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. Unless you set these values your wireless _will not_ work.
What I didn't understand about SSID is that all the elements in a net must share the identical one. But in a laptop machine with DCHP, and used for travel and expected to work with arbitrary networks of which I am not the administrator, what SSID must I set?
The one that is correct for the network you are on, and yes each network is different.
Unless these are set correct it won't work period.
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