ip ok, ap ok, ifconfig ok, route -n ok but NO CONNECTION
 

Hi!

Im trying to install my wlan card. Everything works fine in windows. In linux (SuSE9.3) it works only with ethernet. but my wlan card is installed with acx111. here the output of ifconfig and iwconfig:

linux:/home/jrosset # ifconfig wlan0
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:A0:C5:92:F8:64
inet addr:192.168.0.8 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::2a0:c5ff:fe92:f864/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:53 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:8792 (8.5 Kb)
Interrupt:5

linux:/home/jrosset # iwconfig wlan0
wlan0 IEEE 802.11b+/g+ ESSID:"xxxxxx" Nickname:"linux"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: 00:C0:49:54:A8:2E
Bit Rate:1 Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm Sensitivity=1/3
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off
Encryption key:XXXX-XXXX-XX Security mode:open
Power Management:off
Link Quality=41/100 Signal level=18/100 Noise level=0/100
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

But i can't ping my access point!! What's wrong???

AFAIK 10 bit hex keys should be 0123456789 format with no -------. Only 26 bit hex keys need those.

Bit Rate 1Mbps and Signal is crap as well at 18/100...hardly enough at all.....did you get the firmware sorted for it or was that stage missed out? I only ask as that might lead to a low power draw and hence a poor receive quality.

key problem or hardware
 

Hi! Thanks for answer.

First for the key. my wireless lan is encrypted with a 40/64bit WEP key. to configure the key correctly i made:

iwconfig wlan0 key 7a8b9e0c1d key open

with another key, of course, but then, with iwconfig, the key is shown as 7A8B-9E0C-1D

is this wrong? I tried another wlan card (usb) which worked with ndiswrapper but only without encryption and i dont want to make my ap to a hot spot... i thout it was an error from the ndiswrapper that the key was not correctly given to the interface. but maybe there's another reason?


For the hardware issure:
i downloaded the latest versions of drivers through SuSE online package update and patch update etc. But maybe it's not enough. i don't know. i've read in a acx111 guide that i can take the firmware from the windows drivers and install it in the acx111 directory. i have a file from the cd named "FwRad16.bin" but i don't know where to install it, as the mentioned directory does not exist on my machine and the lastest binaries for acx111 must have another name...

How to install this firmware?

acx111? Whay didn't you say so? :-) Never mind that ancient Suse driver, there is a nice new WORKING acx111 module that comes with a vastly superior howto.
Go to http://www.houseofcraig.net/acx100_howto.php and worship.

I recommend using the ./make fetch_firmware option as noted. Shouldn't take more than half an hour to do the whole thing.

Get module here http://lisas.de/~andi/acx100/ & use the 57 version.

Works fine on my spare USR pcmcia.

Note...when editing the start_net sript you do NOT need any - at all.

Don't forget the ./ when you start_net as root.

Thank you very very much for help! Finally it works!!!

Just a last question. i still have a little problem:
When i restart my computer i always have to make following steps to bring my wireless working for internet access:

ifconfig eth0 down

..and then click on kinternet logo to close wlan connection and then click once again to enable connection.

I checked the changes and noticed, that when i type "route" before these operations, i get:

Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
192.168.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 wlan0
link-local * 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
loopback * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
default 192.168.0.2 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 wlan0



after the operations (when internet works), i get:


Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
192.168.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 wlan0
link-local * 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 wlan0
loopback * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
default 192.168.0.2 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 wlan0


How can i make these changes permanent?