Wireless networking problem

David · External Since: Aug 29, 2009 Posts: 1

Hello,

I am having trouble getting my wireless network going in Linux, though
it works fine in Windows. I am using WPA2. When I try configuring
network devices/802.11 wlan I set the essid, set it to managed,
hexadecimal, and then put in a 64-character hexadecimal key. It's
configured to start at boot time but after re-booting - no luck. Can
anyone see what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks,

David

Unruh · External Since: May 27, 2005 Posts: 2213

David <dbmays158.RemoveThis@verizon.net> writes:

>Hello,

>I am having trouble getting my wireless network going in Linux, though
>it works fine in Windows. I am using WPA2. When I try configuring
>network devices/802.11 wlan I set the essid, set it to managed,
>hexadecimal, and then put in a 64-character hexadecimal key. It's
>configured to start at boot time but after re-booting - no luck. Can
>anyone see what I'm doing wrong?

There is no way it remembers anything unless it is recorded on the hard
disk. I do not know how SUSE sets up the ethernet etc. On
Redhat/Mandriva it is in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0
( or whatever your wireless device is called -eth1, ath0,....)
Anyway, you have to set up the memory of your system to set it up. I am
sure that suse has an X applet which actually sets up your wireless and
also remebers and asks if you want it to start up on bootup.

>Thanks,

>David

DenverD · External Since: Jul 26, 2009 Posts: 19

David wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am having trouble getting my wireless network going in Linux, though
> it works fine in Windows. I am using WPA2. When I try configuring
> network devices/802.11 wlan I set the essid, set it to managed,
> hexadecimal, and then put in a 64-character hexadecimal key. It's
> configured to start at boot time but after re-booting - no luck. Can
> anyone see what I'm doing wrong?

i do not know what you are doing wrong, but suggest you have a look at
http://forums.opensuse.org/network-internet/wireless/410319-getting-yo...wireles
and/or
http://forums.opensuse.org/network-internet/wireless/391535-my-wireles...oesnt-w
and/or
http://en.opensuse.org/Ndiswrapper

which may, or may not be helpful..

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Amnon Feiner · External Since: Aug 31, 2009 Posts: 1

On Sat, 29 Aug 2009 23:32:27 -0500, David wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am having trouble getting my wireless network going in Linux, though
> it works fine in Windows. I am using WPA2. When I try configuring
> network devices/802.11 wlan I set the essid, set it to managed,
> hexadecimal, and then put in a 64-character hexadecimal key. It's
> configured to start at boot time but after re-booting - no luck. Can
> anyone see what I'm doing wrong?
>
> Thanks,
>
> David

What am i missing? WPA2 requires a pass phrase, so why 64?
Have you tried to download and install WICD and use it rather than using
Network Manager?

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A. Feiner