Ok, I did what you said and got this:
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
Thanks again for all your help!
OK
So that means it’s OK
Now you need to check if your access point has ‘access control’ enabled.
This is where every connecting device needs the MAC address adding to the routers ‘access control’ settings. I use this really only to assign each connecting device a LAN IP address.
All I can say is, from what I can tell, your wireless is working. You are just missing something in the configuration either in knetworkmanager or in your router.
So for clarification, I need to set up a MAC address on my router? And this setting is under access control? Am I understanding you correctly when I say that the settings must be adjusted on my router and NOT my linux laptop? Thanks!
You only need to setup that if access control is ON.
But first
I don’t know what your setup is. I was merely trying to establish what your issue could be.
For example: Do you have admin rights to the router? Do you have other devices connecting to it?
Yes, I do have admin rights. I also have multiple devices currently connected to it, both wireless and wired.
Then if you didn’t enter the MAC for these devices, you don’t have access control on. Or you would know about it.
Checking my (sudo /usr/sbin/iwlist scan)
My router reports Mode:Managed
In NetworkManager the Mode=Infrastructure
Your scan seems to have a lot of garbage in the result compared to mine.
We could really do with @lwfinger to assist here
On 02/02/2011 03:06 PM, caf4926 wrote:
>
> braddonze;2285634 Wrote:
>> Yes, I do have admin rights. I also have multiple devices currently
>> connected to it, both wireless and wired.
> Then if you didn’t enter the MAC for these devices, you don’t have
> access control on. Or you would know about it.
>
> Checking my (sudo /usr/sbin/iwlist scan)
> My router reports Mode:Managed
> In NetworkManager the Mode=Infrastructure
>
> Your scan seems to have a lot of garbage in the result compared to
> mine.
> We could really do with @lwfinger to assist here
The scan looks normal. Those extra IE outputs can be ignored.
I think the OP has created garbage in the connection with random actions. We can
check this be creating a completely new user. When you log into this user for
the first time, use the Connection Manager to create the connection and set up
the wallet to handle it. If you try to connect directly, you will end up in the
same mess!! Once this works, come back to the forum and someone will tell you
how to delete the wallet and the connections in your main login account.
I did everything you said, but its still doing the exact same thing! Maybe I don’t quite understand how to not connect directly. What I did was click manage connections from the icon. Then I clicked the wireless tab and clicked add. I scanned for an ssid then selected mine and inputed the password. Then the kwallet box opened and I went through the setup process. Did I do something wrong? Thanks again for your help, guys!
On 02/02/2011 04:06 PM, braddonze wrote:
>
> I did everything you said, but its still doing the exact same thing!
> Maybe I don’t quite understand how to not connect directly. What I did
> was click manage connections from the icon. Then I clicked the wireless
> tab and clicked add. I scanned for an ssid then selected mine and
> inputed the password. Then the kwallet box opened and I went through the
> setup process. Did I do something wrong? Thanks again for your help,
> guys!
No that sounds right. From what I see in the thread, you are using WPA2
encryption, thus you don’t get into problems with key vs passphrase - passphrase
is right.
Your ESSID is longer than most - maybe wl cannot handle that. It would be OK
with mac80211, but wl has its own mac layer.
As I do not do wl, I cannot help any further here.
Try as Larry suggests
Change the SSID to say: SUSE
But you connection steps seem correct to me too
I changed the SSID to SUSE, with no luck. I even tried changing the password. Neither tactic was successful. I’m so sorry this is taking so long, but I do appreciate your efforts to help me.
A silly thought - but one needs to be certain, as all appearances suggest this should be working … I assume you know that Linux is case sensitive ? …
Yes, I understand that. Everything I’ve imputed has matched perfectly with the actual router settings (respecting all upper/lower case lettering).
Seeing as you have a wired connection. Lets try something.
Remove the 2 broadcom packages, you can easily just search for them in Yast Software management and choose delete.
Now once you have done that, reboot.
