I'm using OpenSuse 12.3 KDE live CD. I wanted to install in on a bootable usb, but I need to get the wifi working on it first. I have two wireless adapters connected. One built-in, the other a usb. I want to get the usb adapter working. It is a Belkin adapter model # F5D8055v1. When I boot up on the live CD, I believe it sees my adapter. (see below -- I didn't include the hardware address on purpose)
Code:
hwinfo --wlan
43: USB 00.0: 0282 WLAN controller
[Created at usb.122]
Unique ID: +rmv.ml83Ra02_j9
Parent ID: pBe4.3f5c44ENLJ9
SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:13.2/usb2/2-5/2-5:1.0
SysFS BusID: 2-5:1.0
Hardware Class: network
Model: "Belkin 802.11 n WLAN"
Hotplug: USB
Vendor: usb 0x050d "Belkin Components"
Device: usb 0x825a "802.11 n WLAN"
Revision: "0.01"
Driver: "rt2800usb"
Driver Modules: "rt2800usb"
Device File: wlan0
Features: WLAN
Speed: 480 Mbps
HW Address: ??:??:??:??:??:??
Link detected: no
WLAN channels: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
WLAN frequencies: 2.412 2.417 2.422 2.427 2.432 2.437 2.442 2.447 2.452 2.457 2.462 2.467 2.472 2.484
WLAN encryption modes: WEP40 WEP104 TKIP CCMP
WLAN authentication modes: open sharedkey wpa-psk wpa-eap
Module Alias: "usb:v050Dp825Ad0001dc00dsc00dp00icFFiscFFipFFin00"
Driver Info #0:
Driver Status: rt2800usb is active
Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe rt2800usb"
Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Attached to: #39 (Hub)
Code:
ifconfig wlan0
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr ??:??:??:??:??:??
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Code:
ip link
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT qlen 1000
link/ether ??:??:??:??:??:?? brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
3: wlan0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state DOWN mode DEFAULT qlen 1000
link/ether ??:??:??:??:??:?? brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
4: wlan1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT qlen 1000
link/ether ??:??:??:??:??:?? brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
Code:
iwconfig wlan0
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:on
It looks like it sees it, so I'm not sure if its a driver issue. I just can't see my network anywhere in the network manager. I see the light on the adapter lit, but no networks are visible. Any help, detailed preferably as I'm still learning, would be appreciated.
