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[Aaron Siegel <bulk_mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello

I been have a lot of problems with my network cards in OpenSUSE 10.  I am 
running OpenSUSE 10 on a laptop with IBM 82801DB PRO/100 VE (MOB) Ethernet 
Controller and AIRONET Wireless Cisco Aironet Wireless 802.11b. Sometimes 
when I boot the system my wireless card is not configured correctly. The 
command 
	#ifconfig up 
produces an error 
	up: error fetching interface information: Device not found
but eth0 is in the configured is found in the out put of  dmesg
	e100: eth0: e100_probe: addr 0xc0204000, irq 11, MAC addr 00:09:6B:CD:D7:7F

YaST2 confiuration creates two configuration for the wireless card one that is 
configured with the following settings:

	AIRONET Wireless Cisco Aironet Wireless 802.11b
	Device Name: wlan-id-00:02:8a:9f:4c:61
	 IP address assigned using DHCP
	Started automatically at boot

and another device  is not configured:

	AIRONET Wireless Cisco Aironet Wireless 802.11b
	The device is not configured (
	Press Edit to configure
	
After pressing Edit the configure and the "Configuration Name" for the device 
is made up of the PCI bus address, bus-pci-0000:02:02.0, rather than the MAC 
address.

Bellow is the configuration for the 
eth0 /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-wlan-id-00:02:8a:9f:4c:61
----------------------------------------
BOOTPROTO='dhcp'
BROADCAST=''
IPADDR=''
MTU=''
NAME='AIRONET Wireless Cisco Aironet Wireless 802.11b'
NETMASK=''
NETWORK=''
REMOTE_IPADDR=''
STARTMODE='auto'
UNIQUE='rBUF.XXRzaImhVKA'
USERCONTROL='yes'
WIRELESS_AP=''
WIRELESS_AUTH_MODE='open'
WIRELESS_BITRATE='auto'
WIRELESS_CA_CERT=''
WIRELESS_CHANNEL=''
WIRELESS_CLIENT_CERT=''
WIRELESS_DEFAULT_KEY='0'
WIRELESS_ESSID=''
WIRELESS_FREQUENCY=''
WIRELESS_KEY=''
WIRELESS_KEY_0=''
WIRELESS_KEY_1=''
WIRELESS_KEY_2=''
WIRELESS_KEY_3=''
WIRELESS_KEY_LENGTH='128'
WIRELESS_MODE='Managed'
WIRELESS_NICK=''
WIRELESS_NWID=''
WIRELESS_POWER='yes'
WIRELESS_WPA_IDENTITY=''
WIRELESS_WPA_PASSWORD=''
WIRELESS_WPA_PSK=''
_nm_name='bus-pci-0000:02:02.0'
---------------------------------------------------------

. I am unable to delete the card that does not have its IP configured.  So 
configure the unconfigured instance of the wlan card with the device name of 
ifcfg-wlan-bus-pci-0000:02:02.0.  
The /etc/network/ifcfg-wlan-bus-pci-0000:02:02.0
--------------------------------------------------------
BOOTPROTO='dhcp'
BROADCAST=''
IPADDR=''
MTU=''
NAME='AIRONET Wireless Cisco Aironet Wireless 802.11b'
NETMASK=''
NETWORK=''
REMOTE_IPADDR=''
STARTMODE='auto'
UNIQUE='LHB6.XZsr+ZxeFZF'
USERCONTROL='yes'
WIRELESS_AP=''
WIRELESS_AUTH_MODE='open'
WIRELESS_BITRATE='auto'
WIRELESS_CA_CERT=''
WIRELESS_CHANNEL=''
WIRELESS_CLIENT_CERT=''
WIRELESS_DEFAULT_KEY='0'
WIRELESS_ESSID=''
WIRELESS_FREQUENCY=''
WIRELESS_KEY=''
WIRELESS_KEY_0=''
WIRELESS_KEY_1=''
WIRELESS_KEY_2=''
WIRELESS_KEY_3=''
WIRELESS_KEY_LENGTH='128'
WIRELESS_MODE='Managed'
WIRELESS_NICK=''
WIRELESS_NWID=''
WIRELESS_POWER='yes'
WIRELESS_WPA_IDENTITY=''
WIRELESS_WPA_PASSWORD=''
WIRELESS_WPA_PSK=''
_nm_name='bus-pci-0000:02:02.0'
-----------------------------------------------
I try the ifconfig command again
	# ifconfig eth0 up
and receive the following message
	eth0: unknown interface: No such device

Problem Resolution

To get the card work, I must reboot delete both of the configuration files, 
ifcfg-wlan-bus-pci-0000:02:02.0 and ifcfg-wlan-id-00:02:8a:9f:4c:61. The I 
reboot the computer. 

I do not understand how or what configure the network cards.  There are there 
different interfaces, YaST, ifconfig,  and Kinternet, which all seem to work 
against each other. What do I need to do to get this to work?

I am also have problem with the printer, I have to configure it with CUP 
interface every time I reboot. Something keeps deleting the printer. but that 
for a different post. 

Thank You
Aaron Siegel