[driverloader] Dell BCM4301 802.11b Driver on SuSE 9.0 NotWorking- License is running out..

Charles Love SuSE-Charles at tntscg.com
Wed Dec 31 12:55:07 EST 2003


Just for kicks I reapplied the settings in my yast..

if I am reading it right, it picked up my access point right?

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linux-clove:~ # iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.
eth0      no wireless extensions.
wlan0     IEEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:"bigsur network"  Nickname:"bigsur
network"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.457GHz  Access Point:
00:03:93:E8:9A:13
          Bit Rate=11Mb/s   Tx-Power=14 dBm
          RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:1/1  Signal level:-29 dBm  Noise level:-87 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

sit0      no wireless extensions.
vmnet1    no wireless extensions.
vmnet8    no wireless extensions.
linux-clove:~ #
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On Wed, 2003-12-31 at 12:48, Charles Love wrote:
> On my home access point its called [esid] "My System" or "Spaz System"
> with a Key of "1212121212" or "6666666666"
> 
> At the office its just "bigsur network" with no key..
> 
> is there a "signal meeter app other than KiWiFi that I should be using?
> 
> --Charles
> 
> On Wed, 2003-12-31 at 09:02, Linuxant support wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > in your interface configuration, we see the following settings.
> > 
> > WIRELESS_ESSID='My System'
> > WIRELESS_KEY='1212121212'
> > 
> > Do you have the same parameters on your access point?
> > 
> > You should be able to configure these from YaST when the interface name is
> > "wlanX".
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Jean-Simon Durand
> > Technical specialist / Linuxant
> > www.linuxant.com
> > support at linuxant.com
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Charles Love" <SuSE-Charles at tntscg.com>
> > To: <driverloader at lists.linuxant.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 12:08 PM
> > Subject: Re: [driverloader] Dell BCM4301 802.11b Driver on SuSE 9.0
> > NotWorking- License is running out..
> > 
> > Hmmm.. Ok.. When I cat it I get this..
> > 
> > linux-clove:/etc/sysconfig/network # cat ifcfg-wlan0
> > BOOTPROTO='dhcp'
> > MTU=''
> > REMOTE_IPADDR=''
> > STARTMODE='onboot'
> > UNIQUE=''
> > WIRELESS_ESSID='My System'
> > WIRELESS_KEY='1212121212'
> > WIRELESS_MODE='Managed'
> > WIRELESS_NICK='My System'
> > WIRELESS_NWID=''
> > BROADCAST='192.168.1.255'
> > IPADDR='192.168.1.188'
> > NETMASK='255.255.255.0'
> > NETWORK='192.168.1.0'
> > 
> > Where is it getting the the Static IP's From.. I also dont see the lines for
> > DHCLIENT
> > Could this be my problem?
> > 
> > Im using the KiWiFiManager to change my configuration. Should I be doing it
> > from elsewhere?
> > 
> > Thanks For All Your Help!
> > --Charles
> > 
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