Re: OpenSuSE 15.6 on Dell N5110 Wireless network setup problem

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On Monday, June 22nd, 2026 at 10:29 PM, David C Rankin <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 6/22/26 5:37 PM, Carl Spitzer wrote:
> > OpenSuSE 15.6 on Dell N5110
> >
> > iwconfig wlan0
> > wlan0     IEEE 802.11  ESSID:off/any
> >            Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=off
> >            Retry short limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
> >            Encryption key:off
> >            Power Management:off
> >
> > localhost:/home/cwsiv # ifup wlan0
> > <13>Jun 16 17:23:15 root: Network is managed by 'NetworkManager.service'
> > -> skipping
> >
> 
> I feel your pain Carl,
> 
>    Somebody (Andrei) will have to chime in on the NetworkManager magic
> needed. I have always fought with it for at least 15.0 - 15.4 would not
> install it, so when I (as you tried) went to Yast to set up the wireless
> device (on boot), it always worked like a champ.
> 
>    Otherwise, I just want to do it manually with ifup and iwconfig, etc...
> 
>    Thankfully, on Tumbleweed back in early 2025 when I set it up on my
> laptop, it worked the same way 15.4 had and I had no issue with it.
> 
>    NetworkManager is mature and is more than capable of handling getting
> the device configure -- but I have to admit -- I haven't the faintest on
> what the incantations are for it.
> 
>    There is a nm-cli tool that let's to handle configuration from the
> command line. That's something I'd look into if I were making another go
> at using it.
> 
>    Good luck and ... NM wizards chime in.

I use nmcli frequently but it appears to occasionally loose settings I know I made :(