configuracion wireless sony vaio

Buenas tengo una portatil sony vaio y le acabo de instalar suse 10.1 y no he podido configurar el internet inalambrico, he estado leyendo los foros sobre este tema y aun asi nada, si alguien me puede ayudar le agradezco gracias.

Tengo un router netgear, asigna las ip automaticas.
tarjeta de red
por el YAST me aparece:
IntelPRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection

Cuando escribo el comando ifconfig me sale esto

linux:/home/mario_giraldo # ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:13:A9:48:9E : D1
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:190 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:190 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:13440 (13.1 Kb) TX bytes:13440 (13.1 Kb)

linux:/home/mario_giraldo # iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

sit0 no wireless extensions.

linux:/home/mario_giraldo # route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
loopback * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo

Gracias de antemano

verificando la salida con hwinfo --netcard como me indico da como resultado esto:

linux:/home/mario_giraldo # hwinfo --netcard
27: PCI 600.0: 0282 WLAN controller
[Created at pci.300]
UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_4222
Unique ID: vTuk.eapM6Mqd691
Parent ID: hoOk.dFyVbcq0vm4
SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.2/0000:06:00.0
SysFS BusID: 0000:06:00.0
Hardware Class: network
Model: "Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection"
Vendor: pci 0x8086 "Intel Corporation"
Device: pci 0x4222 "PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection"
SubVendor: pci 0x8086 "Intel Corporation"
SubDevice: pci 0x1050
Revision: 0x02
Driver: "ipw3945"
Features: WLAN
Memory Range: 0xcc000000-0xcc000fff (rw,non-prefetchable)
IRQ: 185 (25254 events)
Module Alias: "pci:v00008086d00004222sv00008086sd00001050bc02sc8 0 i00"
Driver Info #0:
Driver Status: ipw3945 is active
Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe ipw3945"
Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Attached to: #14 (PCI bridge)

31: PCI a08.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
[Created at pci.300]
UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_1092
Unique ID: rBUF.5suO_9ekl50
Parent ID: 6NW+.15wDFFx4xAC
SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:0a:08.0
SysFS BusID: 0000:0a:08.0
Hardware Class: network
Model: "Sony Ethernet controller"
Vendor: pci 0x8086 "Intel Corporation"
Device: pci 0x1092
SubVendor: pci 0x104d "Sony Corporation"
SubDevice: pci 0x81ef
Revision: 0x02
Driver: "e100"
Device File: eth0
Memory Range: 0xd2005000-0xd2005fff (rw,non-prefetchable)
I/O Ports: 0x6000-0x6fff (rw)
IRQ: 74 (50 events)
HW Address: 00:13:a9:48:9e:d1
Link detected: no
Module Alias: "pci:v00008086d00001092sv0000104Dsd000081EFbc02sc0 0 i00"
Driver Info #0:
Driver Status: e100 is active
Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe e100"
Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Attached to: #21 (PCI bridge)