[olug] Getting wireless running

[Thomas D. Williamson]

I got an Acer Aspire a while back. I have been trying to get the  
wireless interface to work. When I found out what card was in it I was  
able to install what appears to be the right module through an RPM I  
found on the openSuSE forum. When I am in Network Settings -YaST, the  
correct network card shows up (by the MAC address), and when I set the  
access point and the key to access, everything looks correct. It  
appears in the next work tools, and when I use that to ping the  
router, access point, or other computers in the home network, there  
are no packets returned.

I also went to the Network Connections to see if there was something  
there that could be used to get the connection set up. I went through  
that, only when I entered the key to the access point, I am asked for  
the keyring password, I first just entered it blank, and was told the  
password failed. I tried the root password and that failed as well. I  
was not asked to set this when I installed openSuSE 11.4. I looked for  
methods to either set one or delete it, but none of the suggestions I  
found seemed to get me there. When I tried to open  
gnome-keyring-manager, I was told there is no file of that name. I  
tried another method to clear .gnome2/keyrings/, but returned that the  
directory was not found.

I also thought I might be having a problem with my home connections,  
so I went to a public location. The windows OS found it fine and  
connected, just like at home, but openSuSE found the access point, but  
did not connect.

This is a Broadcomm BCM43255 802.11 b/g/n controller.

Any ideas on how to get this working?

Thanks,

Tom Williamson

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