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#1

Hello,

Last week I upgraded to openSUSE 11.4 from 11.3. Under 11.3 64 bits I had a wonderful wireless internet connection.
Since the new installation, and despite the friendly help on the Dutch forum, I do not succeed to get my computer on line.
I’m glad that for the time being, I can use my Windows XP SP3 dual boot system.

Here are a few tests I ran :

DesktopLinux:~ # uname -r                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop

DesktopLinux:~ # iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:"My ESSID"  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.462 GHz  Access Point: F0:7D:68:55:08:00   
          Bit Rate=11 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key : off
          Power Management:on
          Link Quality=46/70  Signal level=-64 dBm  
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:1   Missed beacon:0

Although I run this command as root, I get the message Encryption key : off

DesktopLinux:~ # lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:2602 Standard Microsystems Corp. USB 2.0 Hub
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0424:2228 Standard Microsystems Corp. 9-in-2 Card Reader
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 148f:2573 Ralink Technology, Corp. RT2501/RT2573 Wireless Adapter
Bus 001 Device 008: ID 0bc7:0006 X10 Wireless Technology, Inc. Wireless Transceiver (ACPI-compliant)
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 192f:0416 Avago Technologies, Pte. 
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 1631:5000 Good Way Technology 
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 06bd:20ff AGFA-Gevaert NV SnapScan e42

DesktopLinux:~ #

From /var/log/boot.msg, I get :

-/snip:–
<6> 1.718159] usb 1-1.2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7
<6> 1.966609] usb 1-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=148f, idProduct=2573
<6> 1.966613] usb 1-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
<6> 1.966616] usb 1-1.2: Product: 802.11 bg WLAN
<6> 1.966619] usb 1-1.2: Manufacturer: Ralink
–/snip:–

DesktopLinux:~ # dmesg | grep firmware                                                                                                                                                                                                       
   17.970009] tda1004x: found firmware revision 26 -- ok                                                                                                                                                                                    

DesktopLinux:~ #

DesktopLinux:~ # iwlist scan
lo        Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0      Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0     Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: F0:7D:68:55:08:00
                    Channel:11
                    Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
                    Quality=42/70  Signal level=-68 dBm  
                    Encryption key:on
                    ESSID:"My ESSID"
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
                              18 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
                    Mode:Master
                    Extra:tsf=000000022d439800
                    Extra: Last beacon: 44ms ago
                    IE: Unknown: a
                    IE: Unknown: b
                    IE: Unknown: c
                    IE: Unknown: d
                    IE: Unknown: e
                    IE: Unknown: f
                    IE: Unknown: g
                    IE: Unknown: h
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: x
                    IE: Unknown: y
                    IE: Unknown: z
                    IE: Unknown: xx
                    IE: Unknown: yy
                    IE: Unknown: zz
                    IE: Unknown: xxx
                    IE: Unknown: yyy

DesktopLinux:~ #

DesktopLinux:~ # ifconfig                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:16:17:E4:85:B7                                                                                                                                                                                      
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
          Interrupt:23 Base address:0xe000 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:326 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:326 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:24603 (24.0 Kb)  TX bytes:24603 (24.0 Kb)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:12:BF:C5:12:28  
          inet addr:81.164.129.142  Bcast:255.255.255.255  Mask:255.255.240.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:548 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:619 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:56187 (54.8 Kb)  TX bytes:64698 (63.1 Kb)

DesktopLinux:~ #

I try to PING my the router’s IP :

DesktopLinux:~ # ping -c 5 81.164.129.1

which gives this result :

PING 81.164.129.1 (81.164.129.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 81.164.129.1: icmp_req=1 ttl=61 time=32.2 ms
64 bytes from 81.164.129.1: icmp_req=2 ttl=61 time=30.0 ms
64 bytes from 81.164.129.1: icmp_req=3 ttl=61 time=28.5 ms
64 bytes from 81.164.129.1: icmp_req=4 ttl=61 time=29.1 ms
64 bytes from 81.164.129.1: icmp_req=5 ttl=61 time=30.1 ms

— 81.164.129.1 ping statistics —
5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 4004ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 28.588/30.031/32.229/1.246 ms

so, this seems to be ok.

But then I want to ping samba.org :

DesktopLinux:~ # ping -c 5 66.70.73.150

which gives this result :

PING 66.70.73.150 (66.70.73.150) 56(84) bytes of data.

— 66.70.73.150 ping statistics —
5 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 3999ms

DesktopLinux:~ #

What struck me is that apparently both drivers rt2500usb AND rt73usb are loaded. Is that necessary ?
What struck me as well is that I can’t get my encryption key when issueing the command iwconfig as root: it seems to be off ??

