Wifi issue w/ SuSE 10 on Acer Aspire 3004wlmi: noob not understanding ndiswrapper

rshaw · 04-18-2006, 04:05 PM

create a directory in your home folder and put it there. right click it and choose extract here

JazzLad · 04-18-2006, 04:19 PM

done. I now have /home/jazzlad/80211g with bcmwl5a.inf in it

rshaw · 04-18-2006, 04:27 PM

pull up or open a terminal, sux - to root again 'cd /home/path/to/folder enter 'ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5a.inf'

once done 'modprobe ndiswrapper'

minimize that window and start yast

rshaw · 04-18-2006, 04:29 PM

search for 'wireless' in the software section. install wireless tools and kde3network-wireless if not already

JazzLad · 04-18-2006, 04:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rshaw

pull up or open a terminal, sux - to root again 'cd /home/path/to/folder enter 'ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5a.inf'

once done 'modprobe ndiswrapper'

minimize that window and start yast

done, all appeared successful.

JazzLad · 04-18-2006, 04:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rshaw

search for 'wireless' in the software section. install wireless tools and kde3network-wireless if not already

Alright, done too.

rshaw · 04-18-2006, 04:45 PM

go to system>/etc/sysconfig editor then choose system>kernel>modules_loaded_on_boot enter ndiswrapper and click finish

go to network devices>network card. it won't be auto detected, click add, device type = wireless, modules name=ndiswrapper, leave eveything else as is. click next

<from memory as 10.1 has changed a bit>. enter the essid and any other bits you need. click next or finish( nothing more to change)

rshaw · 04-18-2006, 04:49 PM

start kwifi and try to scan for networks, ( i had an error here due to a path issue)

JazzLad · 04-18-2006, 04:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rshaw

go to system>/etc/sysconfig editor then choose system>kernel>modules_loaded_on_boot enter ndiswrapper and click finish

go to network devices>network card. it won't be auto detected, click add, device type = wireless, modules name=ndiswrapper, leave eveything else as is. click next

<from memory as 10.1 has changed a bit>. enter the essid and any other bits you need. click next or finish( nothing more to change)

system>/etc/sysconfig is straight forward enough, but you lost me w/ 'editor', unless am I doing this with terminal?

rshaw · 04-18-2006, 04:59 PM

thats just the label of the section in yast "/etc/sysconfig editor"

rshaw · 04-18-2006, 05:02 PM

if you have an error with kwifi edit /home/username/.bashrc
enter

export PATH=$PATH:/usr/sbin

at the bottom and save the file

rshaw · 04-18-2006, 05:05 PM

logout and log back in so all config files are re-read

JazzLad · 04-18-2006, 05:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rshaw

start kwifi and try to scan for networks, ( i had an error here due to a path issue)

Ok, so far so good, but having trouble locating kwifi (yes, I am running kde) . . . am I just an idiot?

JazzLad · 04-18-2006, 05:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JazzLad

Ok, so far so good, but having trouble locating kwifi (yes, I am running kde) . . . am I just an idiot?

whoops, I am

(I found it)

JazzLad · 04-18-2006, 05:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rshaw

if you have an error with kwifi edit /home/username/.bashrc
enter

export PATH=$PATH:/usr/sbin

at the bottom and save the file

Can you define 'an error'? Everything works great, except that it doesn't actually connect

I get full green bars, 54mbit on the connection speed, it lists my AP when I click 'scan for networks' & I think I figgured out where to put the password for my AP, but kwifimanager lists 00:00:00:00:00:00 for access point & unavailable for local ip.

Also: I rebooted and same.