Simon Roberts wrote:
Hi all,
I travel a lot for my work, and I've noticed many times that Linux wireless networking often doesn't connect to the networks that I'm offered in hotels.
Hi, I was able to suss this problem out a year or so ago. The problem is a TCP window scaling which Opensuse doesn't address. To be able to connect, open console and type in as root the following, then enter: /etc/rc.local echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_window_scaling then you should be able to connect, and when you shutdown your laptop and restart, do it again. I have had this mostly on wireless routers in hotels, but I had it once on a cable ethernet connection as well. There is more info about this at: http://wiki.archlinux.org/indes.php/Configuring_network#How_To_Diagnose_The_... If you have the problem with windows vista, you may read of the solution here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/935400 Hope this helps. Mark -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org