[opensuse] Wireless newbie seeking help with 11.0Rc1/Vista HP
I've installed OpenSuse 11.0 RC1 on my desktop, and would like to have my Vista HP laptop still able to connect to the WLAN. Going by the hoops I had to jump through to get the laptop to play nice with XP Pro, I'm guessing I'm in for quite a bit of configuring, but I'm up for it. Any and all pointers gratefully received by this still VERY green wireless newbie.
On Sunday 08 June 2008 02:40:17 am Stuart Martin wrote:
I've installed OpenSuse 11.0 RC1 on my desktop, and would like to have my Vista HP laptop still able to connect to the WLAN. Going by the hoops I had to jump through to get the laptop to play nice with XP Pro, I'm guessing I'm in for quite a bit of configuring, but I'm up for it. Any and all pointers gratefully received by this still VERY green wireless newbie.
I guess that you have desktop as wireless access point for your laptop. Is that right? If not tell us a bit more about your network configuration, what network adapters (cards) are used. -- Regards, Rajko http://en.opensuse.org/Portal needs helpful hands. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sun, 2008-06-08 at 00:25 -0500, Rajko M. wrote:
On Sunday 08 June 2008 02:40:17 am Stuart Martin wrote:
I've installed OpenSuse 11.0 RC1 on my desktop, and would like to have my Vista HP laptop still able to connect to the WLAN. Going by the hoops I had to jump through to get the laptop to play nice with XP Pro, I'm guessing I'm in for quite a bit of configuring, but I'm up for it. Any and all pointers gratefully received by this still VERY green wireless newbie.
I guess that you have desktop as wireless access point for your laptop. Is that right? If not tell us a bit more about your network configuration, what network adapters (cards) are used.
-- Regards, Rajko http://en.opensuse.org/Portal needs helpful hands.
I am not only new to wireless, I'm new to having more than one PC, so I hope you'll bear with me. I copied this from the hardware info report: 25: PCI 07.0: 0200 Ethernet controller [Created at pci.310] UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_10de_3ef Unique ID: SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:07.0 SysFS BusID: 0000:00:07.0 Hardware Class: network Model: "nVidia MCP61 Ethernet" Vendor: pci 0x10de "nVidia Corporation" Device: pci 0x03ef "MCP61 Ethernet" and if that's not the relevant information, I took a screenshot and posted it here: http://maxqnzs.com/screenshots/network.png I must confess that I don't know if the PC is set as an access point, but I guess it is. The config page for my Belkin wireless router says that the router is not set as an access point, if that helps. I have a DSL modem connected to the wireless router, if the cabling is anything to go by. I apologise for my shocking ignorance, but as I have only one fully functioning hand, I tend to leave hardware configuration to paid tech providers. My local need a nerd came in, setup the wireless and helped me through getting my XP Pro desktop and Vista HP laptop talking to each other, and left. Even though I am profoundly ignorant in this, I am a reasonably quick study, able to follow instructions and unafraid of the CLI. Just getting the Vista laptop to see the XP Pro desktop required a bit of CLI work in XP to enablle LLT, so I'm quite ready to tinker with my Suse setup to get it working, or at least broaden my knowledge in the process of trying. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sunday 08 June 2008 06:15:54 am Stuart Martin wrote:
I must confess that I don't know if the PC is set as an access point, but I guess it is.
I would say no. From your first post without word about wireless router I guessed that you use desktop as connection to Internet for other computers, which is nowadays with cheap routers not common, but you have router and that is pretty standard network setup.
The config page for my Belkin wireless router says that the router is not set as an access point, if that helps.
That is the reason you can't connect Vista using wireless. You have to set wireless part of router first than go to the Vista and set it up there too. How exactly I don't know, but it should be as simple as typing your access key set on wireless router into Vista. The openSUSE 11.0 installation didn't change anything in other operating systems or router. It is just like another computer, and as it has only wired connection it should work out of the box.
I have a DSL modem connected to the wireless router, if the cabling is anything to go by. I apologise for my shocking ignorance, but as I have only one fully functioning hand, I tend to leave hardware configuration to paid tech providers. My local need a nerd came in, setup the wireless and helped me through getting my XP Pro desktop and Vista HP laptop talking to each other, and left.
From this I assume that besides wireless connection that has to be set up on wireless router and laptop, you want your openSUSE to see laptop. I use KDE3 in openSUSE 11.0 RC1 and currently there is no problems to see windows shares using Network Browsing on the desktop. In KDE4 there is a problem when protocol is 'smb:/'. Either Konqueror or Dolphin crash, so I recommend to install KDE3. Windows shares can be found under 'SMB Shares' and then you have to select windows workgroup and computer. The only setup I needed was to enable TCP port 445 and TCP protocol itself in: YaST > Security and users > Firewall There select Allowed Services (from left hand pane) Click on button 'Advanced' and you will see new window with 4 input fields. In 'TCP Ports' type in: 445 In 'IP Protocols' type in: tcp udp Click 'OK' to close that window, then 'Next' to see summary, and 'Finish' to set firewall. After that I was able see any enabled windows shares on laptop. -- Regards, Rajko http://en.opensuse.org/Portal needs helpful hands. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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