After replacing rt2500pci.ko that came with opensuse with rt2500.ko built from sources from the rt2×00.serialmonkey project http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page as described here: http://linux.wordpress.com/2007/03/20/opensuse-102-and-rt2x00-wireless-cards... I am able to get my rt2500 card to work in open unencrypted mode. However if I want to use wpapsk and a set it using yast\network devices\ network card\traditional ifup method, then the resulting config file, /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-wlan-id-00:0e:2e:ab:a5:66ifcfg-wlan-id-00:0e:2e:ab:a5:66 (this file is shown below.) does not work. Network is unreachable. However if I execute these commands from root: iwconfig wlan0 mode managed iwpriv wlan0 set AuthMode=WPAPSK iwpriv wlan0 set EncrypType=TKIP iwpriv wlan0 set WPAPSK="not my real password example only" iwconfig wlan0 essid "PAULNET" dhcpcd -n Then the card does work! The ifcfg-wireless commands and varriables are not well documented. So my question is how do i modify the file, /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-wlan-id-00:0e:2e:ab:a5:66ifcfg-wlan-id-00:0e:2e:ab:a5:66 so that encrypted wireless networking comes up correctly without my intervention? Contents of /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-wlan-id-00:0e:2e:ab:a5:66ifcfg-wlan-id-00:0e:2e:ab:a5:66 below: --------CUT HERE WITH A CHAINSAW------------------- BOOTPROTO='dhcp' BROADCAST='' ETHTOOL_OPTIONS='' IFPLUGD_PRIORITY='10' IPADDR='' MTU='' NAME='RaLink RT2500 802.11g Cardbus/mini-PCI' NETMASK='' NETWORK='' REMOTE_IPADDR='' STARTMODE='ifplugd' UNIQUE='2nea.+B3rMJ0ewN6' USERCONTROL='yes' WIRELESS_AP='' WIRELESS_AUTH_MODE='psk' WIRELESS_BITRATE='auto' WIRELESS_CA_CERT='' WIRELESS_CHANNEL='' WIRELESS_CLIENT_CERT='' WIRELESS_CLIENT_KEY='' WIRELESS_CLIENT_KEY_PASSWORD='' WIRELESS_DEFAULT_KEY='0' WIRELESS_EAP_AUTH='' WIRELESS_EAP_MODE='' WIRELESS_ESSID='PAULNET' WIRELESS_FREQUENCY='' WIRELESS_KEY='' WIRELESS_KEY_0='not my real password just an example' WIRELESS_KEY_1='' WIRELESS_KEY_2='' WIRELESS_KEY_3='' WIRELESS_KEY_LENGTH='128' WIRELESS_MODE='Managed' WIRELESS_NICK='' WIRELESS_NWID='' WIRELESS_PEAP_VERSION='' WIRELESS_POWER='yes' WIRELESS_WPA_ANONID='' WIRELESS_WPA_IDENTITY='' WIRELESS_WPA_PASSWORD='' WIRELESS_WPA_PSK='not my real password just an example' _nm_name='bus-pci-0000:06:00.0' --------CUT HERE WITH A CHAINSAW------------------- -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelliott@io.com PMB 181, 11900 Metric Blvd Suite J http://www.io.com/~pelliott/pme/ Austin TX 78758-3117