Re: Wireless card initial use (newbie) (9.2)?
From: ac (aecnews_at_candt.demon.co.uk)
Date: 02/23/05
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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 23:17:07 +0000
ac wrote:
> I have just installed a netgear wg511 v2 (pcmcia) into a dell Inspiron
> laptop with suse 9.2 apparently without problems - it was immediately
> recognised by yast and I took the default options of dhcp.
>
> However, I can see nothing in menus etc which suggest how I should
> initiate a scan for signals etc, and do not know if some things will
> happen automatically.
>
> I see that the status light on the card does not show, and I expect it
> to be flashing while scanning and probably steady when connected (?)
>
> Yast lists 'Wireless tools' as already being installed, but I can't see
> anything to indicate what actions I should now take.
>
> Maybe I need to install a utility or two now?
>
> fwiw I do not expect a signal in this location - but I would like to
> know what to do etc when I do find one...... :-)
>
> I would appreciate suggestions about all this. tia
Thanks for your comments. Although the card is recognised in yast and I
have configured it as dhcp, It does not seem to be doing much. I also
installed Kwifi-manager it was on one of the cds.
When it is not in range of a wireless network it is all dead. When it is
in a good signal range, the Kwifi-manager window has the top title bar
showing a scrollling effect, but the window content shows no signal
strength even with a good signal, although the 'scanning' box is
apparently being refreshed or started and restarted etc.
In a friends house I could not connect with (suse linux). His network
used encryption ( WPA ?? - it was not WEP anyway), but I did not
understand the kwifi manager configuration entries, so it almost
certainly did not get configured in kwifi manager properly.
Is there a newbies guide to using this anywhere?
When I got home I tried iwconfig but nothing was configured, strange.
What am I missing?
I am hoping for some indication of a nearby network, with any basic
information displayed such as network name etc etc, and signal strength.
Should I see something like that when in a good signal area?
What should I see if there is no network nearby?
What can I do (in yast maybe?) to end up with useful results from iwconfig?
I note that my netgear card is indicated as WG511 v2 (note v2) I hope
this is ok for similar success as others I have seen posting.
I had kifi installed at one stage, but removed it later.
Suggestions would be appreciated.
-- AlanC
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