Ok, bear with me because I’m a bit of a linux noob.
I’m running opensuse 11 (Gnome). I have a buffalo usb adapter (wli u2 kg125s) which seems to be working normally, it can detect my wireless network.
However, when I try to connect to the network it asks for the usual password which I type in. A few moments later a little window pops up asking for the password again (wireless network secrets required) but there is already a password in the box, which after I click the show key tab just seems to be a random string of numbers and letters. Neither my password or this other one will work.
Ok, sorry for not checking that out properly before.I’ve now typed in /usr/bin/lsusb in my terminal and it comes out with no such file or directory, but I dont know how this can be because I can see all the wireless networks avaliable from my linux desktop, im just finding it difficult to connect to them.
(I know this is probably a unnessecary thing to say, but /usr/bin/ is a directory so its only the usb part not working)
> I can see all the
> wireless networks avaliable from my linux desktop, im just finding it
> difficult to connect to them.
Are you, per chance using a hidden SSID and WPA? After configuring it
through NetworkManager, try specifying the SSID and encryption key via
‘iwconfig’. ‘man iwconfig’ for the specific parms.
–
Randy Goddard
“It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.”
Chorse wrote:
> Ok, sorry for not checking that out properly before.I’ve now typed in
> /usr/bin/lsusb in my terminal and it comes out with no such file or
> directory, but I dont know how this can be because I can see all the
> wireless networks avaliable from my linux desktop, im just finding it
> difficult to connect to them.
>
> (I know this is probably a unnessecary thing to say, but /usr/bin/ is a
> directory so its only the usb part not working)
You need to install the usbutilities package to get lsusb.
I just found the software search on this website (and it wont let me edit my post for some reason)
I found this package called usbutils, is that what I should download?, and if so which of these files (as I dont really recognise the extensions to be honest)
yes you need usbutils; it is in what is called the main repository; it should exist there in the form of an rpm package: the type of fuel that Suse runs on;
if you download it, and right-click on it, you can select “install with package manager” or somesuch offer; that should open YaST; and create a memory too of what was installed;
those lucky enough to be able to place their computer near a wired router can get their system up and running that way; and then move (slowly) to sever the wired link;
pdc 2 wrote:
> yes you need usbutils; it is in what is called the main repository; it
> should exist there in the form of an rpm package: the type of fuel that
> Suse runs on;
>
> if you download it, and right-click on it, you can select “install with
> package manager” or somesuch offer; that should open YaST; and create a
> memory too of what was installed;
>
> those lucky enough to be able to place their computer near a wired
> router can get their system up and running that way; and then move
> (slowly) to sever the wired link;
How did you install? Was it with the DVD? If so, the usb utility
package should be on it. It is probably not on the Live CD.
Ok, I’ve been through everything on the wireless problems sticky, I don’t think there is a problem with my usb device and I’m pretty sure all the drivers are working properly.
Literally the only problem is that when I try to connect to my house’s wireless network or any network with a security key it tries to connect but keeps asking me for the key again and again. I’ve also now successfully connected to another network (but can’t access the internet from it for entirely different reasons).
So I’m completely stumped as to what the problem is.
Chorse wrote:
> Ok, I’ve been through everything on the wireless problems sticky, I
> don’t think there is a problem with my usb device and I’m pretty sure
> all the drivers are working properly.
>
> Literally the only problem is that when I try to connect to my house’s
> wireless network or any network with a security key it tries to connect
> but keeps asking me for the key again and again. I’ve also now
> successfully connected to another network (but can’t access the internet
> from it for entirely different reasons).
The key is wrong! Is it WEP? Are you trying to enter a passphrase? If
so, that is your problem. Use the Hexadecimal key. Use Google to find
out why.
It’s definatly WPA, and I know the password as I can access it on the same computer using XP, it’s just that it doesn’t work on opensuse so I really can’t think what the problem could be.
EDIT: after I type in the passphrase to set up the connection, when the box comes up saying wireless network secrets required, in the box where I’ve typed it it changes to the hexadecimal (which I’ve checked using google) but this doesn’t work as the passphrase either.
Chorse wrote:
> It’s definatly WPA, and I know the password as I can access it on the
> same computer using XP, it’s just that it doesn’t work on opensuse so I
> really can’t think what the problem could be.
WPA works with openSUSE 11.0 and 11.1. Do you have the wpa_supplicant
package installed?
Yep got that installed, I really have no idea what the problem could be. I’m starting to worry that its a really simple problem I’ve overlooked but I don’t know what that could be either. This is very frustrating.
Chorse wrote:
> Yep got that installed, I really have no idea what the problem could be.
> I’m starting to worry that its a really simple problem I’ve overlooked
> but I don’t know what that could be either. This is very frustrating.
I would like to know what driver you are using. Use YaST => Hardware
=> Hardware Information and open the + next to USB. You should see
your device there. Click on its + and find the Kernel Driver line.
Tell me that. Also, find the “UDI:” line and report the two strings
after the “usb_device” part. Those are the USB ID’s.
Please check if you have a file named
/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf. It should have contents that
look like:
‘Couldn’t display /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf’ then something about not having the right application to view it. I tried to open it in gedit but it says i do not have the permissions necessary to open the file. Maybe this is the problem?
Chorse wrote:
> lwfinger;1935637 Wrote:
> Kernel Driver: rndis_wlan
>
> and I’m just gonna copy out the line after UDI because there aren’t
> really two strings
>
> UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_411_bc_8057_if1
That was fine. The two (hexadecimal) numbers are 0411 and 00bc, which
is for a Buffalo WLI-U2-KG125S.
>
> and also;
>
> ‘Couldn’t display /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf’ then
> something about not having the right application to view it. I tried to
> open it in gedit but it says i do not have the permissions necessary to
> open the file. Maybe this is the problem?
No, that file needs root privilege because it contains the “secret”.
BTW, you can always get around the permissions problem with a ‘sudo
cat <filename>’.
That driver does not use mac80211, so cannot say that it will work
with WPA. The thing to do is look at the task list while it is
attempting to authenticate. You do that with a ‘ps ax’ command. See if
the listing has an entry for wpa_supplicant. Please post that line,
and I can tell you how to get some debugging info from the supplicant.
