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 3999msDesktopLinux:~ #
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.