Then when I studied the hardware-info (via YAST), I got also this :

70: USB 00.0: 0282 WLAN controller
[Created at usb.122]
Unique ID: BobO.DE+rhRN2uU4
Parent ID: ADDn.v73FyvS8BdB
SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.4/usb1/1-1/1-1.2/1-1.2:1.0
SysFS BusID: 1-1.2:1.0
Hardware Class: network
Model: “Ralink 802.11 bg WLAN”
Hotplug: USB
Vendor: usb 0x148f “Ralink Technology, Corp.”
Device: usb 0x2573 “802.11 bg WLAN”
Revision: “0.01”
Driver: “rt73usb”
Driver Modules: “rt73usb”
Device File: wlan0
Features: WLAN
Speed: 480 Mbps
HW Address: 00:12:bf:c5:12:28
Link detected: yes
WLAN channels: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
WLAN frequencies: 2.412 2.417 2.422 2.427 2.432 2.437 2.442 2.447 2.452 2.457 2.462 2.467 2.472 2.484
WLAN encryption modes: WEP40 WEP104 TKIP CCMP
WLAN authentication modes: open sharedkey wpa-psk wpa-eap
Module Alias: “usb:v148Fp2573d0001dc00dsc00dp00icFFiscFFipFF”
Driver Info #0:
Driver Status: rt2500usb is active
Driver Activation Cmd: “modprobe rt2500usb”
Driver Info #1:
Driver Status: rt73usb is active
Driver Activation Cmd: “modprobe rt73usb”
Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Attached to: #68 (Hub)

So, I think this is all I can do so far.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

#2

hi

can you give us the result for the command line


route -n

please

if that can help

bye

#3

hi

can you give us the result for the command line

#route -n

please

if that can help

bye

#4

Hello,

Thanks for your fast answer.

DesktopLinux:~ # route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
81.164.128.0    0.0.0.0         255.255.240.0   U     0      0        0 wlan0
169.254.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.0.0     U     0      0        0 wlan0
127.0.0.0       0.0.0.0         255.0.0.0       U     0      0        0 lo
0.0.0.0         81.164.128.1    0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 wlan0
DesktopLinux:~ #

Btw : what is the meaning of this command please ?

Thank you very much.

W

#5

hi

this command line is for viewing the routing table of your system where we can see your default gw

can you give us the result of the command

cat /etc/resolv.conf

to see if you have a dns config

sorry for my english…

bye

#6

Resolv.conf gives :

/etc/resolv.conf file autogenerated by netconfig!

Before you change this file manually, consider to define the

static DNS configuration using the following variables in the

/etc/sysconfig/network/config file:

NETCONFIG_DNS_STATIC_SEARCHLIST

NETCONFIG_DNS_STATIC_SERVERS

NETCONFIG_DNS_FORWARDER

or disable DNS configuration updates via netconfig by setting:

NETCONFIG_DNS_POLICY=’’

See also the netconfig(8) manual page and other documentation.

Note: Manual change of this file disables netconfig too, but

may get lost when this file contains comments or empty lines

only, the netconfig settings are same with settings in this

file and in case of a “netconfig update -f” call.

Please remove (at least) this line when you modify the file!

search “My operator”
nameserver 195.130.130.1
nameserver 195.130.131.1

ifcfg-wlan0 gives :

BOOTPROTO=‘dhcp’
BROADCAST=’’
ETHTOOL_OPTIONS=’’
IPADDR=’’
MTU=’’
NAME=‘802.11 bg WLAN’
NETMASK=‘255.255.255.0’
NETWORK=’’
REMOTE_IPADDR=’’
STARTMODE=‘hotplug’
USERCONTROL=‘no’
WIRELESS_AP=’’
WIRELESS_AP_SCANMODE=‘1’
WIRELESS_AUTH_MODE=‘psk’
WIRELESS_BITRATE=‘auto’
WIRELESS_CA_CERT=’’
WIRELESS_CHANNEL=’’
WIRELESS_CLIENT_CERT=’’
WIRELESS_CLIENT_KEY=’’
WIRELESS_CLIENT_KEY_PASSWORD=’’
WIRELESS_DEFAULT_KEY=‘0’
WIRELESS_EAP_AUTH=’’
WIRELESS_EAP_MODE=’’
WIRELESS_ESSID=‘My ESSID’
WIRELESS_FREQUENCY=’’
WIRELESS_KEY=’’
WIRELESS_KEY_0=’’
WIRELESS_KEY_1=’’
WIRELESS_KEY_2=’’
WIRELESS_KEY_3=’’
WIRELESS_KEY_LENGTH=‘128’
WIRELESS_MODE=‘Managed’
WIRELESS_NICK=’’
WIRELESS_NWID=’’
WIRELESS_PEAP_VERSION=’’
WIRELESS_POWER=‘yes’
WIRELESS_WPA_ANONID=’’
WIRELESS_WPA_IDENTITY=’’
WIRELESS_WPA_PASSWORD=’’
WIRELESS_WPA_PSK=‘My PassWord’
PREFIXLEN=‘24’

#7

OK, I found it.

In networkmanager I chose (hard-ware tab) the rt25usb driver instead of the rt73usb driver (as I had to do with openSUSE 11.3).

So, now I got internet coonection, and my problem is solved.

W