[driverloader] Dell BCM4301 802.11b Driver on SuSE 9.0 NotWorking- License is running out..

[Michael J Welker Jr]

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On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 10:46:16 -0800
Charles Love <SuSE-Charles at tntscg.com> wrote:

> So it looks like I now have a wireless IP but cant browse yet..
> 
> IWConfig Pulls Up:
> 
> wlan0     IEEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:"bigsur network"  Nickname:"bigsur
> network"
>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.457GHz  Access Point:
> 00:03:93:E8:9A:13
>           Bit Rate=11Mb/s   Tx-Power=14 dBm
>           RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
>           Encryption key:off
>           Power Management:off
>           Link Quality:1/1  Signal level:-29 dBm  Noise level:-89 dBm
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> 
> and IFConfig Pulls Up
> wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:90:4B:80:C1:65
>           inet addr:192.168.1.101  Bcast:192.168.1.255 
> Mask:255.255.255.0
>           inet6 addr: fe80::290:4bff:fe80:c165/64 Scope:Link
>           UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:6952 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:20 errors:1 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
>           RX bytes:636421 (621.5 Kb)  TX bytes:2074 (2.0 Kb)
> 
> 
> What should I try now?
> 
> --Charles
<snip>
What's your default route?  (route -n)
Is it on the same subnet as your wlan0? (192.168.1.0/24)
Is wlan0 the device on your default route?
Can you ping your default gateway?

It appears the wireless link is up, and you've an IP address, routing is
the next step.

- -- 
Thank you,
Mike

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