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Old 11-29-2007, 05:44 PM   #1
pieterprovoost
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unable to connect to wireless network


Hi,

I'm having problems connecting to my wireless network. I'm using SUSE 10.0 on a Vaio VGN-A517M laptop.

Some potentially useful information:

Code:
pieterp:/home/pieter # ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:01:4A:BF:26:50
          inet addr:192.168.0.131  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::201:4aff:febf:2650/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:3409 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:3776 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:1957187 (1.8 Mb)  TX bytes:605441 (591.2 Kb)
          Interrupt:5 Base address:0x2400

eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:13:CE:44:49:7F
          inet6 addr: fe80::213:ceff:fe44:497f/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:265 errors:113 dropped:115 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:22 errors:0 dropped:17 overruns:0 carrier:1
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:54661 (53.3 Kb)  TX bytes:16316 (15.9 Kb)
          Interrupt:4 Base address:0x8000 Memory:feafd000-feafdfff

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:2177 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:2177 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:94690 (92.4 Kb)  TX bytes:94690 (92.4 Kb)
Code:
pieterp:/home/pieter # iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

sit0      no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

eth1      IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:"Rijkeklaren 20"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: 00:1B:11:85:23:F2
          Bit Rate=54 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm
          Retry limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:BBBB-BBBB-BB [2]   Security mode:open
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=97/100  Signal level=-27 dBm  Noise level=-86 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:113  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:2   Missed beacon:0
Code:
pieterp:/home/pieter # lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Class 0403: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev d3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) SATA Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M24 1P [Radeon Mobility X600]
02:01.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI7420 CardBus Controller
02:01.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCI7x20 1394a-2000 OHCI Two-Port PHY/Link-Layer Controller
02:01.3 Unknown mass storage controller: Texas Instruments PCI7420/PCI7620 Dual Socket CardBus and Smart Card Cont. w/ 1394a-2000 OHCI Two-Port  PHY/Link-Layer Cont. an
02:02.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG (rev 05)
02:03.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)
Code:
pieterp:/home/pieter # iwlist eth1 scan
eth1      Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 00:11:24:28:80:C7
                    ESSID:"<hidden>"
                    Protocol:IEEE 802.11bg
                    Mode:Master
                    Channel:1
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rate:54 Mb/s
                    Extra: Rates (Mb/s): 1 2 5.5 6 9 11 12 18 24 36 48 54
                    Quality=64/100  Signal level=-62 dBm
                    Extra:wpa_ie=dd180050f20101000050f20201000050f20201000050f2020000
                    Extra:rsn_ie=30180100000fac020200000fac04000fac020100000fac020000
                    Extra: Last beacon: 180ms ago
          Cell 02 - Address: 00:17:9A:69:6E:D9
                    ESSID:"bij ons"
                    Protocol:IEEE 802.11bg
                    Mode:Master
                    Channel:6
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rate:54 Mb/s
                    Extra: Rates (Mb/s): 1 2 5.5 6 9 11 12 18 24 36 48 54
                    Quality=91/100  Signal level=-38 dBm
                    Extra:wpa_ie=dd160050f20101000050f20201000050f20201000050f202
                    Extra:rsn_ie=30180100000fac020200000fac02000fac040100000fac020000
                    Extra: Last beacon: 80ms ago
          Cell 03 - Address: 00:1B:11:85:23:F2
                    ESSID:"Rijkeklaren 20"
                    Protocol:IEEE 802.11bg
                    Mode:Master
                    Channel:6
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rate:54 Mb/s
                    Extra: Rates (Mb/s): 1 2 5.5 6 9 11 12 18 24 36 48 54
                    Quality=70/100  Signal level=-58 dBm
                    Extra: Last beacon: 164ms ago
          Cell 04 - Address: 00:1A:2A:B3:B9:D9
                    ESSID:"WiFi_D9"
                    Protocol:IEEE 802.11bg
                    Mode:Master
                    Channel:9
                    Encryption key:off
                    Bit Rate:54 Mb/s
                    Extra: Rates (Mb/s): 1 2 5.5 6 9 11 12 18 22 24 36 48 54
                    Quality=70/100  Signal level=-58 dBm
                    Extra: Last beacon: 60ms ago
My ESSID is Rijkeklaren 20. The 64 bit hex WEP key is "BBBBBBBBBB" (hope the neighbours aren't watching), so I entered this in YaST and selected "hexadecimal".

Any thoughts?
Thanks
 
Old 01-10-2008, 03:48 PM   #2
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just to make sure it is not the module issue turn all security off on the router and have dhcp enabled for the lan settings on router. Turn any WEP, WPA, WPA2, MAC or IP filtering. One wants to make the connection as simply as possible. Then start adding the layers of security back on.

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