Now open a terminal and do:
sudo /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware
then become su - and do
modprobe b43
reboot
(FYI, technically reboot can be avoided but it’s often easier)
Sleep for me now
I did exactly what you said (uninstalling the broadcom and whatnot). However, when I got to the second step, typing the first set of code in the terminal, it doesn’t work. The terminal asks for my password, which when given, says “command not found”. Have I done something wrong? I copied and pasted the exact code. Thanks for your help.
I know how to do that part. It’s when I typed in “sudo /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware” that I got the error. As soon as I typed that in, it asked for my password, which I entered. After that, it said the command was not found.
please do as su -:
zypper in b43-fwcutter b43-firmware
once that is done, try again
On 02/04/2011 05:06 PM, braddonze wrote:
>
> I know how to do that part. It’s when I typed in “sudo
> /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware” that I got the error. As soon as I
> typed that in, it asked for my password, which I entered. After that,
> it said the command was not found.
Apparently you don’t have firmware cutter installed. You need to
sudo zypper install b43-firmware
That is an alternative way to install the firmware. It will download the
appropriate Broadcom driver and the firmware cutter program, then extract the
firmware.
After this step is done, then
sudo /sbin/modprobe -rv b43
sudo /sbin/modprobe -v b43
sudo /usr/sbin/iwlist scan
The last command should list your AP.
@caf4926 I did what you said, then followed your first set of instructions. Everything seemed to be working in the terminal, but after a reboot, I was disappointed to get the same results regarding my wifi.
@lwfinger I then tried what you suggested, and got the following results for the last three lines of code:
sudo /sbin/modprobe -rv b43
root's password:
rmmod /lib/modules/2.6.34.7-0.7-desktop/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/b43/b43.ko
rmmod /lib/modules/2.6.34.7-0.7-desktop/kernel/drivers/ssb/ssb.ko
rmmod /lib/modules/2.6.34.7-0.7-desktop/kernel/drivers/mmc/core/mmc_core.ko
rmmod /lib/modules/2.6.34.7-0.7-desktop/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/pcmcia.ko
rmmod /lib/modules/2.6.34.7-0.7-desktop/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/pcmcia_core.ko
rmmod /lib/modules/2.6.34.7-0.7-desktop/kernel/net/mac80211/mac80211.ko
rmmod /lib/modules/2.6.34.7-0.7-desktop/kernel/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko
rmmod /lib/modules/2.6.34.7-0.7-desktop/kernel/net/rfkill/rfkill.ko
brad@linux-gdb8:~> sudo /sbin/modprobe -v b43
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.34.7-0.7-desktop/kernel/net/rfkill/rfkill.ko
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.34.7-0.7-desktop/kernel/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.34.7-0.7-desktop/kernel/net/mac80211/mac80211.ko
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.34.7-0.7-desktop/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/pcmcia_core.ko
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.34.7-0.7-desktop/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/pcmcia.ko
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.34.7-0.7-desktop/kernel/drivers/mmc/core/mmc_core.ko
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.34.7-0.7-desktop/kernel/drivers/ssb/ssb.ko
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.34.7-0.7-desktop/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/b43/b43.ko
brad@linux-gdb8:~> sudo /usr/sbin/iwlist scan
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.
eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:1F:33:4E:D2:4A
Channel:1
Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
Quality=25/70 Signal level=-85 dBm
Encryption key:on
ESSID:"Monty"
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:Master
Extra:tsf=000000faa28af183
Extra: Last beacon: 1082ms ago
IE: Unknown: 00054D6F6E7479
IE: Unknown: 010882848B962430486C
IE: Unknown: 030101
IE: Unknown: 2A0100
IE: Unknown: 2F0100
IE: Unknown: 32040C121860
IE: Unknown: DD840050F204104A00011010440001021041000100103B00010310470010276C963B511AAECA325460C130E0E985102100074E4554474541521023000857475236313476381024000857475236313476381042000538333235381054000800060050F20400011011001657475236313476382028576972656C65737320415029100800020000
IE: Unknown: DD090010180200F0000000
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101800003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
Cell 02 - Address: C0:C1:C0:16:38:62
Channel:1
Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
Quality=33/70 Signal level=-77 dBm
Encryption key:on
ESSID:"Internet12345"
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:Master
Extra:tsf=0000001ca2ccdf41
Extra: Last beacon: 1112ms ago
IE: Unknown: 000D496E7465726E65743132333435
IE: Unknown: 010882848B962430486C
IE: Unknown: 030101
IE: Unknown: 2A0104
IE: Unknown: 2F0104
IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
Group Cipher : CCMP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: Unknown: 32040C121860
IE: Unknown: 2D1AFE181BFFFF000001000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown: 3D1601051700000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown: DD810050F204104A00011010440001021041000100103B000103104700109B0FD34781878117CB4E9177860425081021000C4C696E6B73797320496E632E1023000D4C696E6B7379732045323030301024000776312E302E30321042000234321054000800060050F20400011011000D4C696E6B737973204532303030100800020084
IE: Unknown: DD090010180203F0040000
IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101800003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
IE: Unknown: DD1E00904C33FE181BFFFF000001000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown: DD1A00904C3401051700000000000000000000000000000000000000
Cell 03 - Address: 00:14:BF:BA:1A:3C
Channel:6
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality=39/70 Signal level=-71 dBm
Encryption key:on
ESSID:"janlan"
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:Master
Extra:tsf=00000284ab9ec188
Extra: Last beacon: 634ms ago
IE: Unknown: 00066A616E6C616E
IE: Unknown: 010882848B962430486C
IE: Unknown: 030106
IE: Unknown: 2A0104
IE: Unknown: 2F0104
IE: Unknown: 32040C121860
IE: Unknown: DD060010180200F0
Cell 04 - Address: 00:23:69:17:F2:B5
Channel:6
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality=34/70 Signal level=-76 dBm
Encryption key:on
ESSID:"DANGER"
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:Master
Extra:tsf=0000005c65abf8c3
Extra: Last beacon: 764ms ago
IE: Unknown: 000644414E474552
IE: Unknown: 010882848B962430486C
IE: Unknown: 030106
IE: Unknown: 2A0104
IE: Unknown: 2F0104
IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: Unknown: 32040C121860
IE: Unknown: DD7E0050F204104A0001101044000102103B00010310470010138140001DD211B29FFFC67E816B4BFB102100074C696E6B73797310230006526F7574657210240007575254353447321042000C4353563031484248333133301054000800060050F204000110110011576972656C6573732D4720526F75746572100800020088
IE: Unknown: DD090010180200F4000000
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
Cell 05 - Address: 00:1B:11:EC:DE:16
Channel:6
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality=20/70 Signal level=-90 dBm
Encryption key:on
ESSID:"dlinkSWINDOLL"
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s
Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s
36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=00000008065ba180
Extra: Last beacon: 11802ms ago
IE: Unknown: 000D646C696E6B5357494E444F4C4C
IE: Unknown: 010482848B96
IE: Unknown: 030106
IE: Unknown: 050400010000
IE: Unknown: 2A0100
IE: Unknown: 32080C1218243048606C
IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: Unknown: DD070050F202000100
IE: Unknown: DD1E00904C334E101FFFFF000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown: DD1A00904C3406070700000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown: 2D1A6E101FFFFF000000000000000000000000000004000000000000
IE: Unknown: 3D1606070300000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown: DD0E0050F204104A0001101044000102
Cell 06 - Address: 00:14:BF:C0:4A:80
Channel:6
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality=18/70 Signal level=-92 dBm
Encryption key:off
ESSID:"linksys"
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:Master
Extra:tsf=0000006db2c1f187
Extra: Last beacon: 867ms ago
IE: Unknown: 00076C696E6B737973
IE: Unknown: 010882848B962430486C
IE: Unknown: 030106
IE: Unknown: 2A0104
IE: Unknown: 2F0104
IE: Unknown: 32040C121860
IE: Unknown: DD1D000347020201010314C2C16A5D75E13C8AC9C412D2F47F00713DA81410
IE: Unknown: DD06001018020007