Wifi on openSUSE

[FFCookie]

I wish to try Linux opensuse, I burn a Live CD. Everything works except the internet connection. I can not activate the Wifi. My card is a bcm4318 Broadcom Corporation. I can not connect by wifi, because the router is too far. Following error is displayed:

/ Usr/share/doc/packages/bcm43xx-fwcutter
/ Usr/share/man/man1/bcm43xx-fwcutter.1.gz
/ Usr/bin/bcm43xx-fwcutter
/ Lib/modules/2.6.22.5-31-default/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx
/ Lib/modules/2.6.22.5-31-default/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx.ko
/ Sys/module/bcm43xx
/ Sys/module/firmware_class/holders/bcm43xx
/ Sys/module/ieee80211softmac/holders/bcm43xx
/ Sys/module/ieee80211/holders/bcm43xx
/ Sys/kernel/debug/bcm43xx
/ Sys/bus/pci/drivers/bcm43xx

What to do with all that to activate the module. Please help.

[Simond]

It's part of basic safety rules when you have a wireless network:
- If your router distributes IP addresses (DHCP) is a problem less for an intruder. (In static, it can not know your address map on a local network you do what you want).
- If your router transmits the frame in the network name (SSID) is a second problem less.
- It is also recommended to filter mac addresses and use WPA encryption.
Well, all that stops a pro, but it seriously slows down already.

[Paxton]

I decided to install openSUSE on / dev/sda6 (in ReiserFS), use the swap on / dev/sda7 and install GRUB on / dev/sda6. The installation was successful, but the graphics card in my machine, a GeForce 8800 GT, was not detected and I have not had the opportunity to adjust my screen resolution in YaST. The home screen, certainly GDM, which has not been displayed and not reconfigure X. Org nothing changed. So I rebooted to see if it changed anything, and I found myself with a black screen just after the diagnostic page of the BIOS. Using a CD of Arch Linux and reinstalling GRUB I tried again to boot openSUSE, but I'm stuck in one place and I gave up.

[Quentin]

These tests are purely subjective. I certainly book some raw data but the main interest for me lay in the feeling. Indeed, these tests were not a whim on my part but have a specific purpose: I have a multi-boot pc (only distros GNU / Linux) OS with Ubuntu and two other main OS for different tests and specific developments. I change every two Ubuntu versions and I want to reinstall everything. Of course, I have a number of criteria and reasons to choose one OS over another or one architecture over another, etc. The support of my wifi is excellent, nothing to say drivers ralink are free, like the sound card which I had nothing to do except the fedora, it still, where no sound could escape speakers.

[Venator]

First step, enable the wireless card:
ip link set wlan0 up
Then we will retrieve the list of wireless transmitters captured:

iwlist scan 2> / dev / null | grep ESSID

You should have found your access point and it will then have to say from whom you want to connect (whatever the key for now, do not put quotes around the SSID):

iwconfig wlan0 essid iwconfig wlan0 MaBox & & | grep ESSID

Note : the second command to verify that the change is recorded.