TP-Link TL WN350GD almost connected but not quite...

Hi,

My name is Dieter, from Belgium, new here.

I installed suse 11.2 from the dvd. I bought a wificard that is supported under linux for this pc. Still my firefox does not connect to the internet. I set up the card in yast to dhcp. I find networks and can connect to them but that’s where the story ends.
This is some data, sorry for the layout, I have no experience in posting stuff in fora…

Can anyone figure out why i cannot connect to the internet?

Tx!


lo Interface doesn’t support scanning.

wmaster0 Interface doesn’t support scanning.

wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:19:70:2A:50:55
Channel:1
Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
Quality=29/70 Signal level=-81 dBm
Encryption key:off
ESSID:“bbox2-249e”
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
Bit Rates:24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=000000d1d15ac181
Extra: Last beacon: 878ms ago
IE: Unknown: 000A62626F78322D32343965
IE: Unknown: 010882848B960C121824
IE: Unknown: 030101
IE: Unknown: 0706424520010D14
IE: Unknown: 2A0100
IE: Unknown: 32043048606C
IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101030003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
IE: Unknown: DD0900037F01010000FF7F
IE: Unknown: DD0A00037F04010000000000
Cell 02 - Address: 00:19:70:30:23:5B
Channel:1
Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
Quality=54/70 Signal level=-56 dBm
Encryption key:on
ESSID:“WaveCruizer”
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
Bit Rates:24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=000000d21beb1045
Extra: Last beacon: 812ms ago
IE: Unknown: 000B57617665437275697A6572
IE: Unknown: 010882848B960C121824
IE: Unknown: 030101
IE: Unknown: 0706424520010D14
IE: Unknown: 2A0100
IE: Unknown: 32043048606C
IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101040003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
IE: Unknown: DD0900037F01010000FF7F
IE: Unknown: DD0A00037F04010000000000
Cell 03 - Address: 00:14:BF:E1:CB:B2
Channel:6
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality=29/70 Signal level=-81 dBm
Encryption key:on
ESSID:“WLAN”
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=00000418b5e17cda
Extra: Last beacon: 473ms ago
IE: Unknown: 0004574C414E
IE: Unknown: 010882848B962430486C
IE: Unknown: 030106
IE: Unknown: 2A0105
IE: Unknown: 2F0105
IE: Unknown: 32040C121860
IE: Unknown: DD06001018020007
Cell 04 - Address: 00:12:BF:0D:09:15
Channel:9
Frequency:2.452 GHz (Channel 9)
Quality=37/70 Signal level=-73 dBm
Encryption key:on
ESSID:“WiFiRubens”
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 22 Mb/s
Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s
36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=00000275af8df122
Extra: Last beacon: 108ms ago
IE: Unknown: 000A57694669527562656E73
IE: Unknown: 010582848B962C
IE: Unknown: 030109
IE: Unknown: 2A0100
IE: Unknown: 32080C1218243048606C
Cell 05 - Address: 00:19:DB:01:B3:70
Channel:11
Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
Quality=28/70 Signal level=-82 dBm
Encryption key:on
ESSID:“VERGAUWEN”
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
Bit Rates:24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=0000010a78c7519b
Extra: Last beacon: 42ms ago
IE: Unknown: 000956455247415557454E
IE: Unknown: 010882848B960C121824
IE: Unknown: 03010B
IE: Unknown: 2A0100
IE: Unknown: 32043048606C
Cell 06 - Address: 00:23:69:2E:8F:57
Channel:11
Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
Quality=25/70 Signal level=-85 dBm
Encryption key:on
ESSID:“PHANTOM”
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
18 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=000004f8d7922169
Extra: Last beacon: 28ms ago
IE: Unknown: 00075048414E544F4D
IE: Unknown: 010882848B961224486C
IE: Unknown: 03010B
IE: Unknown: 2A0104
IE: Unknown: 32040C183060
IE: Unknown: 2D1AEC0117FFFF0000000000000000000000000000000C0000000000
IE: Unknown: 3D160B000100000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown: 3E0100
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : TKIP CCMP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : TKIP CCMP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101000003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
IE: Unknown: 7F0101
IE: Unknown: DD07000C4307000000
IE: Unknown: 0706474220010D10
IE: Unknown: DD1E00904C33EC0117FFFF0000000000000000000000000000000C0000000000
IE: Unknown: DD1A00904C340B000100000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown: DD820050F204104A0001101044000102103B000103104700102880288028801880A8800023692E8F571021000C4C696E6B73797320496E632E102300095752543136304E76321024000776322E302E3031104200033031341054000800060050F2040001101100114C696E6B737973205752543136304E763210080002008C103C000101

eth0 Interface doesn’t support scanning.


dieter@linux-ht6v:~> /usr/sbin/iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:“WaveCruizer”
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: 00:19:70:30:23:5B
Bit Rate=48 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=57/70 Signal level=-53 dBm Noise level=-83 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

eth0 no wireless extensions.


ieter@linux-ht6v:~> /sbin/route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo


dieter@linux-ht6v:~> /sbin/ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:22:15:47:37:A1
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:31 Base address:0x2000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:62 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:62 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:3420 (3.3 Kb) TX bytes:3420 (3.3 Kb)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:27:19:DC:86:C2
inet6 addr: fe80::227:19ff:fedc:86c2/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:674 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:235900 (230.3 Kb)

wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-27-19-DC-86-C2-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
UP RUNNING MTU:0 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)[LEFT][/LEFT]

CRITICAL UPDATE!

My brother told me to try out ubuntu and so I did, I was stuck anyway. Everything works out of the box there so Im gonna stick with it for a while. I hope to switch to suse in the future though, when I have a little more time, cos KDE4 and suse look astonishingly good…

Tx and see u in the future :slight_smile:

Dieter