Suse: 11.2 Notebook COMPAG Presario WLAN-Verbindung

Hallo,
wer kann mir Informationen geben, wie ich o.g. Notebook für eine WLAN-Verbindung einrichten muss?
Bitte Schritt für Schritt. Dabei die sog. WIRELESS-Taste berücksichtigen oder nicht?
SuSE 11.2
Linux Kernel 2.6.31.5
CPU AMD Dual core QL 62
WLAN-Chip ATHEROS 5001
Grafic NVIDIA GeForce 8200

linux-9r57:/home/werner # hwinfo --wlan
23: PCI 700.0: 0282 WLAN controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_168c_1c
  Unique ID: y9sn.9AnOduZyIOF
  Parent ID: MZfG.K0fHNnB0W84
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/0000:07:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:07:00.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Atheros AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter"
  Vendor: pci 0x168c "Atheros Communications Inc."
  Device: pci 0x001c "AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter"
  SubVendor: pci 0x103c "Hewlett-Packard Company"
  SubDevice: pci 0x137b
  Revision: 0x01
  Driver: "ath5k"
  Driver Modules: "ath5k"
  Device File: wlan0
  Features: WLAN
  Memory Range: 0xc2000000-0xc200ffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 23 (no events)
  HW Address: 00:24:2b:20:c4:7b
  WLAN channels: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
  WLAN frequencies: 2.412 2.417 2.422 2.427 2.432 2.437 2.442 2.447 2.452 2.457 2.462 2.467 2.472
  WLAN encryption modes: WEP40 WEP104 TKIP CCMP
  WLAN authentication modes: open sharedkey wpa-psk wpa-eap
  Module Alias: "pci:v0000168Cd0000001Csv0000103Csd0000137Bbc02sc00i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: ath5k is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe ath5k"
  Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #16 (PCI bridge)

linux-9r57:/home/werner # lspci
00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Memory Controller (rev a2)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation Device 075e (rev a2)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] SMBus (rev a1)
00:01.3 Co-processor: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Co-Processor (rev a2)
00:01.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] OHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a1)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev a1)
00:04.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] OHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a1)
00:04.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev a1)
00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] IDE (rev a1)
00:07.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP72XE/MCP72P/MCP78U/MCP78S High Definition Audio (rev a1)
00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Bridge (rev a1)
00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] SATA Controller (non-AHCI mode) (rev a2)
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation MCP77 Ethernet (rev a2)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
00:14.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Bridge (rev a1)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Mobile K10 [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] HyperTransport Configuration (rev 40)
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Mobile K10 [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Mobile K10 [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] Miscellaneous Control
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Mobile K10 [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] Link Control
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C77 [GeForce 8200M G] (rev a2)
07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
linux-9r57:/home/werner #

linux-9r57:/home/werner # ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  Hardware Adresse 00:1F:16:61:27:E5
          inet Adresse:192.168.178.21  Bcast:192.168.178.255  Maske:255.255.255.0
          inet6 Adresse: fe80::21f:16ff:fe61:27e5/64 Gültigkeitsbereich:Verbindung
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:682 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:569 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 Sendewarteschlangenlänge:1000
          RX bytes:283139 (276.5 Kb)  TX bytes:153047 (149.4 Kb)
          Interrupt:26 Basisadresse:0xa000

lo        Link encap:Lokale Schleife
          inet Adresse:127.0.0.1  Maske:255.0.0.0
          inet6 Adresse: ::1/128 Gültigkeitsbereich:Maschine
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:116 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:116 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 Sendewarteschlangenlänge:0
          RX bytes:7968 (7.7 Kb)  TX bytes:7968 (7.7 Kb)

inux-9r57:/home/werner # iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wmaster0  no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:""
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated
          Tx-Power=off
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

Falls noch weitere Angaben benötigt werden, kein Problem!

Gruß

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