On Sat, 9 Nov 2019 20:18:29 +0100 "Carlos E. R." <robin.listas@telefonica.net> wrote:
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On 09/11/2019 18.35, Dave Howorth wrote:
I'm a complete noob when it comes to wireless!
I just turned wireless on on my openSUSE PC (Leap 15.0) in order to be able to control a TP-Link HS110 smart plug. But the wireless seems to be flaky on the PC and I have no idea why. ... but on my router's network management page I can see an IP address for my PC's WLAN interface (it's on a different net to the wired LAN) and part of the time it indicates a connection and part not. When it does the signal strength is -73 dBm.
Wait. You have a computer which is, I understand, already connected to the network via cable, and your router has WiFi.
Why do you want to enable your computer WiFi with the purpose to connect to the smart plug? Why not connect directly from the router?
Because the smart plug is on the guest network (since it's IoT that I don't trust) and has no permission to talk to my main house network. So the PC needs to be on the guest network as well.
If you want to connect to a WiFi client device (smart plug) with another WiFi client device (the computer), directly, without the router AP intervention, will not work. The computer must take control of the WiFi, become the access point or peer to peer or whatever you wish call it.
No, I don't want/need to do that.
Ie, the computer must be the WiFi authentication "server" and also assign an IP to the clients.
Or, I misunderstood your setup and your intentions :-)
- -- Cheers / Saludos,
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