[clue-tech] Lost my WLAN device

[Christopher J Pomasl]

On 03/27/2010 04:58 PM, David L. Anselmi wrote:
> Christopher J Pomasl wrote:
>   
>> Any good advice as to how to get my device back so I can get this
>> configured?  I remember I had to jump through some hoops to get it
>> working on Suse 11.1 and also 10.2. I think I messed something up when I
>> was fishing for the right driver.
>>     
> 1) Next time you jump through hoops, write down what you did so you can do it again.
>
> 2) Don't muck with the driver to solve connection problems unless you have proof that you have the 
> wrong driver and that it is causing the problem.
>
> 3) Knowing that you messed up the driver, ask us (or Google) how to get the right driver for your 
> device.  If you'd told us you had a BCM4321 (with the implied SUSE 11.2) we'd have said:
>
> http://en.opensuse.org/HCL/Network_Adapters_(Wireless)/Broadcom_BCM43xx#Broadcom_STA_Driver
>
> tells you how to install the driver.  If the easy way doesn't work, use the rest of the info to 
> figure out why and file a bug with the SUSE people.  You can ask back here if you don't understand 
> the rest of the info.
>
> 4) Tell us what you did and what happened so others will know how you fixed it.
>
> HTH,
> Dave
>   
Apparently the linux driver I downloaded did the trick BUT it didn't
really register to the machine UNTIL I ran the config tool for Suse,
Yast.  Once I started the network device tool, the machine's light lit
up and was able to configure the card successfully.  Strangely it set up
the card on eth1 instead of wlan0, but that's only strange because it
has always been wlan0.  There must have been a conflict between the
linux driver and the ndis driver I tried to install and installing the
new linux driver resolved that issue.

I did need to set the routing address in the configuration.  It seems to
me that DHCP should set that value through the wireless ssid connection,
but it didn't.  I couldn't connect to the 'net until I populated that
setting.  I had to do this last time also so I'm wondering if it is an
anomaly of the wireless router.  It's a Belkin router but I am running
DD-WRT instead of the OEM firmware.

In any case I am up and running and thanks to Collins and David.

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