Wireless driver installed but will not get IP

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Hi all, first time writer long time reader.

I have been having some issues trying to get my wireless to actually pick up on a wireless network. I’ve got the setup right with NDISWRAPPER and the drivers at least active. Here’s some readouts

LSPCI (both ethernet controllers only)


00:12.0 Ethernet controller: ALi Corporation ULi 1689,1573
05:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88w8335 [Libertas] 802.11b/g Wireless (rev 03)

/sbin/lscpi -n


00:12.0 0200: 10b9:5263 (rev 60)
05:0b.0 0200: 11ab:1faa (rev 03)

IWCONFIG


lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:off/any
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.457 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated
          Bit Rate:1 Mb/s   Sensitivity=-200 dBm
          RTS thr=2346 B   Fragment thr=2346 B
          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

ndiswrapper -l


mrv8335x64 : driver installed
        device (11AB:1FAA) present

/usr/sbin/iwlist scan


wlan0     Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 00:1B:2F:4F:75:F6
                    ESSID:"Treetops"
                    Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
                    Mode:Managed
                    Frequency:2.457 GHz (Channel 10)
                    Quality:67/100  Signal level:-53 dBm  Noise level:-96 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
                              12 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                              48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Extra:bcn_int=100
                    Extra:atim=0
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : TKIP CCMP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                       Preauthentication Supported
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : TKIP CCMP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK

Also, I do not have the best eye for firmware in dmesg | less… here is what I found in regards to that that has anything to do with wlan


ndiswrapper version 1.53 loaded (smp=yes, preempt=no)
ndiswrapper (link_pe_images:575): fixing KI_USER_SHARED_DATA address in the driver
ndiswrapper: driver mrv8335x64 (Marvell,07/01/2005,3.2.0.7) loaded
vendor=10b9 device=5249
ndiswrapper 0000:05:0b.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
ndiswrapper: using IRQ 19
wlan0: ethernet device 00:1e:2a:ad:42:8c using NDIS driver: mrv8335x64, version: 0x3010004, NDIS version: 0x501,
 vendor: 'NDIS Network Adapter', 11AB:1FAA.5.conf
wlan0: encryption modes supported: WEP; TKIP with WPA, WPA2, WPA2PSK; AES/CCMP with WPA, WPA2, WPA2PSK

............................................

wlan0: no IPv6 routers present
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready

I am currently running Open Suse 11.1 64 bit in KDE4. The driver I got for my wireless card is the 64 bit driver for Win 2000/XP. I am running Network Manager from KDE3. The AP that I have has both WPA1 and WPA2 activated and also checks the MAC address of the device in question. The MAC address has be entered into the system.

I tried dropping the WPA on the AP but Network Manager won’t let me disable the network security passcode.

That’s all that I can think of for now. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Quick update as I couldn’t find the edit button on the forum (been at the computer too long).

I did a quick reboot and removed all security from the AP. When there was no security on the AP I was able to connect. Then I enabled the Wireless Card Access list. I was still able to connect. When I initiated the WPA-PSK {TKIP} and WPA2-PSK {AES} I was not able to connect.

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When I initiated the WPA-PSK {TKIP} and WPA2-PSK {AES} I was not able to connect.
hope you are not trying both at the same time,as this will cause conflicts.Best thing to do:- check firewall, check correct encryption method, check no typos in encryption key, check if using passphrase to generate key,that key is correctly entered

Andy

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Hi,

I checked this against the HCL (HCL/Network Adapters (Wireless) - openSUSE) and found that your wifi adapter is now supported by Suse 11.1. So why do you use the ndiswrapper? Did you try to install the included module for this adapter?

Bye

Erik

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@ deltaflyer
I disabled WPA1 and ran just WPA2. The wireless still failed to pick up. In my IWCONFIG it says that the encryption key is off. How would I turn that on? I have the SSID encryption enabled with the correct passkey and when I enter into the screen I get the hexidecimal gobbledeegook in the entry line but no mention of it in IWCONFIG which I assume should be shown.

@ erikro
I was unaware that there was a native driver I could run. How would I go about installing the said module. I see off to the side that ndiswrapper doesn’t work for Marvell 8335 however I did manage to get it working with Fedora a while back with little to no problem. Could it simply be an issue between ndiswrapper and Suse? Granted, I like Suse infinitely more than Fedora and will continue down that path, but it does make me curious. I also noticed that the Netgear WG311 is on the PCI list, however I do not see v3 nor does the chipset correlate with what lspci says therefore I’m assuming I want to ignore that choice.

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Hi,

Ooops, I’m really sorry but what I said was wrong. The Intel Wifi 5300 which is in the line above the Marvell 8335 is supported since 11.1. Your chipset is not. Just mixed them up. Seems I need some new glasses. :wink:

Bye

Erik