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Re: [SLE] yast and 2 interfaces ( 9.1 )
- From: "Kai Ponte" <kai@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 05:23:46 -0700
- Message-id: <E1EHhA2-0005Oq-C4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Finally got dsl at home so obtained a wlan card to use there.
> Need cat5 eth0 at work ( NB laptop ). wlan at home running
> dhcp. Yast seems incapable ot setting the two interfaces up. It
> either copies static eth0 IPs to the wlan cfg file ( when
> specifically told not to etc etc ). Tried scpm with boot options
> but that also seemed unreliable. Have now resorted to editing
> the settings in /etc/sysconfig/network manually for the two
> interfaces and will try again this evening. Is there a known
> problem with yast regarding this?
Simple answer: Dump 9.1 and get 9.3 or wait for 10.0. Otherwise you're
wasting your time. From all I've read, 9.1 is pathetic at wireless
support. You might be able to get it working but only under a
compatibility mode. 9.3 OTOH, works like a charm out of the box.
--
kai ponte
www.perfectreign.com
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> Need cat5 eth0 at work ( NB laptop ). wlan at home running
> dhcp. Yast seems incapable ot setting the two interfaces up. It
> either copies static eth0 IPs to the wlan cfg file ( when
> specifically told not to etc etc ). Tried scpm with boot options
> but that also seemed unreliable. Have now resorted to editing
> the settings in /etc/sysconfig/network manually for the two
> interfaces and will try again this evening. Is there a known
> problem with yast regarding this?
Simple answer: Dump 9.1 and get 9.3 or wait for 10.0. Otherwise you're
wasting your time. From all I've read, 9.1 is pathetic at wireless
support. You might be able to get it working but only under a
compatibility mode. 9.3 OTOH, works like a charm out of the box.
--
kai ponte
www.perfectreign.com
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