SuSe Linux 10.0 - Wireless Network Issue // HELP PLEASE //

[psic]

I seem to remember suse running a dhcp client at startup. Perhaps try installing one? (a dhcp client, I mean)

[dengar]

Please how to dude!

[psic]

Suse uses 'Yast' for installing packages (as well as most other sistem admin tasks). I haven't used suse in almost a year, check this for the documentation:
http://www.novell.com/documentation/suse10/index.html

Just fire up yast and check for anything having to do with installing packages, you should find it.

[AlexK]

@ dengar
could you paste the exact output from iwconfig here? Also, try sacnning for networks with:

iwlist interface_name scan

You can join whichever network with:

iwconfig interface_name essid my_ssid
iwconfig interface_name key xxxxxxxxx

replace xxxxxxxxx with the actual wep key in hexadecimal format.

[dengar]

That's what iwconfig had to say:


wlan0 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"dengarhome"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.422 GHz Access Point: 00:40:F4:95F:3A
Bit Rate=11 Mb/s Sensitivity=80/85
Retry:on Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Link Quality=99/100 Signal level=-34 dBm Noise level=-255 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

Also I can assign an IP to the wireless card when ethernet card is down and Ping the router: Works
Just DHCPCD doesn't work for the wireless card and so a I can't get into the internet

[AlexK]

Ok then, try this: Under yast's network card config tool, first select the wired card and under the advanced button, one of the options will have an entry for when the card should be brought up. For the wired card, select "manually" and for the wireless card, select "on boot time" and make it "user controlled" (under the wireless card's config page ofcourse).

Now reboot your system and see if it uses the wireless card by trying to ping some sites or your AP. Also, the first time you boot after making those changes, be sure to right click on the KInternet icon and tell it to use the wireless card (usually called eth1 or wlan0).

[dengar]

Na that didn'tdo the trick either.
Tell me: Why can I ping the card over wireless, but why can't I establish a connection to the router I tried with telnet, ftp and http.

The whole thing seems a bit screwed up.

[AlexK]

So, you can ping the router just fine using the wireless card only what about pinging stuff like google?

From the iwconfig outputs, you are connected to the router already. I am guessing the reason you can't connect is either due to Kinternet not picking up on the fact you told it to use the wifi card or that the card can't resolve names.

When you launch your favourite web browser, and try to access google does it give a "Destination not found" or a "host not found" error?

If it is the host not found error, add the following line to the /etc/resolv.conf file as root:

nameserver ip_address_of_your_ap

[dengar]

>>I am guessing the reason you can't connect is either due to Kinternet not picking up on the fact you told it to use the wifi card

How exactly can I do this?

[dengar]

>>I am guessing the reason you can't connect is either due to Kinternet not picking up on the fact you told it to use the wifi card

How exactly can I do this? It doesn't say connection not found or theresuch. Just doesn't come loading. Just saying looking up host.