i’m experiencing some wireless problem in that it just cuts off after a while.
i am using opensuse 11 with a gnome desktop on a compaq presario v3000, broadcom bcm4312 (rev 01) wireless card.
its not a problem with the router nor the wireless card as when i used to run xp, it was fine.
i also dabbled with ubuntu 8.04 for a few days and found that it had something called wifi radar that allowed me to connect to the wireless when the ubuntu drivers failed me.
Does the output of a dmesg command have anything to say when it cuts
out? I have a BCM4312 (rev 1) card that works perfectly - it is not a
generic problem with the driver. Kernels later than the one in
openSUSE 11.0 have updated code in mac80211 that makes connections a
lot more robust, but your 2.6.25 should be OK.
Larry
hmm, not sure. using a wired connection at the moment to do all the updating but will try the dmesg later tonight or tomorrow when i’m on the wireless.
i’m a noob with opensuse, so i just open the terminal and type in ‘dmesg’ and see what it says and post it up?
dope540 wrote:
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> hmm, not sure. using a wired connection at the moment to do all the
> updating but will try the dmesg later tonight or tomorrow when i’m on
> the wireless.
>
> i’m a noob with opensuse, so i just open the terminal and type in
> ‘dmesg’ and see what it says and post it up?
Don’t post it all. We do not need most of it. You should see a line
that says “wlan0: associated”. Send it and the stuff that follows.
Larry
thank you, will make a note of it and post it up when the wireless decides to play up.