Somehow, I’m missing the very LAST step in getting my wireless card configured for the internet. I have used the “Configure – KDE Control Module” for fine tuning. Just last night, I got to see the network icon in my system tray show “Active” for the first time.
When I mouse-click that icon, it shows four horizontal info lines: (1) SSID Active. On the right, it shows a black exclamation point on a yellow shield/herald-shaped background. Still further to the right, it shows a tube which is filled with blue out to its complete length. (2) Connect to Other Network, then a horizontal separating line. (3) The “Enable Wireless” line is checked, meaning “ON.” (4) The “Manage Connections” line.
When I move my mouse over the top SSID line, it displays a nine-item window telling
Type: Wi-Fi Interface: wlan0 Hardware address: nn:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn
Driver: ath5k Status: Connected Bit Rate: 1 Mbit/s
IP Address: nn.nn.nn.nn
Name Servers: nn:nn:nn:nn
nn:nn:nn:nn
Domains: the correct name of my ISP.
In My Computer – Konqueror, the sysinfo:/ page has Network Status announcement “You are ONLINE.”
However, I am unable to reach the internet with either Konqueror (“Error: Unknown Host”) or Firefox (“Server Not Found”).
I must be missing something really simple. Is this enough information for any of you to guess what I haven’t done yet?
System info:
Acer Aspire 5520-5891 Dual Boot: Windows Vista Home but today my question is all about ----->
Linux 2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop x86_64,
openSUSE 11.2 (x86_64),
4.3.1(KDE 4.3.1) “release 6”
12: PCI 500.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
[Created at pci.310]
UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_168c_1c
Unique ID: Ddhb.zP5dJDMj3m9
Parent ID: qnJ_.iXEd68VX6l3
SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0d.0/0000:05:00.0
SysFS BusID: 0000:05:00.0
Hardware Class: network
Model: “Atheros AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter”
Vendor: pci 0x168c “Atheros Communications, Inc.”
Device: pci 0x001c “AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter”
SubVendor: pci 0x1468 “AMBIT Microsystem Corp.”
SubDevice: pci 0x0428
Revision: 0x01
Memory Range: 0xd0400000-0xd040ffff (rw,non-prefetchable,disabled)
IRQ: 19 (no events)
Module Alias: “pci:v0000168Cd0000001Csv00001468sd00000428bc02sc00i00”
Driver Info #0:
Driver Status: ath5k is active
Driver Activation Cmd: “modprobe ath5k”
Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Attached to: #23 (PCI bridge)