belkin wireless network card in suse 9.2

rybing · 06-28-2006, 03:08 PM

hello all,

right straight to it............ I used to use mandake and when i installed it it was no problem to set up my wireless network card(belkin) on my Toshiba A40 laptop.

I wanted to actually purchase a linux distro so i bought suse 9.2. I have set up everything, inlcuding my broadband, i have a router/modem (belkin)

The problem is when i need to use my wireless network card in suse 9.2. for the life of me i dont know were to start!

Could anyone help me please

many thanks

Ryan

x86processor · 06-29-2006, 05:37 AM

Open a terminal and post output of:

Code:

/sbin/ifconfig -a
/sbin/iwconfig -a
/sbin/lsmod

Note, you can redirect output to a file:

Code:

/sbin/ifconfig -a > ifconfig.txt

rybing · 06-30-2006, 01:24 AM

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:08:0D:25:A4:F4
inet addr:192.168.2.2 Bcast:192.168.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0
inet6 addr: fe80::208:dff:fe25:a4f4/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:2426 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2541 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:1558148 (1.4 Mb) TX bytes:382361 (373.3 Kb)

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:40 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:40 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:2608 (2.5 Kb) TX bytes:2608 (2.5 Kb)

sit0 Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4
NOARP MTU:1480 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:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

NOTE THERE WAS A COMMAND NOT FOUND ERROR WITH /SBIN/IWCONFIG -A

Module Size Used by
snd_pcm_oss 57896 0
nls_utf8 2176 0
bluetooth 44932 0
snd_intel8x0 31396 1
snd_ac97_codec 69728 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_pcm 96776 3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer 24708 1 snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 10248 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
nvram 8328 0
usbserial 26856 0
parport_pc 37824 0
lp 10536 0
parport 37960 2 parport_pc,lp
cpufreq_userspace 5208 2
acpi 7940 0
speedstep_lib 4228 0
freq_table 4356 1 acpi
thermal 17928 0
processor 25640 2 acpi,thermal
fan 5380 0
button 8464 0
battery 11396 0
ac 6404 0
ipv6 237440 13
snd_mixer_oss 19200 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd 60164 8 snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mixer_oss
soundcore 9056 1 snd
toshiba_acpi 5908 0
edd 10012 0
af_packet 20872 0
ds 17796 2
joydev 9664 0
sg 35744 0
st 37404 0
sd_mod 16912 0
sr_mod 16292 0
scsi_mod 111052 4 sg,st,sd_mod,sr_mod
ide_cd 38176 0
cdrom 36508 2 sr_mod,ide_cd
ehci_hcd 29188 0
uhci_hcd 29712 0
intel_agp 21024 1
agpgart 32168 2 intel_agp
yenta_socket 19840 1
pcmcia_core 66100 2 ds,yenta_socket
evdev 8960 0
subfs 7552 1
dm_mod 54524 0
e100 33920 0
mii 4992 1 e100
usbcore 106852 5 usbserial,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
reiserfs 242000 1

That is the output, thanks for helping me

rybing · 07-02-2006, 12:27 PM

any others care to help ?

Nylex · 07-02-2006, 12:34 PM

Can you run lspci as well? Also, if iwconfig isn't there, you probably need to install the wireless-tools package.

rybing · 07-06-2006, 01:40 AM

hello,
When i type lspci in the console it says, command not found
likewise with the iwconfig.

is there anyway of sorting this problem, i know there must be and i really need my laptop to be wireless by this weekend. as i go away.

please help me

btw i am a newb

Nylex · 07-06-2006, 01:43 AM

As a normal user, use "/sbin/lspci" then.