Yup, it’s another wireless internet problem thread…
I’m a new linux user, and have been trying without success to get my openSuSE 11.4 box connected to the internet. I managed to get as far as being intermittently able to successfully ping my router; in other words, not very far. When I am able to ping my router, I’m still unable to ping any external addresses.
Here’s the output of the commands listed in the stickies:
lsusb
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 14b2:3c27 Ralink Technology, Corp. rt2870 802.11n WLAN
dmesg | grep wlan0
105.084770] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
269.724821] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
271.058827] wlan0: authenticate with a8:39:44:53:1d:50 (try 1)
271.060463] wlan0: authenticated
271.065438] wlan0: associate with a8:39:44:53:1d:50 (try 1)
271.069328] wlan0: RX AssocResp from a8:39:44:53:1d:50 (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=1)
271.069333] wlan0: associated
271.077855] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready
281.698015] wlan0: no IPv6 routers present
479.271035] ieee80211 phy0: wlan0: No probe response from AP a8:39:44:53:1d:50 after 500ms, disconnecting.
902.245709] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
903.579733] wlan0: direct probe to a8:39:44:53:1d:50 (try 1)
903.584495] wlan0: direct probe responded
903.588016] wlan0: authenticate with a8:39:44:53:1d:50 (try 1)
903.589475] wlan0: authenticated
903.594469] wlan0: associate with a8:39:44:53:1d:50 (try 1)
903.599239] wlan0: RX AssocResp from a8:39:44:53:1d:50 (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=1)
903.599244] wlan0: associated
903.607764] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready
913.794016] wlan0: no IPv6 routers present
1358.247036] ieee80211 phy0: wlan0: No probe response from AP a8:39:44:53:1d:50 after 500ms, disconnecting.
1927.417813] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
1928.750706] wlan0: authenticate with a8:39:44:53:1d:50 (try 1)
1928.753092] wlan0: authenticated
1928.758078] wlan0: associate with a8:39:44:53:1d:50 (try 1)
1928.760710] wlan0: RX AssocResp from a8:39:44:53:1d:50 (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=1)
1928.760712] wlan0: associated
1928.769234] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready
1939.114016] wlan0: no IPv6 routers present
1994.458727] wlan0: deauthenticated from a8:39:44:53:1d:50 (Reason: 7)
2256.833739] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
2258.167774] wlan0: authenticate with a8:39:44:53:1d:50 (try 1)
2258.169411] wlan0: authenticated
2258.174386] wlan0: associate with a8:39:44:53:1d:50 (try 1)
2258.177151] wlan0: RX AssocResp from a8:39:44:53:1d:50 (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=1)
2258.177155] wlan0: associated
2258.185610] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready
2268.610016] wlan0: no IPv6 routers present
2314.279043] ieee80211 phy0: wlan0: No probe response from AP a8:39:44:53:1d:50 after 500ms, disconnecting.
2334.845693] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
2336.174715] wlan0: authenticate with a8:39:44:53:1d:50 (try 1)
2336.176721] wlan0: authenticated
2336.181707] wlan0: associate with a8:39:44:53:1d:50 (try 1)
2336.184338] wlan0: RX AssocResp from a8:39:44:53:1d:50 (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=1)
2336.184340] wlan0: associated
2336.192839] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready
2346.402010] wlan0: no IPv6 routers present
2434.215037] ieee80211 phy0: wlan0: No probe response from AP a8:39:44:53:1d:50 after 500ms, disconnecting.
2676.958814] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
2762.932785] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
2764.266802] wlan0: authenticate with a8:39:44:53:1d:50 (try 1)
2764.268437] wlan0: authenticated
2764.273420] wlan0: associate with a8:39:44:53:1d:50 (try 1)
2764.276675] wlan0: RX AssocResp from a8:39:44:53:1d:50 (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=1)
2764.276679] wlan0: associated
2764.285191] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready
2774.802006] wlan0: no IPv6 routers present
2860.324039] ieee80211 phy0: wlan0: No probe response from AP a8:39:44:53:1d:50 after 500ms, disconnecting.
ifconfig
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1D:6A:3F:C0:C0
inet addr:192.168.2.12 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::21d:6aff:fe3f:c0c0/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:106 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:286 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:12199 (11.9 Kb) TX bytes:54812 (53.5 Kb)
iwlist scan
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"Wireless"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: A8:39:44:53:1D:50
Bit Rate=48 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:on
Link Quality=64/70 Signal level=-46 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:2 Invalid misc:41 Missed beacon:0
I limited the output of dmesg to only include lines with ‘wlan0’ in them, so as to (hopefully) include only relevant information. I’m pretty sure it’s not a firmware issue as I didn’t see any lines indicating such in the full output of dmesg, but at this point I don’t want to exclude anything as a possibility.
To me it seems like it’s likely a driver issue, if not then a firmware issue. Of course, this brings up the question of how exactly I go about properly installing these missing packages onto my computer without an internet connection, as I clearly won’t be able to use any terminal commands to do so.
Any help with this is much appreciated!