@larry:
I opened up /etc/sysconfig editor in YAST and entered rt2800pci in the BLANK field of MODULES_LOADED_ON_BOOT, etc… After reboot:
02:06.0 Network controller [0280]: RaLink RT2800 802.11n PCI [1814:0601]
Subsystem: RaLink Device [1814:2860]
Kernel driver in use: rt2800pci
then I edited the wireless connection using ifup. Under Hardware tab I saw Module name =rt2800pci. However, under Udev Rule, Device Name wlan0 is greyed out.
Reboot again, still no wireless.
# /usr/sbin/iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"charliebrown"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: 00:1F:33:B4:E1:D8
Bit Rate=81 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 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:12 Missed beacon:0
# sudo /usr/sbin/iwlist scan
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.
eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:1F:33:B4:E1:D8
Channel:1
Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
Quality=56/70 Signal level=-54 dBm
Encryption key:on
ESSID:"charliebrown"
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=0000016c1f1aa646
Extra: Last beacon: 38ms ago
IE: Unknown: 000B736E796E68617472616E67
IE: Unknown: 010882848B962430486C
IE: Unknown: 030101
IE: Unknown: 2A0100
IE: Unknown: 2F0100
IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: Unknown: 32040C121860
IE: Unknown: 2D1A1E181AFFFF000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown: 3D16010D1100000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown: 7F0101
IE: Unknown: DD090010180201F0010000
IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101800003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
IE: Unknown: DD1E00904C331E181AFFFF000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown: DD1A00904C34010D1100000000000000000000000000000000000000
@caf4926 &lwfinger:
# /usr/sbin/rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
Why are you using ifup rather than network manager?
Hi caf4926,
Yesterday afternoon I did use NM, but it either crashed or does not allow me to specify the choice of interface wlan0. As a matter of fact, it still shows “(restricted to interface:)any” instead of “wlan0” when I used NM 2 minutes ago. In short, I use ifup as the main tool to set up wireless, then NM to double check.
I’d probably myself setup a new test user login and try the network manager
In kde I use the plasmoid network manager
I even know some have resorted to using the gnome version in kde.
Larry might be able to help further than that.
Hello caf4926,
When my wireless was working with kernel driver rt2860, I was using networkmanager-gnome in KDE. Last night I opened up NM configuration settings trying to change from “restricted to ANY interface”, which is the only available, to “wlan0”, but then somehow the wireless tab disappeared.
Do you know how I can get the wireless tab back? I tried un-installing then re-installing NM but still no go.
Right now in my 11.4 KDE_64 partition, YAST Software Management shows the following installed packages and their version numbers:
- NM 0.8.2-15.24.1
- NM-glib 0.8.2-15.24.1
- NM-gnome 0.8.2-9.10.1
- NM-kde4-libs 0.9.1git20110911-2.2
- NM-kde4-libs-lang 09.1git-20110911-2.2
- NM-openvpn 0.8.2-6.1
- NM-openvpn-gnome 0.8.2-6.1
- NM-openvpn-kde4 0.9.1git20110911-2.2
- NM-openvpn-lang 0.8.2-6.1
- NM-pptp 0.8.2-4.1
- NM-pptp-gnome 0.8.2-4.1
- NM-pptp-kde4 0.9.1git20110911-2.2
- NM-pptp-lang 0.8.2-4.1
- NM-vpnc 0.8.2-4.1
- NM-vpnc-gnome 08.2-4.1
- NM-vpnc-kde4 0.9.1git20110911-2.2
- NM-vpnc-lang 0.8.2-4.1
- plasmoidnetworkmanagement 0.9.1git20110911-2.1
I would rather use only one version of NM that is working. The rest is probably added by the system.
Did you try a new user login
What exactly has happened to you wireless tab, I can’t really say.
On 10/02/2011 11:56 AM, caf4926 wrote:
>
> Did you try a new user login
>
> What exactly has happened to you wireless tab, I can’t really say.
Your iwconfig output showed that the wireless was associated with the AP. If you
did not have a connection at that point, the problem was with routing or DNS.
Please post the output of ‘/sbin/route -n’ and the non-comment portion of ‘cat
/etc/resolv.conf’.
Hello Larry,
# /sbin/route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 wlan0
IP/DNS of my router is 192.168.1.1
I have been using static IP instead of DHCP for wireless connection.
# cat /etc/resolv.conf
### /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!
nameserver 192.168.1.1
@lwfinger & caf4926,
I just got wireless connection back by simply unchecking “change default route via DHCP” in ifup, because I assign a static IP to my connection. Duh!
After reboot, the wireless tab re-appears in NM configuration window.
Now, even if I switch from ifup to NM, the NM icon doesn’t show in the system bar in the lower right corner. Can you show me how?
Thanks a lot for your help.
On 10/03/2011 09:36 PM, taytong888 wrote:
>
> @lwfinger& caf4926,
>
> I just got wireless connection back by simply unchecking “change
> default route via DHCP” in ifup, because I assign a static IP to my
> connection. Duh!
>
> After reboot, the wireless tab re-appears in NM configuration window.
>
> Now, even if I switch from ifup to NM, the NM icon doesn’t show in the
> system bar in the lower right corner. Can you show me how?
KDE or Gnome? If KDE, use ‘ps ax’ to make certain that NM is running. Then go to
the add widgets function and add the “Network Management” widget.
@lwfinger:
KDE 64bit. Got it, thanks Larry!