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Hi, I installed SuseLinux 10.1 on my Compaq Presario 2100, everything works fine, except for the connection with internet (wired nor wireless) thru a router.
For wired I've got a built-in lan in my laptop:
Client MAC Address 00 0F 20 21 A7 2D
GUID: 8083383D-02AA-D811-9098-000F2021A72D
No DHCP or PROXY DHCP received
I've got a Linksys Router WAG354G and for my laptop a Sitecom Wireless Network PC Card 54g model WL-112 V2 MAC: 000CF61B318B, no wireless internet either.
I installed ndiswrapper, it recognizes the driver rt2500.inf, but nothing happens or I only errors after.
When I try to configure something in Network nothing happens.
Now someone told me Suse doesn't serve two LANs, so I should uninstall one in the BIOS, probably the wired one.
I did so, but my Sitecom didn't pick up my router at all.
So I took out my Sitecom, reinstalled the built-in-lan, everything was recognized, but still no wired internet.
What could be wrong?
This is my lspci -v, my ifconfig and my iwconfig:
# lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc AGP Bridge [IGP 320M] (rev 13)
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32
Memory at d4000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
Memory at d0400000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
I/O ports at 8090 [disabled] [size=4]
Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 2.0
00:02.0 USB Controller: ALi Corporation USB 1.1 Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Pavilion ze4400 builtin USB
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 10
Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: ALi Corporation M5451 PCI AC-Link Controller Audio Device (rev 02)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Pavilion ze4400 builtin Audio
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 5
I/O ports at 8400 [size=256]
Memory at d0001000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
00:07.0 ISA bridge: ALi Corporation M1533/M1535 PCI to ISA Bridge [Aladdin IV/V/V+]
Subsystem: ALi Corporation ALi M1533 Aladdin IV/V ISA Bridge
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 1
00:08.0 Modem: ALi Corporation M5457 AC'97 Modem Controller (prog-if 00 [Generic])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Pavilion ze4400 builtin Modem Device
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 3
Memory at d0002000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
I/O ports at 8800 [size=256]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
00:10.0 IDE interface: ALi Corporation M5229 IDE (rev c4) (prog-if b0)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Pavilion ze4400 builtin IDE
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32
I/O ports at 8080 [size=16]
Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
00:11.0 Bridge: ALi Corporation M7101 Power Management Controller [PMU]
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Pavilion ze4400
Flags: medium devsel
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: National Semiconductor Corporation DP83815 (MacPhyter) Ethernet Controller
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Pavilion ze4400 builtin Network
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 90, IRQ 11
I/O ports at 8c00 [size=256]
Memory at d0003000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at 34000000 [disabled] [size=64K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility U1 (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Pavilion ze4400 builtin Video
Flags: bus master, stepping, fast Back2Back, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 66, IRQ 10
Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
I/O ports at 9000 [size=256]
Memory at d0100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at d0120000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [58] AGP version 2.0
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
02:00.0 Network controller: RaLink RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI
Subsystem: SiteCom Europe BV Unknown device 9072
Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
Memory at 32000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
This post is a little confusing. Are you trying to get the wired connection working or the wireless connection? Or both?
I would suggest you pick one ( the wired connection ) and start there.
From what I can see, eth0 has an IP address assigned of 169.254.215.110. That is a class B address. Is that assigned statically? or by DHCP? Is this consistant with the lan side of your router? Does it have an address in the range of 169.254.xxx.yyy? Have you tried to ping the router?
Can you connect to the routers configuration page?
For the wireless, if you are using Ndiswrapper, you need all the files in the same directory as the .inf file. Most windoze drivers I've see have several files.
Hi Cliff, no, I'm trying to get a wired connection constantly as the wireless connection refuses constantly, nevertheless it's important to have a wireless connection anyway when taking my laptop with me.
But for now I'm trying to connect this wired connection, without result anyway.
Yes, ping 169.254.xxx.yyy works fine.
This is assigned statically, not by DHCP, DHCP does not connect.
When I try to ping the router 192.168.1.1 I get "network is unreachable" whereas when I ping same with my desktop there is no problem.
I installed the entire rt2500 drivers file thru root into the ndiswrapper directory.
Someone said Suse 10.2 would have solved the problem, I know someone with the same laptop, with Suse 10.2 and this problem has not been solved after all.
But when I have the solution for me, I hope, I can also inform him.
Why I informed about my lspci -v is to show that everything has been "configure". ifconfig is clear why just like iwconfig.
You have IP addresses that will not work together, without a router in between them.
If 192.168.1.1 is the IP address on your router, you will always get a network unreachable from 169.154.xxx.yyy. You need to change your system to a 192.168.1.x address. Do that statically, and try to ping your router. At that point I believe it will work that far.
Is the 169.154.xxx.yyy address assigned by your ISP? If yes, that is the address on the ISP side of your router, not any of the hosts on your lan side.
I changed the system statically on 192.168.1.102 and pinging is ok, but there is still no internet.
No, 169.xxx.xxx.xxx is definitely not my ISP. My ISP: 83.87.23.252
Once you can ping your router, you should need to other things set for a working internet connection. They are a default route from your system to your router, and possibly you need to set DNS IP addresses.
To see if you have a default route set, at a command prompt ( as SU ) type 'route' ( without the quotes ) to dump the kernel routing table. Look for a default to your routers IP address. Here is what it looks like on my system.
Code:
$ /sbin/route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 1 0 0 eth0
169.254.0.0 * 255.255.0.0 U 1 0 0 eth0
127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
default 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 1 0 0 eth0
To add a route, here is a sample, I copied it from the man page. It adds a default gateway address, and sets the mask correctly. See the man page for details and more examples.
Code:
$ route add gw 192.56.76.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 dev eth0
Now for DNS, most routers will pass the correct DNS addresses back to using systems. To look at what is there, after you set the default route, look at the file /etc/resolv.conf file. It should have correct DNS addresses. If your router does not pass them, you can edit the file as root and store correct DNS addresses. Your ISP should be able to tell you those addresses that work for your network connection.
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