Bug 137969 - wireless card configuration
Summary: wireless card configuration
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: SUSE LINUX 10.0
Classification: openSUSE
Component: Network (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other SuSE Linux 10.0
: P5 - None : Minor
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Assignee: Joachim Gleissner
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Reported: 2005-12-10 17:43 UTC by nicholas tung
Modified: 2006-02-09 17:07 UTC (History)
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Description nicholas tung 2005-12-10 17:43:29 UTC 
I have a usb wireless card (netgear ma111) and it works fine but I had to add this autostart script

sudo /sbin/dhcpcd wlan0

and I editied /etc/sudoers so that it would do it without prompting for a password. I tried to put it in one of the init scripts, but it didn't work. It works fine for me but it wasn't automatic.
Comment 1 Joachim Gleissner 2005-12-12 09:04:44 UTC 
This should be definitely not needed. How did you configure the device?
Comment 2 nicholas tung 2006-02-06 07:39:52 UTC 
Sorry - I thought I posted this before. It might have been fixed in 10.1 beta 3 - I see there's a new kinternet (this is on another computer though so I can't test it).

ok I found the problem - dhcpcd was trying to resolve the ethernet, which wasn't connected. This should be resolved - I should not have to disable the wired ethernet to get the wireless to work.

Thank you,
Nicholas
Comment 3 Joachim Gleissner 2006-02-09 17:07:17 UTC 
The "new" kinternet (you mean NetworkManager?) should make sure only ethernet devices with cable plugged in. If you are using the "old" system (netcontrol), you can set the startmode to ifplugd (in yast aka "on cable connection") for both devices (LAN and WLAN). Then the system will set up LAN when the ethernet device has a cable plugged in, and WLAN otherwise.