On 12/23/2009 05:16 AM, Stan Goodman pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
At 02:10:42 on Wednesday Wednesday 23 December 2009, "Ken Schneider - openSUSE" <suse-list3@bout-tyme.net> wrote:
On 12/22/2009 07:00 PM, Stan Goodman pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
At 00:39:18 on Wednesday Wednesday 23 December 2009, "Ken Schneider -
openSUSE" <suse-list3@bout-tyme.net> wrote:
On 12/22/2009 04:49 PM, Stan Goodman pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
Until now, I have been using my notebook machine with a wired connection to a router. Today I tried to use its wireless controller (Intel 5300), but failed.
The controller is recognized by openSuSE, and I was able to configure it (I don't swear that I configured it correctly). Since it was seen without any action from me, apparently its driver is also in the kernel. But I was surprised that I didn't have to apply the firmware to it; I don't see how YaST could have managed that; perhaps that's why I have not been able to reach the network through this interface.
The configuration screen contained many more options than what I see in the Network Services screens, and I don't know how to find those configuration screens so I could post here what I did at that stage, the details of which I do not remember entirely.
Help?
Let's cover some of the obvious.
Correct SSID set Correct auth type set and passwd.
Those were points that I left empty, hoping to come back to them. But I don't see how to find where they are.
Meaning you don't know what they are or where they are set in the wireless router.
Previous sentence should have ended with a question mark, sorry.
I know what the SSID is in the router; I have verified it by opening the router's configuration in its web server. I left it blank in the WiFi card's configuration because I wasn't sure how to handle it in the case of access to networks other than my own. I have gone through this with another laptop machine (now deceased), but I don't remember what I did then. And now that the card's configuration dialog is gone, I don't find how to bring it back, or where to enter the missing items.
In the configuration, I set authorization type to "Managed". I configured with ifup, but it is set now for Network Manager.
As James has pointed out you will need to use NetworkManager to configure the connection. Perhaps it works now and is reliable. In the past it has been a pain in the ass to get working and keep working. Well at least at home where I have network ID broadcast turned off.
The LAN is not set for either WEP or WPA; neither is necessary in my situation.
OK, you will still need to set the SSID to connect to the network. -- Ken Schneider SuSe since Version 5.2, June 1998 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org