Just installed SuSE 10.0, and having a strange problem with my wireless. I configured the wireless exactly the same as I did for all of the previous 9.x versions, but after a boot the wireless does not work. Only after giving the command "rcnetwork restart wlan-id-etc......" everything is fine. But ..... it should work right-away (like it did with 9.0 up to 9.3) without having to give the restart command after each boot ! Can anybody give me a clue ? Thanks in advance, -- Jan Elders the Netherlands http://www.xs4all.nl/~jrme/ "Home of the Network Acronyms"
Jan Elders wrote:
Just installed SuSE 10.0, and having a strange problem with my wireless.
I configured the wireless exactly the same as I did for all of the previous 9.x versions, but after a boot the wireless does not work. Only after giving the command "rcnetwork restart wlan-id-etc......" everything is fine. But ..... it should work right-away (like it did with 9.0 up to 9.3) without having to give the restart command after each boot !
Can anybody give me a clue ? mmmm, sounds similar to a similar problem I am having on 9.2, however I'll open a new thread for that.
I think you need to start the wireless card on boot and the only place I can thin of is in the 'System-->/etc/sysconfig editor' on Yast, if it is still there in 10. How you start it is unknown but hopefully but browsing the sysconfig entries you'll pick it up. HiH
On Sunday 12 March 2006 15:01, Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC) wrote:
Jan Elders wrote:
Just installed SuSE 10.0, and having a strange problem with my wireless.
I configured the wireless exactly the same as I did for all of the previous 9.x versions, but after a boot the wireless does not work. Only after giving the command "rcnetwork restart wlan-id-etc......" everything is fine. But ..... it should work right-away (like it did with 9.0 up to 9.3) without having to give the restart command after each boot !
Can anybody give me a clue ?
mmmm, sounds similar to a similar problem I am having on 9.2, however I'll open a new thread for that.
I think you need to start the wireless card on boot and the only place I can thin of is in the 'System-->/etc/sysconfig editor' on Yast, if it is still there in 10. How you start it is unknown but hopefully but browsing the sysconfig entries you'll pick it up.
No, that wasn't the problem. I had that, but yet it didn't work. The solution was given by Sven Burmeister : When using WEP, then add PREFER_WPA_SUPPLICANT="no" to the /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-file of the wlan-card. HAND, -- Jan Elders the Netherlands http://www.xs4all.nl/~jrme/ "Home of the Network Acronyms"
On Saturday 11 March 2006 21:51, Jan Elders wrote:
Just installed SuSE 10.0, and having a strange problem with my wireless.
I configured the wireless exactly the same as I did for all of the previous 9.x versions, but after a boot the wireless does not work. Only after giving the command "rcnetwork restart wlan-id-etc......" everything is fine. But ..... it should work right-away (like it did with 9.0 up to 9.3) without having to give the restart command after each boot !
Can anybody give me a clue ?
Some additional information : I found out that in principle all is well, but for some reason the WEP-key seems to be not used initially, although I have it configured in /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-wlan-id-......... Contents of that file is : BOOTPROTO='static' BROADCAST='' IPADDR='192.168.123.130' MTU='' NAME='Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG' NETMASK='255.255.255.0' NETWORK='' REMOTE_IPADDR='' STARTMODE='auto' UNIQUE='JNkJ.9J1F3mK3OuC' USERCONTROL='yes' WIRELESS_AP='' WIRELESS_AUTH_MODE='open' WIRELESS_BITRATE='auto' WIRELESS_CA_CERT='' WIRELESS_CHANNEL='' WIRELESS_CLIENT_CERT='' WIRELESS_DEFAULT_KEY='0' WIRELESS_ESSID='berenhol' WIRELESS_FREQUENCY='' WIRELESS_KEY='' WIRELESS_KEY_0='FABEDEC512' WIRELESS_KEY_1='FABEDEC512' WIRELESS_KEY_2='FABEDEC512' WIRELESS_KEY_3='FABEDEC512' WIRELESS_KEY_LENGTH='64' WIRELESS_MODE='Managed' WIRELESS_NICK='' WIRELESS_NWID='' WIRELESS_POWER='yes' WIRELESS_WPA_IDENTITY='' WIRELESS_WPA_PASSWORD='' WIRELESS_WPA_PSK='' _nm_name='bus-pci-0000:02:06.0' When using KInternet to connect to the wireless network, it asks for the WEP-key, which I apply and then it works ok. But why not (anymore) immediately after boot, like in 9.x ? Any ideas what might be wrong, please ? Kind regards, -- Jan Elders the Netherlands http://www.xs4all.nl/~jrme/ "Home of the Network Acronyms"
Jan Elders wrote:
Just installed SuSE 10.0, and having a strange problem with my wireless.
I configured the wireless exactly the same as I did for all of the previous 9.x versions, but after a boot the wireless does not work. Only after giving the command "rcnetwork restart wlan-id-etc......" everything is fine. But ..... it should work right-away (like it did with 9.0 up to 9.3) without having to give the restart command after each boot !
Can anybody give me a clue ?
Thanks in advance,
I'm guessing you need a line in your wlan-id-etc... which says STARTMODE='onboot' hth, ken -- "This world ain't big enough for the both of us," said the big noema to the little noema.
On Sunday 12 March 2006 21:04, Sven Burmeister wrote:
Am Samstag, 11. März 2006 21:51 schrieb Jan Elders:
Can anybody give me a clue ?
Are you using WEP? If so, try to add PREFER_WPA_SUPPLICANT="no" to the /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-file of your wlan-card.
Yes !! That did it ! Thanks to Sven. -- Jan Elders the Netherlands http://www.xs4all.nl/~jrme/ "Home of the Network Acronyms"
Hi! Am Sonntag, 12. März 2006 22:41 schrieb Jan Elders:
Are you using WEP? If so, try to add PREFER_WPA_SUPPLICANT="no" to the /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-file of your wlan-card.
Yes !! That did it ! Thanks to Sven.
I wonder why this bug that has been reported before the RC of 10.0 is still not fixed. Sven
On Sunday 12 March 2006 23:00, Sven Burmeister wrote:
Hi!
Am Sonntag, 12. März 2006 22:41 schrieb Jan Elders:
Are you using WEP? If so, try to add PREFER_WPA_SUPPLICANT="no" to the /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-file of your wlan-card.
Yes !! That did it ! Thanks to Sven.
I wonder why this bug that has been reported before the RC of 10.0 is still not fixed.
Maybe it has to do with the fact that the wireless could not be configured during install ?? I first had to download "ipw-firmware" for my Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG and install that before being able to configure the wireless. Of course I could only do that after the initial install. I wasn't aware that this was a known bug, but it certainly is not solved; I have applied all applicable updates ! -- Jan Elders the Netherlands http://www.xs4all.nl/~jrme/ "Home of the Network Acronyms"
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