wifi conection problem O.SUSE 11.4 feat pro/wireless calexico2

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#1

Hello , my problem is the following:
I have installed Suse 11.4 recently and I’m trying to run the wireless conection and doesn’t works.

Details:
card: pro/wireless 2200BG Calexico2
driver instaled (as console said) kernel driver:ipw2200
hwinfo:

linux-4pom:/home/victorplata # hwinfo --netcard
25: PCI 604.0: 0282 WLAN controller                             
  [Created at pci.318]
  Unique ID: JNkJ.BmKY+aW7YM0
  Parent ID: 6NW+.pbi2aV6ikBD
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:06:04.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:06:04.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection"
  Vendor: pci 0x8086 "Intel Corporation"
  Device: pci 0x4220 "PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection"
  SubVendor: pci 0x8086 "Intel Corporation"
  SubDevice: pci 0x2701 
  Revision: 0x05
  Driver: "ipw2200"
  Driver Modules: "ipw2200"
  Device File: eth1
  Features: WLAN
  Memory Range: 0xb0101000-0xb0101fff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 17 (115791 events)
  HW Address: 00:16:6f:a3:36:9d
  Link detected: yes
  WLAN channels: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
  WLAN frequencies: 2.412 2.417 2.422 2.427 2.432 2.437 2.442 2.447 2.452 2.457 2.462
  WLAN bitrates: 1 2 5.5 11 6 9 12 18 24 36 48 54
  WLAN encryption modes: WEP40 WEP104 TKIP CCMP
  WLAN authentication modes: open sharedkey wpa-psk wpa-eap
  Requires: ipw-firmware
  Module Alias: "pci:v00008086d00004220sv00008086sd00002701bc02sc80i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: ipw2200 is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe ipw2200"
  Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #20 (PCI bridge)

iwconfig:

eth1      IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:off/any 
          Mode:Managed  Channel:0  Access Point:Not-Associated  
          Bit Rate:0   Tx-Power=20 dBm   Sensitivity=8/0  
          Retry limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=0  Signal level=0  Noise level=0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

I have tried to conect by traditional method with YAST, just recognized one network call"Hotel Riga 228", but doesn`'t conect. Also I have tried to conect with Network Manager but this applecation dosen’t recognize ANY w. network.

Any idea , for where continue the work?
thank all help.

#2

Have you tried Getting Your Wireless to Work

What has been your process for configuring your connection in Yast & Network manager?

#3

Did you install ipw-firmware? It says in your output that it requires it.

#4

The firmware was installed, and as I said I have tried with Network Manager and Yast…

I actually solve the problem, was a compatibility problem with the interface eth1, It doesn’t allow ipv6, I have intuitively tried to change some parameters like the “ipv6 enable” and configure the interface by console and now it’s working.
Thank you for collaborations!

#5

I am also having problems with the wifi on my HP Pavilion dv4170us laptop…it uses the Intel PRO 2200 chipset…how do I get these drivers installed on my system?? I’ve tried via YaST with no success. I’m using openSUSE 11.4 as of May 30, 2011.

#6

On 06/04/2011 01:36 PM, cyberoptiq wrote:
>
> I am also having problems with the wifi on my HP Pavilion dv4170us
> laptop…it uses the Intel PRO 2200 chipset…how do I get these drivers
> installed on my system?? I’ve tried via YaST with no success. I’m using
> openSUSE 11.4 as of May 30, 2011.

The drivers are built into the kernel. No installation is necessary!

Does the output of dmesg mention anything about firmware? You do need to install
that using YaST.

#7

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