Wireless Problems With Acer Aspire 3002LCi

Acedog · 06-28-2009, 08:46 PM

I am very new to Linux and I cannot figure out how to set up my wireless card to connect to my wireless network. I am running OpenSuse 11.1 with a Gnome desktop.

I was reading about this and I have installed ndiswrapper and I believe that I installed the correct driver for my wireless card. When I type

ndiswrapper -l

I get

bcmwl5a : driver installed

When I type iwconfig there are no wireless devices showed. Thanks

serafean · 06-29-2009, 05:03 AM

Hi, have you run 'modprobe ndiswrapper' as root (via sudo)? Either that or you're trying to use the wrong drivers for your card. could you post the output of the "lspci" command (assuming your card is PCI, if its USB then the lsusb command)?

Serafean

farslayer · 06-29-2009, 08:09 AM

Could you post the output of

lspci | grep -i wireless

BCM would indicate a Boadcom wireless card which is supported under Linux.. Personally I wouldn't waste my time using the ndiswrapper shim when a native driver is available,.

Acedog · 06-29-2009, 02:58 PM

The output of

lspci | grep -i wireless

00:0b.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)

farslayer · 06-30-2009, 07:43 AM

Sorry for the Delay..

Ndiswrapper is not needed, the driver is already include in OpenSuse, all you needed to do was install the firmware for the card.

http://en.opensuse.org/Wireless_network_card#BCM43xx

Code:

/usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware

Acedog · 06-30-2009, 04:16 PM

I cannot do this because I am not connected to the internet.
It wants me to download the package

farslayer · 06-30-2009, 08:45 PM

so plug in with a cable and get the package ?

Acedog · 07-03-2009, 08:58 PM

Sorry I have been busy the last few days. I installed the driver and now the wireless card seems to be activated but I don't know how to connect to my access point with it.

serafean · 07-04-2009, 07:56 PM

Hi, either use the command line utilities iwconfig, ifconfig and dhcpcd ("man iwconfig" is where you'll find info about how to use the command).
I'd suggest using networkmanager coupled with nm-applet (a nice GUI to configure network). If that doesn't work, you might want to give wicd a try.

Serafean

Acedog · 07-05-2009, 03:20 PM

I can now see the wireless networks around, but I cannot connect to them. I asks for my WPA password, I type it in, it will try to connect then it will ask for the password again. Then it will try to connect again and fail and the whole process starts over. I am using the network manager applet to see the wireless networks.

farslayer · 07-06-2009, 09:33 PM

Are your WPA settings correct ? there re several different modes you can select, if you select the wrong mode it will fail to authenticate. you need to verify the modes your router is configured for so you can configure the computer properly..

you probably want to use WPA-PSK (Pre Shared Key)

and also verify if you are using WPA or WPA2

http://hostap.epitest.fi/wpa_supplicant/

Acedog · 07-06-2009, 10:07 PM

I cannot even connect to an unsecured network. It looks like it is trying to connect and then no connection is established.

Acedog · 07-09-2009, 09:07 PM

I got it to work. I had to get the right WPA setting. Thanks for all your help.