Why newbies don't RTFM... 4747
Dave Uhring
Thank you Dave for offering to help.
You are correct, I did not provide information about my hardware because my original query to this group was a very simple 2 line question : "Is there a website that helps a newbie setup a wireless LAN under Linux? I'm using Suse 9.3 and need step by step instructions. Thanks." and I did not want to ask to be spoon-fed. And then frustration took over, for which I apologize.
But that is all water under the bridge and I appreciate your help. Here is the info I have gathered so far.
To set the stage, I am using Suse 9.3 (triple boot) in a Toshiba Satellite laptop with a Pentium 4, 2.66gHz with 512 ram. My primary problem is getting this laptop to connect under linux to my home wireless lan so I can connect to the internet. I succeeded in connecting to my router using a network cable but have been unable to do so under wireless with either of 2 wireless adapters I own. I suspect wpa is just not being implemented despite wpasupplicant being installed because KInternet shows me connected but I am not really. But I may be wrong. For what it is worth, the Scan for Networks tab in KInternet remains empty even when the connected tab shows it to be connected. (I am now studying how to use ndiswrapper) or wpa is just not being implemented despite wpasupplicant being installed.
The wireless adapters are (only one tried at a time): a) a built in Toshiba mini-pci B wireless adapter which uses a TI (Texas Instrument) chip set. b) PC Card (PCMCI) Hawking HWC54G. Both work with no problems in XP. Both were installed and configured (DHCP) in YaST because I am still not proficient with linux CLI.
YaST tells me that pciutil is installed, but the command lspci (under su) will not work for me (I get "command not found"). Instead, here is some recent data I acquired ("connected" to neighbor's secured wlan - see end of message - and using built-in wireless adapter):
Good for you. So has everyone who's learned to use linux. The main reason is because, since the typical...
# ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:3............ inet6 addr: fe80::2........... Scope:Link UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:19 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 Interrupt:11 Base address:0xaf00
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:................. inet addr:192.168.2.4 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::.......... Scope:Link UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:28 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:17 errors:3 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 Interrupt:11 Base address:0x100
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:52 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:52 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 ........................... # iwconfig lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
sit0 no wireless extensions.
notbob I never not demanded anything, nor do I ever feel enbreastled to anything. As for time and effort, I've spent more than a...
eth1 IEEE 802.11-DS ESSID:"neighbor's" Nickname:"............." Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: 00:............. Retry limit:4 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:off Power Management:off Link Quality=6-92 Signal level=-87 dBm Noise level=-93 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:1 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 ................................... # cat-etc-resolv.conf bash: cat-etc-resolv.conf: No such file or directory wierdhost:-home-jeff # cat-etc-hosts bash: cat-etc-hosts: No such file or directory wierdhost:-home-jeff # route Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 192.168.2.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth1 link-local * 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth1 loopback * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo default 192.168.2.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth1
.................... # route-n bash: route-n: command not found ............................. # route -n Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 192.168.2.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth1 168 plus 1.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth1 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo 0.0.0.0 192.168.2.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth1 ............................
Note that this is still true if "system" is read as being more general than just "computer system".) I don't think it's unreasonable to say that it's a...
One major problem I am having is that I have found no way to force the adapter to connect to my own network rather than the neighbor's. That is because the KInternet screen that should allow me to select which network to connect to, always remains blank. I'm still working on figuring why that is. I could connect to the internet by 10-100 cable and have updated my Suse installation so that it is up-to-date.
On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 14:28:41 -0400, Jeff staggered into the Black Sun and said: The original problem you had was with kppp not being SUID, right? This is not difficult to fix, although...
Hope you can help and I appreciate the effort even if you cannot.
Jeff