I have a DWL-650+ card that I am trying to get to work on linux. My linux distro is SuSE 9.2, kernel 2.6.8

I am using a dlink wireless router. All my other computers work fine on the wireless network (they have Windows). I have tested this card with the other computers and it works fine.

I can't ping or browse the web what so ever on linux. The drivers that I am using is acx100.

Here is my output:


linux:~ # iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

sit0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11b+ ESSID:"SOLID-NET" Nickname:"linux"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:40:05:C1:CE:2D
Bit Rate:22 Mb/s Tx-Power:18 dBm Sensitivity=176/255
Retry min limit:7 RTS thrff
Encryption keyff
Power Managementff
Link Quality=51/100 Signal level=40/100 Noise level=3/100
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

linux:~ # iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:0C:41:43:8D:5E
ESSID:"linksys"
Mode:Master
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality=47/100 Signal level=28/100 Noise level=1/100
Encryption keyff
Bit Rate:11 Mb/s
Cell 02 - Address: 00:40:05:C1:CE:2D
ESSID:"SOLID-NET"
Mode:Master
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality=66/100 Signal level=56/100 Noise level=1/100
Encryption keyn
Bit Rate:22 Mb/s

linux:~ # ifup wlan0
wlan0 device: Texas Instruments ACX 100 22Mbps Wireless Interface
wlan0 configuration: wlan-bus-pcmcia
ERROR: WPA-PSK is not supported yet for this device
DHCP client is already running on wlan0

linux:~ # ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:C0:9F:2F:FF:EC
inet6 addr: fe80::2c0:9fff:fe2f:ffec/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:196 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:22 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:27016 (26.3 Kb) TX bytes:12980 (12.6 Kb)
Interrupt:10 Base address:0x2800

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:200 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:200 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:14288 (13.9 Kb) TX bytes:14288 (13.9 Kb)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:40:05:5A:C1:FF
inet addr:192.168.0.103 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::240:5ff:fe5a:c1ff/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:99494 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:21 errors:6 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:67149455 (64.0 Mb) TX bytes:11860 (11.5 Kb)
Interrupt:10 Base address:0x3800

linux:~ # ping 192.168.0.1
connect: Network is unreachable



Could someone help me get this setup correctly? I have added the essid and key correctly, but no internet connection. All the little lights are flashing and what not.

maybe this will help too, I can ping the router and the other computers on the network.

I notice you are using no WEP key in the iwconfig wlan0 section. Forget that perhaps? I see in the iwlist scan it says that encryption is on for the SOLID-NET ESSID that you have set in the iwconfig wlan0 section.
Otherwise, I don't know if the DLink routers have issues but I know with my old Linksys router I was unable to allow Linux (Slackware specificially, but I believe I was told that all Linux boxes would have the same problem with linksys) to use dhcpcd to obtain an IP if I set the pool of IP's for DHCP was above 100. You might want to set lower and try. I have never tried with my DLink router since I've always assigned static IP's to computers I add to my router. Might you want to set a static IP on this box?

Also, you might want to turn off the eth0 connection and see if that helps.

I was thinking that too. I will try and see what happens.

I lowered the ip range, and even tried giving out static ip numbers but nothing. I even turned off eth0, told my router to allow my linux machine's mac address to access the internet.

This is the farthest that I have gotten for wireless to work on linux. I can ping the router and all the other machines, but no internet access. I haven't setup samba for file sharing until I get the internet working.

Does anyone have any other ideas on how to get this to work?

I also have access to my router's configuration page from the browser in linux.

This is exciting that I have been able to get this far, but also very frustrating that I can't connect to the internet. This is my last piece before I fully convert from windows to linux.

I disabled WEP from router, and I still do not get any internet access.

I find it very strange that I can ping the router and change its settings from the browser, but I cannot browse the web.

Sounds like a DNS issue then. Do you have the router set as a DNS server or do you use the ISP's DNS server directly on the box? I have no idea how SuSE does the DNS settings, so you might wander off to the SuSE forum and ask or search unless you already know how to set that.

I use the ISP's DNS directly from the router. I will check out the SuSE forum and see what I can gleam from there.

Just to let everyone know that DWL-650+ card with acx100 drivers works perfectly in Linux.

I finally got the problem solved from the SuSE forums. They told me to execute dhcpcd wlan0. That did the trick.

I am using this card without ndiswrapper.

My first guess is that you don't have the default route set up... try:
# route add default gw 192.168.1.1
(Putting correct IP for your AP in)

Also, ensure that you have nameserver(s) listed in your /etc/resolv.conf

Question: Have you tried pinging the outside world by IP? (as opposed to name, ie: "ping 216.239.39.104" rather than "ping google.ca")

I bet google gets a TON of pings every day

Cheers! And good luck

btw: Check out my post http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=316793 and see if you have any ideas for me