Opensuse seems to detect my usb wireless adapter Sagem xn-720s but I cannot connect with it!!
this is what iwconfig returns:
"
lo no wireless extensions.
ath0 IEEE 802.11-MIMO ESSID:“topnet5155” Nickname:“topnet5155”
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:54 Mb/s Tx-Power=off Sensitivity=0/3
Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
eth0 no wireless extensions.
pan0 no wireless extensions.
"
After I installed madwifi like listed on other similar threads I tried to connect with Wicd and discovered that Wicd (a Network Manager) detect wireless networks only when I unplug then replug my usb adapter, seconds after that networks disappear again.
The same thing with kwifi Manager and when scanning networks on Yast Wireless Network Manager.
I think somehow the device automatically shutdown after a certain period, but the led on the adapter still flash !
Anyone can help please!
joker med wrote:
> After I installed madwifi like listed on other similar threads I tried
> to connect with Wicd and discovered that Wicd (a Network Manager) detect
> wireless networks only when I unplug then replug my usb adapter, seconds
> after that networks disappear again.
> The same thing with kwifi Manager and when scanning networks on Yast
> Wireless Network Manager.
> I think somehow the device automatically shutdown after a certain
> period, but the led on the adapter still flash !
> Anyone can help please!
does the output of the command ‘dmesg’ offer any clues?
Thanks for responding to me
the dmesg command do respond only when I unplug and replug the device (like always) and this is the resulut:
Disconnection Notify
Disconnection Notify
Disconnection Notify
.
.
.
Disconnection Notify
Disconnection Notify
Disconnection Notify
Disconnection Notify
Disconnection Notify
zfLnxDisconnect
TxQCnt: 0
usbdrv_close
usbdrv_netif_carrier_off
usbdrv_isolate_driver
Disconnection Notify
usb 3-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
usb 3-3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb 3-3: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
firmware: requesting ar9170-1.fw
ar9170: firmware part 1 not found
ar9170: probe of 3-3:1.0 failed with error -2
bulk out: wMaxPacketSize = 200
bulk in: wMaxPacketSize = 200
interrupt in: wMaxPacketSize = 40
interrupt in: int_interval = 1
interrupt out: wMaxPacketSize = 40
interrupt out: int_interval = 1
usb 3-3: New USB device found, idVendor=0cf3, idProduct=9170
usb 3-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=16, Product=32, SerialNumber=48
usb 3-3: Product: USB Device
usb 3-3: Manufacturer: ATHER
usb 3-3: SerialNumber: NAI80
Note: Once I boot Wicd do find the network and try to connect into it but he show me “unable to obtain IP adress” and then the network dissapear again.
I’m finnaly connected with my Sagem Xn-720s usb wireless adapter.
I had to download the “ar9170” package, here is the link:
“http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/driver:/wireless/11.1-update/noarch/ar9170-firmware-1.1-1.2.noarch.rpm”