No Wireless Connectivity and Can't Update via Ethernet

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Hi All,

I have a desktop machine running a Belkin Wireless G adapter. I know the adapter works because it’s a dual-boot machine and in Windows I have no problem. Moreover, when I’ve installed Fedora and Ubuntu on this machine I have no problems getting net connectivity over the wireless adaptor as soon as the install is completed. I prefer openSuse over the other distributions so I really want to get this to work with openSuse 11. The problem is, I’ve read through these forums and there appears to be some solutions, but they only apply if I can use the ethernet card. And my office is completely wireless (no wall plugs for cable connection). I suppose I could move the machine over to the closet where the router is and hardwire it in so I can perform an download/update, but I’m a stubborn sort and prefer to trouble-shoot as-is and learn something in the process.

Is there a way I can download a patch/package (it appears that the wi-fi capability in 11.0 is a little lacking in horsepower so I’m assuming there’s a fix to it) on one of my other machines that’s running Fedora, copy the patch/package to a USB storage device, bring it over to the openSuse box, and install it from there? Please keep in mind, I’m a newbie very much steeped in working with GUI interfaces so please go slow and detailed with me, especially if I have to use any command line procedures.

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. Just know if I can get this issue resolved you will have helped a small company take another big step towards weaning itself off of the Redmond Giant.

Blueflyt

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depends on the adapter, post the output of /sbin/lspci -v from a console. Make sure the adapter is connected/active. If this is a usb adapter,you need to open a console,su to root & type lsusb & press enter.copy paste the results here.

Andy
p.s. some very good info contained in the stickies at the start of this section

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Hi Andy,

Thanks for the reply. Below is the output text. FYI, it’s a PCI card.

/sbin/lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE/PE DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 03)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE/PE DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64]
Capabilities: [e4] Vendor Specific Information <?>
Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
Kernel modules: intel-agp

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128]
Memory at ec100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512]
Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 1
Kernel driver in use: i810_smbus
Kernel modules: i2c-i810, intelfb

00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Latitude X300
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
I/O ports at d800 [size=32]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci-hcd

00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Latitude X300
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
I/O ports at d000 [size=32]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci-hcd

00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Latitude X300
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
I/O ports at d400 [size=32]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci-hcd

00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
Memory at ec180000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
Kernel modules: ehci-hcd

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 82) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=32
I/O behind bridge: 0000c000-0000cfff
Memory behind bridge: ec000000-ec0fffff
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL (ICH4/ICH4-L) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
Kernel modules: intel-rng, iTCO_wdt

00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DB (ICH4) IDE Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 24c2
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
I/O ports at 01f0 [size=8]
I/O ports at 03f4 [size=1]
I/O ports at 0170 [size=8]
I/O ports at 0374 [size=1]
I/O ports at f000 [size=16]
Memory at 20000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1]
Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
Kernel modules: ata_piix, piix

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 24c2
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 17
I/O ports at 0500 [size=32]
Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
Kernel modules: i2c-i801

00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC’97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: Iwill Corp Device 0038
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
I/O ports at e000 [size=256]
I/O ports at e400 [size=64]
Memory at ec181000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512]
Memory at ec182000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: Intel ICH
Kernel modules: snd-intel8x0

01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR2413 802.11bg NIC(rev 01)
Subsystem: Belkin Device 700c
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 16
Memory at ec000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: ath5k_pci
Kernel modules: ath5k

01:03.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RT8139
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 19
I/O ports at c000 [size=256]
Memory at ec010000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: 8139too
Kernel modules: 8139cp, 8139too[/size][/size][/size][/size][/size][/size][/size][/size][/size][/size][/size][/size][/size][/size][/size][/size][/size][/size][/size][/size][/size]

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this is your adapter

01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR2413 802.11bg NIC(rev 01)
Subsystem: Belkin Device 700c
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 16
Memory at ec000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: ath5k_pci
Kernel modules: ath5k

you can us the madwifi drivers or you can use the drivers from schmolle1980.some people claim better results using schmolle1980’s drivers & others claim the snapshot drivers from madwifi give better results YMMV. here are the repo’s

madwifi.org - Trac
Index of /repositories/home:/schmolle1980
Index of /suse

Andy[/size]

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Andy:

Many thanks to you for your help! You rock!

And sorry for posting EVERYTHING - I wasn’t sure if you were looking for just the particular adapter information or if you wanted to see if there was something else squirrelly going on with another piece of hardware.

Best regards,

Blueflyt

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I take it you have a working wireless connection, if so, Excellent.Now enjoy :slight_smile:
as for posting everything, the more info we have the better we can respond,this is one instance when there could never be too much. As i say, if in doubt, post it all

Andy