I have a desktop pc running opensuse 12.1 that I want to connect via linksys wireless usb (WUSB600n).
As this is my first experience with the trouble of going online wireless with opensuse I need some help to get it working.
With knetworkmanager I can’t select a wireless connection, so opensuse doesn’t seem to “see” the usb device.
I tried running /usr/bin/lsusb and found following entry:
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 1739:0079 Linksys WUSB600N v2 Dual-band Wireless-N Network Adapter [Ralink RT3572]
When I run /usr/sbin/iwconfig I get just 2 lines:
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
Can someone provide a step by step guide of what I should do to get it to work? Or can someone confirm that linux does not work for the WUSB600N cisco-linksys usb device?
I’m also considering bying a PCI-express wireless card. What brand/card is guaranteed to work out of the box with opensuse?
On 12/26/2011 12:56 PM, suskewiet wrote:
>
> On ‘HCL:Network (Wireless) - openSUSE’
> (http://en.opensuse.org/HCL:Network_(Wireless)) I found the line
> below
>>
>> Linksys WUSB600N v2 USB Ralink RT3572
>
> But I don’t know what to to with this info. Do I need to install
> something for this Ralink chipset?
Did you copy and paste the USB ID in the previous posting, or did you type it by
hand? The reason I ask is that rt2800usb has a USB ID of 1737:0079, but nothing
has 1739:0079. In fact, no vendor is assigned to 1739.
If it is a 1737:0079, then you need to install the kernel-firmware package, and
then do the following (as root):
If that works, then add those two lines to /etc/init.d/boot.local and report
success back here. The reason it is not accepted is that one of the
configuration options is missing. If it works, then the configuration can be
changed.
Thanks for the reply. Could you specify in more detail which package I should install from which repository please? Just do a search on kernel-firmware? I’ll do the test tomorrow. Also note: I run 64 bit os, should it matter…
On 12/26/2011 05:06 PM, suskewiet wrote:
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> lwfinger;2422683 Wrote:
>> On 12/26/2011 12:56 PM, suskewiet wrote:
>> If it is a 1737:0079, then you need to install the kernel-firmware
>> package, and
>> then do the following (as root):
>>
>
> Thanks for the reply. Could you specify in more detail which package I
> should install from which repository please? Just do a search on
> kernel-firmware? I’ll do the test tomorrow. Also note: I run 64 bit os,
> should it matter…
If you go to the Software Management selection in YaST and search for
kernel-firmware, that is the one you need! I will not matter that you use a
64-bit system. The firmware runs in the CPU on the appropriate device, not in
the host.
You were right, I made a typo in the id. I can confirm that it works now after adding those two lines to /etc/init.d/boot.local!
You say that if it worked the configuration can be changed. What do you mean exactly?
Another question: when does the wireless network get activated during boot, after editing /etc/init.d/boot.local? This should be as soon as possible in the boot process, since I’m planning to run NFS clients on this machine and network shares will be mounted at boot…
On 12/27/2011 01:56 AM, suskewiet wrote:
>
> You were right, I made a typo in the id. I can confirm that it works
> now after adding those two lines to /etc/init.d/boot.local!
>
> You say that if it worked the configuration can be changed. What do you
> mean exactly?
I meant that I will submit a request to the person that maintains the openSUSE
kernel to turn on the CONFIG_RT2800USB_RT35XX variable, which is currently not set.
> Another question: when does the wireless network get activated during
> boot, after editing /etc/init.d/boot.local? This should be as soon as
> possible in the boot process, since I’m planning to run NFS clients on
> this machine and network shares will be mounted at boot…
The point at which wireless networking gets activated depends on how you control
the network. If you use NetworkManager, then the networking is started after you
log in, long after boot.local is executed.
My NFS mounts have been a lot easier to maintain since I switched to using
autofs to mount them. Search the openSUSE forums for a posting of mine on the
subject.