Teilhard Knight wrote:
Teilhard Knight wrote:
Hello:
I tried writing the configuration file "ifcfg-wlan0" in
/etc/sysconfig/network, but Yast2 detected this as another (absent)
interface.
Any help will be appreciated.
Teilhard
The following link give a fairly comprehensive set of information on
WiFI and Linux. I have found the openSuse stuff to be a little thin.
There is a bit of a problem with 64 operating systems and WiFi drivers
for both Windows and Linux users in so far as suppliers tend not to
create 32 bit drivers and 32 bit drivers generally do not work with 64
bit operating systems. The NDISwrapper site of sourceforge is a lso a
good resource. Good luck....
http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/
Thank you for the link. As I say in my original message, the driver is
in the kernel out of the box, so I don't have to compile anything.
If I remember correctly the firmware update tends to be a one shot
thing....., and BTW I assume your WiFi is not working otherwise you
would not be worried about this. If it is ... well dont fix it if it
aint broke :-)
This is nothing to do with compilation as such. A little experience has
told me that with WiFI configuration Yast is not very reliable, and
having a driver in place does not mean it will work as hoped with your
hardware. YaST will give you some templates to work with but one will
probably have to do your own thing to get it work. correctly in your
environment . Unlike wire NICs, WiFi tend to involve a lot of tinkering
to get things right, and I have tended to find this to be true with
Symbian, Windows and Linux devices.
Thank you for your reply. Yes, I am learning Yast is not a good utility to
configure a wireless device. As for the driver, it has worked in Mandriva an
Debian, so I trust it is the right one and eventually it will work. As for
tinkering, I hope I can get some help about what to do because the only
thing that came to my mind (and which works in Mandriva) was to write a
configuration file called "ifcfg-wlan0", but it didn't work.
Teilhard.
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