In OpenSuse 11.3 i can’t connect to the network. With DHCP i don’t get a IP-adress. If I configure the adress manually, I can’t even ping the IP of the router. But the WLAN connection ist up, I can see the connection in my Fritz!Box.
route -n gives
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
192.168.178.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 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
0.0.0.0 192.168.178.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 wlan0
I don’t know, where the 169.254.0.0 comes from.
With whireshark I can see some traffic (LLC protokoll) between the router and an other linux box, but no TCP/IP traffic.
lsusb for my WLAN stick is:
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 114b:0110 Sphairon Access Systems GmbH Turbolink UB801R WLAN Adapter
It uses the rt2500usb driver.
The system worked with 11.1 and 11.3RC1 without problems.
On 07/17/2010 10:06 AM, manni66 wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> In OpenSuse 11.3 i can’t connect to the network. With DHCP i don’t get
> a IP-adress. If I configure the adress manually, I can’t even ping the
> IP of the router. But the WLAN connection ist up, I can see the
> connection in my Fritz!Box.
>
> route -n gives
>
> Code:
> --------------------
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
> 192.168.178.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 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
> 0.0.0.0 192.168.178.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 wlan0
> --------------------
>
>
> I don’t know, where the 169.254.0.0 comes from.
That is a Zero Configuration Address. If an interface is unable to obtain an IP
address through DHCP, then it gets a 169.254.0.X address. That lets two devices
connect in an ad-hoc network where there is no DHCP server.
>
> With whireshark I can see some traffic (LLC protokoll) between the
> router and an other linux box, but no TCP/IP traffic.
What does “/usr/sbin/iwconfig” show? In addition, please check
/var/log/NetworkManager. Is IPv6 enabled? Do you need it?
As far as I know, there were no changes in any networking component between
11.3RC1 and 11.3.
IPv6 is disabled ( I tested with enabled IPv6, doesn’t change anything). I am using ifup, but testing with netwokmanger there was nothing abnormal in /var/log/NetworkManager except that autofs script gave an error, but I blame that on the missing net.
iwconfig:
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"Matrix"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: 00:04:0E:D2:46:08
Bit Rate=1 Mb/s Tx-Power=17 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=56/70 Signal level=-54 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
I have what seems to be the same problem: Wifi doesn’t work
For some odd reason, neither the Atheros nor the Linksys (rt73usb in my case) works. Hopefully, someone has a solution to this problem.
I had a similar problem. I fixed it by not using the traditional ifup setting but used networkmanager. Go to yast and wireless setup. Under general tab you will see a set of radio buttons. One if for networkmanager and the other is for ifup. Use networkmanager. Yast will nolonger control the the wireless nic but networkmanager will. Then click on the icon for networkmanager in the systray and input your passphrase.
For those that can get info to the developers the problem with the traditional ifup is it doesn’t set the passphrase so you don’t get to the dhcp server so no ip. The nic comes up but it has no ip ( confirm with ifconfig ). If one does iwconfig you see that there is no passphrase. But networkmanager does set the passphrase.
On 07/17/2010 02:26 PM, argon99 wrote:
> For those that can get info to the developers the problem with the
> traditional ifup is it doesn’t set the passphrase so you don’t get to
> the dhcp server so no ip. The nic comes up but it has no ip ( confirm
> with ifconfig ). If one does iwconfig you see that there is no
> passphrase. But networkmanager does set the passphrase.
Two comments: (1) I tested ifup and it works if configured correctly. (2)
Putting a message in here for someone to contact the developers does no good.
When you find a bug, you need to report it in the Bugzilla.
For wireless, ifup is hard to use. Finding the place to set the passphrase/key
with YaST is difficult. You can also edit /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-wlan0,
but that is pretty obscure. For thos reasons, NetworkManager is better as it
looks after the details.
I had/have problems with wifi rt73usb on opensuse 11.3. Networkmanager didn’t work either in opensuse 11.2 and it isn’t better in 11.3. Networkmanager see AP and when I connect to AP I must provide password twice, why? Then was obtaining ip address and nothing (disconnected). I moved to traditional ifup method (that worked fine in opensuse 11.2) with this usb wifi stick and I can’t get ip address again like with networkmanager. I checked iwconfig and see I am associated with my AP, but still can’t get ip address from it. Then I disabled ipv6 in Yast and configured only dhcp4 daemon wlan0. Next I checked /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-wlan0 and set WIRELESS_WPA_PSK password (I have WPA authentication), then reboot. After that I can get ip address from AP and wifi was working. But sometimes when I turn on PC and login a I haven’t wifi connection estabilished yet and must wait 10-20s when I get ip address.