Problems wireless opensuse 11.2

Dutch_guy · December 1, 2009, 10:55am

Hello,

I’ve got a brand new Netgear WNDR3700. But wireless won’t work!!!

Some specs:

18: PCI 203.0: 0282 WLAN controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_14e4_4320
  Unique ID: y9sn.METla+0xbK4
  Parent ID: 6NW+.+ISWpD3pbdC
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:03.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:02:03.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Dell TrueMobile 1300 WLAN Mini-PCI Card"
  Vendor: pci 0x14e4 "Broadcom"
  Device: pci 0x4320 "BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller"
  SubVendor: pci 0x1028 "Dell"
  SubDevice: pci 0x0001 "TrueMobile 1300 WLAN Mini-PCI Card"
  Revision: 0x02
  Driver: "b43-pci-bridge"
  Driver Modules: "ssb"
  Device File: wlan0
  Features: WLAN
  Memory Range: 0xfafec000-0xfafedfff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 5 (no events)
  HW Address: 00:90:4b:67:72:87
  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: "pci:v000014E4d00004320sv00001028sd00000001bc02sc80i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: ssb is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe ssb"
  Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #7 (PCI bridge)
linux-nqfj:/home/anne # lsmod | grep b43
b43legacy             121976  0
mac80211              214968  1 b43legacy
cfg80211              103584  2 b43legacy,mac80211
led_class               4836  1 b43legacy
ssb                    53576  1 b43legacy

lwfinger · December 1, 2009, 4:22pm

On 12/01/2009 03:56 AM, Dutch guy wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I’ve got a brand new Netgear WNDR3700. But wireless won’t work!!!
>
> Some specs:
>
> Code:
> --------------------
> 18: PCI 203.0: 0282 WLAN controller
> [Created at pci.318]
> UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_14e4_4320
> Unique ID: y9sn.METla+0xbK4
> Parent ID: 6NW+.+ISWpD3pbdC
> SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:03.0
> SysFS BusID: 0000:02:03.0
> Hardware Class: network
> Model: “Dell TrueMobile 1300 WLAN Mini-PCI Card”
> Vendor: pci 0x14e4 “Broadcom”
> Device: pci 0x4320 “BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller”
> SubVendor: pci 0x1028 “Dell”
> SubDevice: pci 0x0001 “TrueMobile 1300 WLAN Mini-PCI Card”
> Revision: 0x02
> Driver: “b43-pci-bridge”
> Driver Modules: “ssb”
> Device File: wlan0
> Features: WLAN
> Memory Range: 0xfafec000-0xfafedfff (rw,non-prefetchable)
> IRQ: 5 (no events)
> HW Address: 00:90:4b:67:72:87
> 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: “pci:v000014E4d00004320sv00001028sd00000001bc02sc80i00”
> Driver Info #0:
> Driver Status: ssb is active
> Driver Activation Cmd: “modprobe ssb”
> Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
> Attached to: #7 (PCI bridge)
> linux-nqfj:/home/anne # lsmod | grep b43
> b43legacy 121976 0
> mac80211 214968 1 b43legacy
> cfg80211 103584 2 b43legacy,mac80211
> led_class 4836 1 b43legacy
> ssb 53576 1 b43legacy
>

You likely need firmware. You can confirm that with the command


dmesg | grep b43

If it says that firmware could not be loaded, then you should do the
following


sudo  /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware

That command requires an Internet connection. If you do not have one
with Linux,

Using any method that you have to access the Internet, download


http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/wl_apsta-3.130.20.0.o

Then copy it into your home directory. Once you have it there, you
should enter the following:


sudo mkdir -p /lib/firmware
sudo b43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware wl_apsta-3.130.20.0.o
sudo /sbin/modprobe -rv b43legacy
sudo /sbin/modprobe -v  b43legacy
sudo /usr/sbin/iwlist scan

The final command above should show your AP and you should be able to
configure a connection.

If the firmware was already available, then just post the output of the
‘dmesg | grep b43’ step.

user · December 2, 2009, 5:17pm

Hey there,
I have Toshiba Satelite Pro (Laptop) and I install there opensuse 11.2 (LiveCD with KDE) but I have a problem with wireless connection.

kNetwork Manager always ask me for password and it can`t connect. I check router settings and wireless connection on PSP and 2nd laptop with Windows 7 so I think is opensuse problem.

Can anyone help me with that? Tell what you need and I give you informations. But I`m new in linux so if you want something first tell me where can I find it.

Regards.

lwfinger · December 2, 2009, 5:35pm

On 12/02/2009 10:26 AM, Juniorsky wrote:
>
> Hey there,
> I have Toshiba Satelite Pro (Laptop) and I install there opensuse 11.2
> (LiveCD with KDE) but I have a problem with wireless connection.
>
> kNetwork Manager always ask me for password and it can`t connect. I

check router settings and wireless connection on PSP and 2nd laptop with
Windows 7 so I think is opensuse problem.

Can anyone help me with that? Tell what you need and I give you
informations. But I`m new in linux so if you want something first tell
> me where can I find it.

If you are putting in the network key from a pop-up, that will never
work. You need to use “Manage Connections” and edit the connection or
add a new one with the correct information.

user · December 2, 2009, 5:51pm

I know I use connection manager. I add my network there (and set too connect automaticlly).

user · December 3, 2009, 11:51am

Hello!
I finally found my problem. In router I had problem with DNS servers and DHCP. I configure it again, then restart it. Now it works!

Regards.
P.S. OpenSuSE 11.2 with KDE rox ^^

lwfinger · December 3, 2009, 3:26pm

On 12/03/2009 04:56 AM, Juniorsky wrote:
>
> Hello!
> I finally found my problem. In router I had problem with DNS servers
> and DHCP. I configure it again, then restart it. Now it works!
>
> Regards.
> P.S. OpenSuSE 11.2 with KDE rox ^^

Glad to hear it now works.

On my system, the NetworkManager package was updated yesterday. The
new version is supposed to fix the routing and DNS problems that so
many have experienced.