Thank you Marc, Things are more clear but cannot yet connect to network; when I ask for network configuration in Yast I chose so to install network with ifup (traditional method); than I enter parameters for the hardware (AMBIT Msys Aspire 3022WLMI) it is furnished with a BCM4318 Wireless LAN controller, pilot is bcm43xx, but once all that done, surprisingly I have no panel to enter specific wireless parameters like execution mode, parameters for encryption , etc...Worst, iwlist is unable to find any access point: if I do:
iwlist scan I have as remply for each interfaces: Interface doesn't support scanning Any suggestion? Thank you in advance Michel --- Marc Chamberlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michel Maria-Sube wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I'm working with Suse10.2 on a Acer Ferrari serie > > laptop 64b furnished with a Broadcom BCM4318 and > this > > hardware fails to connect with a router for > wireless > > access. Once installed I have: > > > > ifconfig -a > > eth0 Lien encap:Ethernet HWaddr > > 00:16:36:24:FC:51 > > UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 > Metric:1 > > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 > overruns:0 > > frame:0 > > TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 > overruns:0 > > carrier:0 > > collisions:0 lg file transmission:1000 > > RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) > > Interruption:233 > > > > eth1 Lien encap:Ethernet HWaddr > > 00:14:A4:3C:E2:52 > > BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 > overruns:0 > > frame:0 > > TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 > overruns:0 > > carrier:0 > > collisions:0 lg file transmission:1000 > > RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) > > Interruption:11 Adresse de base:0xc000 > > > > lo Lien encap:Boucle locale > > inet adr:127.0.0.1 Masque:255.0.0.0 > > UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 > > RX packets:251 errors:0 dropped:0 > overruns:0 > > frame:0 > > TX packets:251 errors:0 dropped:0 > overruns:0 > > carrier:0 > > collisions:0 lg file transmission:0 > > RX bytes:20033 (19.5 Kb) TX bytes:20033 > > (19.5 Kb) > > > > To be connected I'm using ndiswrapper, doing: > > > > ndiswrapper -i acer*/80211g-x64/WL*/bcmwl5.inf > > installing bcmwl5 ... > > forcing parameter IBSSGMode from 0 to 2 > > > > then I'm doing: > > modprobe ndiswrapper > > > > No change occur on the list whem I'm typing again: > > ifconfig -a > > > > When I'm trying to set up eth0 or eth1, I have an > > answer to say that both interfaces are managed by > > knetworkmanager; but this utility himself is > unable to > > detect any wireless network!! > > > > What can I do? Reinstall Suse without > kNetwokManager? > > Or create a new interface which is not managed by > > kNetworkManager? But how to proceed?? > > > > Thank you in advance for sugestions > > Regards > > Michel > > > Michel - From the perspective of another user, (not > a developer) I too > am using a laptop with a Broadcom chip and > ndiswrapper. (also using > bcmw15.inf) I gave up on trying to use > KNetworkManager. Never could get > it to do anything. Combined with the fact that > KNetworkManager does not > get up an running until the desktop is active and I > need my wifi up an > running during boot up (so I could automatically do > things like set my > clock automatically, mount file systems, etc) made > me go back to using > the "traditional" ifup and ifdown methods. You don't > need to reinstall > SuSE either, if you chose to abandon KNetworkManager > like I did, just > go in to Yast and select the traditional method for > network setup and > that will get you there, disabling KNetworkManager > in the process. The > downside of this is that I have to maintain a number > of separate ifcfg > files in /etc/sysconfig/network for each of the > networks I use. I have a > simple (higlyly customized) script that I wrote that > allows me to swap > them with the ifcfg-wlan0 file as I need to, but you > can do it manually > quite easily... > > IMHO If Linux wants to ever become user friendly for > novices, it > desperately needs something like Microsoft's network > manager which can > automatically discover networks, remember how to > connect to em, and do > so seamlessly. Maybe KNetworkManager will grow up > someday and become > that tool for us.... (or maybe it has and if so > perhaps some kind guru > will show us the way to the light... The > KNetworkManager's GUI itself > and its documentation sure doesn't. > > Marc.. > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
