Re: [opensuse] Problem with wireless connection with DHCP on OpenSuSE 11.0

On November 9, 2008 07:41:19 am Lisi Reisz wrote:
I have a fresh installation of OpenSuSE 11.0 on a laptop. I am almost a
SuSE newbie and am flummoxed.

The laptop has two network cards: an ethernet card and a wireless card. If
the ethernet card is plugged in at boot it works fine on DHCP and can
connect to the internet.

If the wireless card is the only interface plugged in at boot, it is
connecting to the router and being assigned an IP. It can then ping the
router and the router can ping it. It cannot however connect to the
internet. This does not appear to be a DNS problem, since it cannot reach
the internet by IP either.

I am completely unfamiliar with NetworkManager, but can see no way of
persuading it to connect fully with the wireless card.

The Ethernet connection sometimes hotplugs and sometimes doesn't.

It is the wireless connection that is crucial. It must connect via DHCP to
a school system with a known SSID, but unknown gateway and DNS server(s).

TIA
Lisi

Lisi, I hope you're not offended if I ask if you have configured the network
cards via Yast yet? It's just that I haven't seen any mention of it in the
thread and the wired nic card defaults are ususally enough to get a
connection, but wireless often is not.

(System, Yast, enter root password, Network Devices, Network Setting).

This is where you highlight each nic card setting - one for wired, one for
wireless in your case, and can then edit the settings. Once you complete the
network connections page, click on next and you'll be able to enter the ESSID
of the network, any encryption keys, etc. Clicking on finish should save all
the settings.

Now you should be able to use knetwork manager to make the connection.

Hope this helps.

Bob.
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