Bug 115178

Summary:	Unable to stay connected to a wireless network using ndiswrapper
Product:	[openSUSE] SUSE LINUX 10.0	Reporter:	Brad Nagel <bradnagel>
Component:	Network	Assignee:	Joachim Gleissner <joachim.gleissner>
Status:	VERIFIED FIXED	QA Contact:	E-mail List <qa-bugs>
Severity:	Normal
Priority:	P5 - None
Version:	Beta 4
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	i686
OS:	SUSE Other
Whiteboard:
Found By:	Beta-Customer	Services Priority:
Business Priority:		Blocker:	---
Marketing QA Status:	---	IT Deployment:	---

Description Brad Nagel 2005-09-03 20:24:29 UTC

In SuSE 9.3 using ndiswrapper and Windows XP drivers I was able to connect to my
wireless DSL modem without problems. In 10.0 Beta 4 I can about do the same
thing but I'm having one issue. Just as the card connects a second later the
connection drops. It will do this over and over. I checked and made sure that
the settings in 10.0 were the same as 9.3 and I didn't see anything different.

Here is a picture of KWiFIManager connection status showing it making a
connection then dropping it.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v225/Spaz007/snapshot2.jpg

Comment 1 Joachim Gleissner 2005-09-05 09:32:30 UTC

Does it help when you add PREFER_WPA_SUPPLICANT='no' 
to /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-wlan-*?

Comment 2 Brad Nagel 2005-09-05 22:37:49 UTC

(In reply to comment #1)
> Does it help when you add PREFER_WPA_SUPPLICANT='no' 
> to /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-wlan-*? 

No, it didn't act any different after I made the change and rebooted.

Comment 3 Brad Nagel 2005-09-10 02:30:07 UTC

Well I installed RC1 today and I can connect to my DSL modem now. So I guess
what ever the issue was in Beta 4 has been fixed in RC1.

Comment 4 Brad Nagel 2005-09-10 07:56:29 UTC

Upgrading Ndiswrapper from version 1.2 to 1.3rc1 was what really fixed the
problem. After doing a reinstall I had the same problem once again even with
RC1. After watching what YaST was installing from a few ftp sites I seen it
update Ndiswrapper and right after that I could use my wireless card.