Linksys WPC11 v2.5/SUSE 9.2 default
 

I get the following after ifconfig and iwconfig commands:

linuxrat:~ # ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:10:A4:0E:83:B9
inet addr:192.168.1.146 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::210:a4ff:fe0e:83b9/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1492 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:18 errors:17 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:17
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:964 (964.0 b)

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:44 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:44 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:2960 (2.8 Kb) TX bytes:2960 (2.8 Kb)

wifi0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 0-04-5A-C9-61-24-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:616 (616.0 b)
Interrupt:3 Base address:0x100

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:04:5A:C9:61:24
inet addr:192.168.1.141 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::204:5aff:fec9:6124/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1492 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:568 (568.0 b)
Interrupt:3 Base address:0x100

linuxrat:~ # iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

sit0 no wireless extensions.


lspci shows the following:

linuxrat:~ # lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (rev 03)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev 03)
0000:00:07.0 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
0000:00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
0000:00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
0000:00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 03)
0000:00:08.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c478 (rev 80)
0000:00:08.1 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c478 (rev 80)
0000:00:0c.0 Multimedia audio controller: ESS Technology ES1983S Maestro-3i PCI Audio Accelerator
0000:00:0d.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 09)
0000:00:0d.1 Serial controller: Xircom: Unknown device 00d3
0000:01:01.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. 86C270-294 Savage/IX-MV (rev 11)


My SUSE install is on a Gateway SOLO5300 laptop. I know this card connects since I also run Slackware 10.0/2.6.10 kernel on this computer and have been able to establish a connection. I do not get the 2 different wireless iterations under Slackware nor the 'sit0' connection either.

I can not figure out they reason for wifi0 or sit0 showing. I can't connect through my wireless interface but I can connect through my wired interface. I have searched through all the different network files and can not figure out why it states 2 different wireless interfaces when there is should be only one nor can I find out why the sit0 is showing since I did not setup IPv6 and I can not figure out how to disable (?) it. I believe that this is causing a wireless connection conflict and therefore my wireless connection is simply failing all together.

I have tried the suggestion I found through Google stating that IPv6 could be disabled by changing the line USE_IPV6=yes to USE_IPV6=no in /etc/sysconfig/network/config. That just broke internet connectivity all together. Any suggestions?