[tlinux-users:08040] Re: wireless trouble
"Howard Coles Jr." <[email protected]>
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On Wednesday 09 August 2006 5:37 pm, Joel Berrio wrote: > Howard Coles Jr, thank you for your information. > > I did. Now is working wireless link in SUSE 10 > > 1) type as a root #iwconfig > it will give you the name of your wireless interface, in my case is > eth1 2) # ifconfig eth1 up > 3) #iwlist eth1 scanning > you will then see all accesspoint, thier ESSID, etc > in my case my network cell was "joelhouse" > 4) #iwconfig eth1 essid "joelhouse" > 5) #iwconfig eth1 key 1234567890 > this is the hexadecimal wep key,.. if you have an asscii key try this > one #iwconfig eth1 key s:"1234567890" 6) #dhcpcd eth1 > it is if your router is a DHCP master or Server > > thanks myself, jejejeje.. SUSE runs good in Toshiba A25 S207, Now I am > going to install fn keys... I Hope it works .. > > I've installed yahoo messenger , Skype, and DVD video xine,, those work > OK. > > Joel > > "Howard Coles Jr." <[email protected]> wrote: On Wednesday 09 August 2006 10:01 am, Joel Berrio wrote: > > Hi! > > > > I've installed SUSE 10 in my laptop Toshiba, A25 S207 but I can't connect > > it using the wireless link. do you have some advices? > > This may sound like I'm being a smart-elek but I'm not: > try another distro. SUSE 10 locked up my A65, and a Dell D600 every time I > tried to load wireless. Something about their kernel just couldn't take > madwifi, or ndiswrapper. > > I loaded SuSE 10 three times on my Toshiba, and it locked up no matter how > I setup the wireless. However, running Kubuntu, Debian (Sarge and Sid), > and even Mandriva it worked fine. Well, I'm glad its working for you. However, I think the difference may have been WPA-PSK as opposed to WEP security more so than the wireless itself. I could NEVER get suse to run on this thing. The bad thing is I like SuSE. SuSE and Debian have been my favorite distros for years. Oh well, I guess it was id10t problem on my part. :-D. -- See Ya' Howard Coles Jr. John 3:16! http://risenbooks.com Christian bookstore