Wireless - Not working

sudo /usr/sbin/iwlist scan

My Result is:

linux-z51n:/home/v.narayanan/Desktop # sudo /usr/sbin/iwlist scan
lo Interface doesn’t support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn’t support scanning.

I read all the posts and tried all zypper commans and no command was working
Then I tried with installing pac kernal, opensuse kernel (I had the default desktop kernel)
I also tried with KDE Environment - I am using gnome

I use Dell Inspiron N 5050 Laptop and the wireless is broad band 802 series one
The windows drivers is bcmwl6.inf

I used ndiswrapper -i bcmwl6.inf command after getting all sys and inf files on my gnome desktop
The result of the command is

linux-z51n:/home/v.narayanan/Desktop # ndiswrapper -i bcmwl6.inf
installing bcmwl6 …
couldn’t find “BCMWL6.SYS” in “.”; make sure all driver files, including .inf, .sys (and any firmware files) are in “.” -
installation may be incomplete
couldn’t find “BCMWL6.SYS” in “.”; make sure all driver files, including .inf, .sys (and any firmware files) are in “.” -
installation may be incomplete
couldn’t find “BCMWL6.SYS” in “.”; make sure all driver files, including .inf, .sys (and any firmware files) are in “.” -
installation may be incomplete
couldn’t find “BCMWL6.SYS” in “.”; make sure all driver files, including .inf, .sys (and any firmware files) are in “.” -
installation may be incomplete
couldn’t find “BCMWL6.SYS” in “.”; make sure all driver files, including .inf, .sys (and any firmware files) are in “.” -
installation may be incomplete
couldn’t find “BCMWL6.SYS” in “.”; make sure all driver files, including .inf, .sys (and any firmware files) are in “.” -
installation may be incomplete
couldn’t find “BCMWL6.SYS” in “.”; make sure all driver files, including .inf, .sys (and any firmware files) are in “.” -
installation may be incomplete
couldn’t find “BCMWL6.SYS” in “.”; make sure all driver files, including .inf, .sys (and any firmware files) are in “.” -
installation may be incomplete
couldn’t find “BCMWL6.SYS” in “.”; make sure all driver files, including .inf, .sys (and any firmware files) are in “.” -
installation may be incomplete
couldn’t find “BCMWL6.SYS” in “.”; make sure all driver files, including .inf, .sys (and any firmware files) are in “.” -
installation may be incomplete
couldn’t find “BCMWL6.SYS” in “.”; make sure all driver files, including .inf, .sys (and any firmware files) are in “.” -
installation may be incomplete
couldn’t find “BCMWL6.SYS” in “.”; make sure all driver files, including .inf, .sys (and any firmware files) are in “.” -
installation may be incomplete
couldn’t find “BCMWL6.SYS” in “.”; make sure all driver files, including .inf, .sys (and any firmware files) are in “.” -
installation may be incomplete
couldn’t find “BCMWL6.SYS” in “.”; make sure all driver files, including .inf, .sys (and any firmware files) are in “.” -
installation may be incomplete
couldn’t find “BCMWL6.SYS” in “.”; make sure all driver files, including .inf, .sys (and any firmware files) are in “.” -
installation may be incomplete
couldn’t find “BCMWL6.SYS” in “.”; make sure all driver files, including .inf, .sys (and any firmware files) are in “.” -
installation may be incomplete
couldn’t find “BCMWL6.SYS” in “.”; make sure all driver files, including .inf, .sys (and any firmware files) are in “.” -
installation may be incomplete
couldn’t find “BCMWL6.SYS” in “.”; make sure all driver files, including .inf, .sys (and any firmware files) are in “.” -
installation may be incomplete
couldn’t find “BCMWL6.SYS” in “.”; make sure all driver files, including .inf, .sys (and any firmware files) are in “.” -
installation may be incomplete
couldn’t find “BCMWL6.SYS” in “.”; make sure all driver files, including .inf, .sys (and any firmware files) are in “.” -
installation may be incomplete
couldn’t find “BCMWL6.SYS” in “.”; make sure all driver files, including .inf, .sys (and any firmware files) are in “.” -
installation may be incomplete
couldn’t find “BCMWL6.SYS” in “.”; make sure all driver files, including .inf, .sys (and any firmware files) are in “.” -
installation may be incomplete
couldn’t find “BCMWL6.SYS” in “.”; make sure all driver files, including .inf, .sys (and any firmware files) are in “.” -
installation may be incomplete
couldn’t find “BCMWL6.SYS” in “.”; make sure all driver files, including .inf, .sys (and any firmware files) are in “.” -
installation may be incomplete
couldn’t find “BCMWL6.SYS” in “.”; make sure all driver files, including .inf, .sys (and any firmware files) are in “.” -
installation may be incomplete
couldn’t find “BCMWL6.SYS” in “.”; make sure all driver files, including .inf, .sys (and any firmware files) are in “.” -
installation may be incomplete
couldn’t find “BCMWL6.SYS” in “.”; make sure all driver files, including .inf, .sys (and any firmware files) are in “.” -
installation may be incomplete
couldn’t find “BCMWL6.SYS” in “.”; make sure all driver files, including .inf, .sys (and any firmware files) are in “.” -
installation may be incomplete
couldn’t find “BCMWL6.SYS” in “.”; make sure all driver files, including .inf, .sys (and any firmware files) are in “.” -
installation may be incomplete
couldn’t find “BCMWL6.SYS” in “.”; make sure all driver files, including .inf, .sys (and any firmware files) are in “.” -
installation may be incomplete
couldn’t find “BCMWL6.SYS” in “.”; make sure all driver files, including .inf, .sys (and any firmware files) are in “.” -
installation may be incomplete
couldn’t find “BCMWL6.SYS” in “.”; make sure all driver files, including .inf, .sys (and any firmware files) are in “.” -
installation may be incomplete
couldn’t find “BCMWL6.SYS” in “.”; make sure all driver files, including .inf, .sys (and any firmware files) are in “.” -
installation may be incomplete
couldn’t find “BCMWL6.SYS” in “.”; make sure all driver files, including .inf, .sys (and any firmware files) are in “.” -
installation may be incomplete

If some body guide me to resolve this, I would be grateful
I am using the latest opensuse. (11.4)

Yours
V. Narayanan
vn@vn-fped.com

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