How are you all doing today… I have a strange problem with my laptop and need your help in resolving it…i am using a Dell Studio XPS 1645…i have got everything working except the wireless… and the real problem here is that the wlan detects the network but does not connect to it and will keep on looping back and forward doing the same thing again and again…I am using Opensuse 11.4 with Gnome 3 Shell…here is details of the commands that i tried using to fix the issue
lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor DMI (rev 11)
00:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 11)
00:08.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Core Processor System Management Registers (rev 11)
00:08.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Core Processor Semaphore and Scratchpad Registers (rev 11)
00:08.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Core Processor System Control and Status Registers (rev 11)
00:08.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Core Processor Miscellaneous Registers (rev 11)
00:10.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link (rev 11)
00:10.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Routing and Protocol Registers (rev 11)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 05)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 05)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev 05)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev 05)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev 05)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 6 (rev 05)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev a5)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller (rev 05)
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Device 9488
02:00.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc RV710/730
05:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Ultimate N WiFi Link 5300
09:00.0 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd MMC/SD Host Controller (rev 01)
09:00.1 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd Memory Stick Host Controller (rev 01)
09:00.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd Device e852 (rev 01)
09:00.3 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd FireWire Host Controller (rev 01)
0b:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5784M Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 10)
ff:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-Core Registers (rev 04)
ff:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder (rev 04)
ff:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 (rev 04)
ff:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Physical 0 (rev 04)
ff:03.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller (rev 04)
ff:03.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Target Address Decoder (rev 04)
ff:03.4 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Test Registers (rev 04)
ff:04.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Control Registers (rev 04)
ff:04.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Address Registers (rev 04)
ff:04.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Rank Registers (rev 04)
ff:04.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Thermal Control Registers (rev 04)
ff:05.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Control Registers (rev 04)
ff:05.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Address Registers (rev 04)
ff:05.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Rank Registers (rev 04)
ff:05.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Thermal Control Registers (rev 04)
lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0c45:640f Microdia
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub (part of BCM2046 Bluetooth)
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 413c:8157 Dell Computer Corp. Integrated Keyboard
Bus 002 Device 005: ID 413c:8158 Dell Computer Corp. Integrated Touchpad / Trackstick
Bus 002 Device 006: ID 413c:8156 Dell Computer Corp. Wireless 370 Bluetooth Mini-card
ifconfig
bnep0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 90:4C:E5:D0:31:81
inet addr:192.168.22.2 Bcast:192.168.22.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::924c:e5ff:fed0:3181/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:4065 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:3962 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:2615592 (2.4 Mb) TX bytes:882891 (862.1 Kb)
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:26:B9:22:71:2D
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:17
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:50 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:50 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:4012 (3.9 Kb) TX bytes:4012 (3.9 Kb)
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:21:6A:5B:93:84
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:108 (108.0 b)
On 08/21/2011 07:46 PM, 1second life wrote:
>
> How are you all doing today… I have a strange problem with my laptop
> and need your help in resolving it…i am using a Dell Studio XPS
> 1645…i have got everything working except the wireless… and the real
> problem here is that the wlan detects the network but does not connect
> to it and will keep on looping back and forward doing the same thing
> again and again…I am using Opensuse 11.4 with Gnome 3 Shell…here is
> details of the commands that i tried using to fix the issue
>
> # lspci
> 05:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Ultimate N WiFi Link
> 5300
Above is your network device.
In the second posting, ifconfig only shows that the device has not gotten an IP,
but we knew that.
Please post the output of
sudo /usr/sbin/iwlist scan
That will show us if the device can transmit and receive, as well as what kind
of encryption you are using. In case that happens to be WEP, you cannot use a
passphrase but must use the hexadecimal key.
I am assuming that you are using NetworkManager, not ifup.
Here is the result of iwlist
iwlist scan
lo Interface doesn’t support scanning.
eth0 Interface doesn’t support scanning.
wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: DA:94:B9:41:94:16
Channel:6
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality=29/70 Signal level=-81 dBm
Encryption key:off
ESSID:“Airtel-dd”
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:Ad-Hoc
Extra:tsf=00000000012c17e7
Extra: Last beacon: 3020ms ago
IE: Unknown: 000941697274656C2D6464
IE: Unknown: 010882848B962430486C
IE: Unknown: 030106
IE: Unknown: 06020000
IE: Unknown: 2A0100
IE: Unknown: 2F0100
IE: Unknown: 32040C121860
IE: Unknown: DD09001018020000000000
I am using a open wireless network off my mobile phone and its a WEP.
Yes i am using Network Manager…
Thanks for the reply…
On 08/22/2011 12:26 AM, 1second life wrote:
>
> Here is the result of iwlist
> # iwlist scan
> wlan0 Scan completed :
> Cell 01 - Address: DA:94:B9:41:94:16
> Channel:6
> Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
> Quality=29/70 Signal level=-81 dBm
> Encryption key:off
> ESSID:“Airtel-dd”
–snip–
> I am using a open wireless network off my mobile phone and its a WEP.
>
> Yes i am using Network Manager…
No, it is unencrypted, not WEP. See the “Encryption key: off”.
Not all wireless devices will work in Ad-hoc mode. Yours should, but I have no
way of testing. In the Connection Manager, did you set the mode correctly?
Hi lwfinger,
I am quite sure that i have set the connection manager correctly… however i wanted to add one more thing that when i was using opensuse 11.4 with a previous version of gnome…everthing was working fine…i seriously suspect that it has got something to do with Gnome 3 Shell or Network Applet…
is there any way that i can install a diff network manager for gnome 3 shell…
On 08/22/2011 01:26 PM, 1second life wrote:
>
> Hi lwfinger,
>
> I am quite sure that i have set the connection manager correctly…
> however i wanted to add one more thing that when i was using opensuse
> 11.4 with a previous version of gnome…everthing was working fine…i
> seriously suspect that it has got something to do with Gnome 3 Shell or
> Network Applet…
>
> is there any way that i can install a diff network manager for gnome 3
> shell…
There is only one NetworkManager that is used for both Gnome and KDE. What
changes in the applet. I know one can use the Gnome applet with KDE, but I just
tested and if you want to deinstall NetworkManager-Gnome, YaST also wants to
deinstall the Gnome shell.
You need to switch to ifup using YaST and configure the wireless there.
I will stay with network manager as of now coz i am connecting it to my mobiles and internet via bluetooth works like a charm… will look forward for the future releases of opensuse…
Thanks for the help…
Hi
Finally got it working… after Yast update… dont know how it worked… but it started working like charm just after the update…
Thanks for the support