On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:37:03 +0200
"A. den Oudsten"
I have been struggling to configure my Wifi connection. I understood from previous threads that I have to remove NetworkManager.state and to do rcnetwork restart to be able to configure the Wifi connection with NetworkManager. This did not lead to success.
So now I intend to make a fresh 11.3 installation, remove NetworkManager.state and do rcnetwork restart. Then I'll do a NetworkManager guided install.
Can anybody tell me what's wrong in this approach?
André den Oudsten
Hi André; One method of getting things working is to use ifup control which will allow you to control more of the variables. Looking through your thread, I don't see any information about what router/access point you're using or what security protocol you use. Would you please post the contents of /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-wlan0 or the device you use. Obfuscate any identifying info, just want to see the settings. Mine looks like this: ####### start listing ####### BOOTPROTO='dhcp4' <<<<<<<< 4 only, dhcp6 causes problems with wireless BROADCAST='' ETHTOOL_OPTIONS='' IFPLUGD_PRIORITY='10' IPADDR='' MTU='' NAME='Wireless WiFi Link 5100' NETMASK='' NETWORK='' REMOTE_IPADDR='' STARTMODE='ifplugd' USERCONTROL='no' WIRELESS_AP='' WIRELESS_AP_SCANMODE='1' WIRELESS_AUTH_MODE='psk' WIRELESS_BITRATE='54' WIRELESS_CA_CERT='' WIRELESS_CHANNEL='4' WIRELESS_CLIENT_CERT='' WIRELESS_CLIENT_KEY='' WIRELESS_CLIENT_KEY_PASSWORD='' WIRELESS_DEFAULT_KEY='0' WIRELESS_EAP_AUTH='' WIRELESS_EAP_MODE='' WIRELESS_ESSID='xxxXXXxxxXXX' <<<<<<< obscured 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_PEAP_VERSION='' WIRELESS_POWER='no' WIRELESS_WPA_ANONID='' WIRELESS_WPA_IDENTITY='' WIRELESS_WPA_PASSWORD='' WIRELESS_WPA_PSK='XXXXXXxxxxxxXXXXXXxxxxxx' <<<<<<< obscured ######### end listing ####### Yours should look similar. To get mine working I started with manual control (ifup) and using NO security until I could get a reliable connection and then adding security when it was working. That eliminates some of the contributing problems allowing you to deal with just one variable at a time. In addition to posting your copy of the above, also please give us as much information about your system as needed (computer make/model, make/model of wireless card & router/AP, which desktop (KDE - Gnome - other) and any steps you took prior to the problem and any error messages received during those steps and any information you think would apply here. Looking forward to your reply. Tom -- off-list contact allowed but not as fast Tom Taylor - retired penguin openSuSE 11.3 x86_64 Fedora 13 KDE 4.4.4 rel 2, FF 3.6.6 claws-mail 3.7.6 registered linux user 263467 linxt-At-comcast-DoT-net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org