Hi to all, just got my SUSE 10 retail box and I nearly all works perfect, you really did a good job. Actually there is only one thing that does not work the way it is supposed to. Just installed SUSE on an HP Compaq nx7000 (centrino) notebook. And after installation and initial configuration of the whole stuff I thought it would be a good idea to try to unplug the network cable and just use the WLAN .... Well and there my problems started. I made an upgrade on the notebook from SUSE 9.3 to 10 and all worked really good on 9.3 (including WLAN whicht was working correctly). Well I have to admit that in SUSE 9.2 AND SUSE 9.3 I just got problems with the WLAN, too. But those problems could be solved after some time, I even wrote a bug report about the matter. Now again there is a problem. As soon as I activate ANY kind of encryption in the WLAN I just cannot connect to the access point. I do not know what the problem is. I even reinstallated SUSE 10, but this time did a complete new installation but this did not work either. I just checked any possible configuration coming to my mind. But I think it cannot be any kind of general network error, cause if I just deactivate the ecryption (be it WEP or WPA) I cannot connect. If I use DHCP I won't get any IP and if I use static IP-Adress (and fill in Gateway and the rest manually) Knemo notifies me about a working connection (so it seems he found the corresponding network) but do not get any connection to the AP (as I already said). (And no, I do not think I mistyped the encryption key ;) , cause I just typed it in THAT often, and checked the filled in key about two dozen times, that cannot be the problem. And since it cannot be the classic problem that I did not plugin the network cable, which would be pretty difficult with a WLAN-card ;) I am getting a little bit crazy about the problem. So while some of you read this post, at least I hope that some do, I am going to search some rope and a good strong wooden ceiling joist ;) ) Any ideas ? Or is this a known problem ? Could it be a problem with the ipw2100 stuff ? Regards Sebastian --------------------------------------------------- Wer nicht mehr strebt, wer nicht mehr lernt, der lasse sich begraben. - Ernst Freiherr von Feuchtersleben -
I got my ipw2100 going with static IP and 128bit's WEP encryption by selecting ASCII where you put the "passphrase". Also on Gnome I have a nice little tool (remebering me of NetworkManager from Fedora) which enables me to choose which kind of connection to use, office-wlan, home-wlan or just the old eth0. Hope it can help. PS = do you have any switch on you case which de/activates the pci card ? check if SuSE detects it's state... -- .~. Nicola -=KOOLINUS=- Losito /v\ http://www.koolinus.net // \\ /( )\ Linux Registered User #293182 ^^ ^^ icq:62837984 * Jabber-ID:koolinus@jabber.linux.it
I got my ipw2100 going with static IP and 128bit's WEP encryption by selecting ASCII where you put the "passphrase".
Also on Gnome I have a nice little tool (remebering me of NetworkManager from Fedora) which enables me to choose which kind of connection to use, office-wlan, home-wlan or just the old eth0.
Hope it can help.
At first : thx for the fast reply :). And yeah, that did it. Well at last I can connect to the AP for now. I did not know that it was ASCII I had to turn on, instead of passphrase with WEP, *hits the table with head*. Obviously I was too fixed on solving the whole thing with WAP that I trifled a little with my WEP testing. But for sure WEP is a fairly insecure solution (ok ok better than none encryption, I know ^^). Do you (or anybody else) know why WPA doesn't work ? I am pretty sure it did work with the ipw2100 while I was running SUSE 9.3 on my notebook, so I cannot imagine why there are now problems running WPA with SUSE 10.
PS = do you have any switch on you case which de/activates the pci card ? check if SuSE detects it's state...
Yes, I have got a switch for that, but SUSE does not react in anyway if I use it, no notification or something like that ... usual problem with linux on a notebook. Thx again for the fast solution.
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Sebastian Rösgen wrote:
I did not know that it was ASCII I had to turn on, instead of passphrase with WEP,
me too ... i just had luck the other day, refusing to give up trying the connection after an old fedora did the trick ....
Do you (or anybody else) know why WPA doesn't work ?
still have to play with that ... i'm @home in a isolated place, for now isn't necessary ...
PS = do you have any switch on you case which de/activates the pci card ? check if SuSE detects it's state...
Yes, I have got a switch for that, but SUSE does not react in anyway if I use it, no notification or something like that ... usual problem with linux on a notebook.
Now it's my turn to thank you .... I would like to know why this happens, for example I also have a switch fot the bluetooth module which works with Win and Linux .... the wireless one, when the ipw2100 is loades, is always on, even if it's not transmitting ... thanks -- .~. Nicola -=KOOLINUS=- Losito /v\ http://www.koolinus.net // \\ /( )\ Linux Registered User #293182 ^^ ^^ icq:62837984 * Jabber-ID:koolinus@jabber.linux.it
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