Bug 115178 - Unable to stay connected to a wireless network using ndiswrapper
Summary: Unable to stay connected to a wireless network using ndiswrapper
Status: VERIFIED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: SUSE LINUX 10.0
Classification: openSUSE
Component: Network (show other bugs)
Version: Beta 4
Hardware: i686 SUSE Other
: P5 - None : Normal
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Assignee: Joachim Gleissner
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Reported: 2005-09-03 20:24 UTC by Brad Nagel
Modified: 2007-06-05 10:05 UTC (History)
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Found By: Beta-Customer
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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.