Problems with the wlan connection.

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Hello Everybody.

Im new in this world of linux and suse. I have just installed the opensuse 11.2 in a Dell Inspiron 5160. Such laptop has a BCM4306 Wireless LAN controller.

When I tried to configure a wlan connection, I found that the firmware was not installed. After looking in different forums, I installed the firmware b43. Now, my wlan card is abled to find the wireless of my router.

I have tried to configure a connection with YAST as well as with Network Manager, but both cases failled.

Specifically, when I use Network manager, Im able to see in the applet my connection, how strong is the signal, but I see a yellow symbol (in one forum, such a box is shown with a green symbol).

I have check many time all about the secutity, encryption, and so one and all seems to be correct. But when I open the mozila firefox or the konqueror browser, no chance to surffer in internet.

Now Im just a step to become crazy. The drivers are ok, the information about the router and the keys are ok, but in such a way, I am still harmloss.

Can somebody give some advices, for example what should I check or what kind of information should I post to get more help of you.

Thanks in advance

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You could be affected by either the routing or the resolv.conf bugs. Does the
output of ‘/sbin/route -n’ have an entry with the UG flags set? If not, use the
NetworkManager applet to “Manage Connections”. Select your connection and edit
it. Select the IP Adress tab, pull down the “Basic Settings” widget to “Routes”
and uncheck both boxes there.

If your route tables has the UG flags set, then post the output of ‘cat
/etc/resolv.conf’.