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[Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@xxxxxxxxx>]

I have a fresh installation of OpenSuSE 11.0 on a laptop.  I am almost a SuSE 
newbie and am flummoxed.

The laptop has two network cards: an ethernet card and a wireless card.  If 
the ethernet card is plugged in at boot it works fine on DHCP and can connect 
to the internet. 

If the wireless card is the only interface plugged in at boot, it is 
connecting to the router and being assigned an IP.  It can then ping the 
router and the router can ping it.  It cannot however connect to the 
internet.  This does not appear to be a DNS problem, since it cannot reach 
the internet by IP either.  

I am completely unfamiliar with NetworkManager, but can see no way of 
persuading it to connect fully with the wireless card.

The Ethernet connection sometimes hotplugs and sometimes doesn't.

It is the wireless connection that is crucial.  It must connect via DHCP to a 
school system with a known SSID, but unknown gateway and DNS server(s).

TIA
Lisi


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