Configuring Ma111 Wireless usb adapter under Suse 9.0

[Gallienus]

Since I'm using Suse 9.0 I don't have a rc.local file so instead I put the following lines into my etc/init.d/boot.local file.

sbin/modprobe prism2_usb
wlanctl-ng wlan0 lnxreq_ifstate ifstate=enable
wlanctl-ng wlan0 lnxreq_autojoin ssid=default
authtype=opensystem
ifconfig wlan0 192.168.0.1
netmask 255.255.255.0
broadcast 6
route add default gw 68.80.17.1

When I do lsmod the following are listed
prism2_usb [unsused]
p80211 [prism2_usb]

When I look at boot log I see the following lines regarding the boot.local file
modprobe: modprobe: can't locate module wlan0
wlanctl-ng: No such device
The required arguement 'Authtype' has no value
messege: lnxreq_autojoin ssid='defualt'
authtype=no_value
result-code=no_value
modprobe: modprobe: insmode wlan0=192.168.0 failed

Despite these errors I feel I'm very close to getting this to actually work since the modules prism2_usb and p80211 are loaded. I'm thinking that maybe the only thing that should go into boot.local is the modprobe line and all the rest should be in a file that's called somewhat later in the process.

When I was looking at the device status of my router (I'm using a D-link DI614+) I didn't see anything about broadcast, I saw channel but no broadcast (so I put the channel number on the broadcast line) are they the same thing? Also on the status page under the Wireless section there is a MAC address I also noted a mac address on t he label of the MA111 should I change the mac address of the router to match that of the one on the MA111?

Thanks greatly for your time and any advice and or tips.

[mdwatts]

This might be helpful as it tells you which config files to use in /etc/sysconfig/network .

http://portal.suse.com/sdb/en/2002/11/wavelan.html

I did a search for 'wireless' on the SuSE Knowledgebase.

Have you installed the wireless-tools package included with SuSE? I'm not sure if that package is required or not.

[VoiDeR]

I have the same adapter and its really easy to get set up. Did you add

alias wlan0 prism2_usb prism2_doreset=1

to /etc/modules.conf file. If never used suse so it might be a different file. Also

wlanctl-ng wlan0 lnxreq_autojoin ssid=default 
authtype=opensystem

has to be typed as all one line like this

wlanctl-ng wlan0 lnxreq_autojoin ssid=default authtype=opensystem

[Gallienus]

Okay I've changed this

wlanctl-ng wlan0 lnxreq_autojoin ssid=default authtype=opensystem

so that it's all on one line like it's supposed to be.

This is quoted from the wlan-ng readme, and I've also did this as well

However, we highly recommend setting up a configuration specifically for
your network, using the following method:

0) This example assumes your network name/SSID is "MyHomeNetwork"
1) cp /etc/wlan/wlancfg-DEFAULT /etc/wlan/wlancfg-MyHomeNetwork
2) edit /etc/wlan/wlan.conf and change the SSID_wlan0 line to:
SSID_wlan0="MyHomeNetwork"
3) edit /etc/wlan/wlancfg-MyHomeNetwork, and make any necessary changes
necessary to support your network, such as WEP and whatnot.

I've also added the following line to my modules.conf file

alias wlan0 prism2_usb

and still I'm getting the error wlanctl-ng: no such device.

Any help will be greatly appreciated

[VoiDeR]

Ok try doing this:
1. Unplug the adapter
2. at the command line type
modprobe prism2_usb
3. Check and make sure that the modules loaded with lsmod it should show
prism2_usb
p80211
4. Plug in the adapter
5. at the commandline type all one line
wlanctl-ng wlan0 lnxreq_ifstate ifstate=enable
6. at the commandline type all one line
wlanctl-ng wlan0 wlanctl-ng wlan0 lnxreq_autojoin ssid=*what ever your ssid is here* authtype=opensystem
7. ifconfig wlan0 *what ever ip address you use*

I have gotten it to work under Gentoo, Debian, Slackware and a few others. Also what version of linux-wlan-ng are you useing.

VoiDeR

[Gallienus]

Okay I unplugged the MA111 then plugged it back in and typed in the command lsmod and got these pertinent entries

prism2_usb 62948 0 [unused]
p80211 18404 0 [unused]
usbcore 58668 1 [usbserial usb_uhci prism2_usb]

I typed in the command
modprobe prism2_usb

then typed in the wlanctl-ng lines exactly as they were in your post and got wlanctl-ng : no such device. both times
I tried the ifconfig wlan0 command and got siocsifaddr: No such device
wlan0: unknown inteface: No such device.

In my wlan-ng changlog the last entry was for pre9 and after looking at the linux-wlan.org website it seems I'm way out of date. I guess the first thing to do will be to update my version of linux-wlan

[VoiDeR]

Do you have wlan running? at the commandline type
/etc/init.d/wlan restart
then go though and do what i said before. This might be different with suse. Im in the middle of downloading suse 9. When its down ill play with it and see what i can find out. Ill Keep ya posted.

VoiDeR

[Gallienus]

no but I have tried the command

restart network

Okay this is odd, I tired the wlan0 restart command and it told me no such file or directory. So I did a search for wlan0 starting at / . I did the search as root, and it did not find any files. I'm still pretty much a newbie but I thought there was a file for everything on linux including something like wlan0? Shouldn't there be a wlan0 file some where?

[mdwatts]

I do not have any wireless devices, so I'm not sure if wlan0 exist in the system service directory (/etc/init.d).

For restarting the network.

/etc/init.d/network restart (also stop|start)

Perhaps VoiDeR means

ifdn wlan0

ifup wlan0

or

ifconfig wlan0 down

ifconfig wlan0 up

[Gallienus]

Just to let everyone know.....I downloaded and compiled the latest wlan driver and it worked flawlessly.

Thanks for all your help.

[VoiDeR]

Thats great!! Im going to give suse a try anyway if i can get the installer to work.

Congrats
VoiDeR

[Gallienus]

Are you having trouble with bad files? I think I had to restart the installation twice because it would get to 2 or 5% and report a corrupted file.

[VoiDeR]

No its asking for the ip address for the ftp but when i enter
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/9.0
it tells me that its invalid format. It wants a xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx address which i cant find anywhere.

VoiDeR

[mdwatts]

Originally posted by VoiDeR
It wants a xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx address which i cant find anywhere.

ping ftp.suse.com

PING ftp.suse.com (195.135.221.130) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from ftp.suse.com (195.135.221.130): icmp_seq=1 ttl=238 time=185 ms
64 bytes from ftp.suse.com (195.135.221.130): icmp_seq=2 ttl=238 time=216 ms
64 bytes from ftp.suse.com (195.135.221.130): icmp_seq=3 ttl=238 time=186 ms
64 bytes from ftp.suse.com (195.135.221.130): icmp_seq=4 ttl=238 time=181 ms

--- ftp.suse.com ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 4 received, 20% packet loss, time 4005ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 181.801/192.503/216.748/14.099 ms

[VoiDeR]

Wow Y didnt i think of that. Thanks mdwatts

VoiDeR