Thomas Beneke wrote:

Hi,

if I switch the profile from wired lan to wireless lan, than I had to stop and start the ath0 interface manually to get the wlan work. Is this a known problem ?

Regards, Thomas

Thomas, Are you using WPA? If so have you created the wpa_supplicant.conf file? For wpa, run: wpa_passphrase "your_ESSID" "Some_Decent_PassPhrase_of_up_64_Characters"

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/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf

Edit /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf: key_mgmt=WPA-PSK # proto=WPA proto=RSN Uncomment the proto=WPA line (and comment out the RSN line) to enable WPA. Leave as is for WPA2 (stronger encryption). Your wpa_supplicant.conf should look like this: update_config=1 #run directory (can set group as well) ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant #set to 1 if frames dropped eapol_version=2 # default 1 (0,1,2) ap_scan=2 network={ id_str="YOURSSID" ssid="YOURSSID" priority=4 key_mgmt=WPA-PSK auth_alg=OPEN pairwise=TKIP group=TKIP proto=WPA psk=LONG STRING OF STUFF CREATED W/wpa_passphrase } Madwifi will connect automatically 99% of the time. Every once in a while I have to restart network manager. But then again, this is on a laptop and I move between several access points daily. NOTE: you can have multiple network={ } blocks in wpa_supplicant.conf for different networks if you are using a laptop. Just include one after the other. Good luck -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org