan0 to start “On boot”, not ifplugd.
Secondly, check the output of ‘dmesg’ for mention of firmware. This part
should be OK, but check just to be sure.
Thirdly, the prompt makes it look as if you did the iwlist command as a
general user. If so, it does a passive scan. If you do it as root with
‘sudo /usr/sbin/iwlist wlan0 scan’, then it is an active scan. In that
case, it sends a probe packet on every channel to see if an AP is there.
Fourthly, the driver for that device may not work in 2.6.31. Try the
compat-wireless package for your kernel. That way you will get the very
latest driver.