[NTLUG:Discuss] Laptops, Wireless & Network Routing

[Gilbert Morrow]

I would try using the network manager in SuSE , it allows you to scan for
and connect to networks .

On 2/15/07, Chris Cox <cjcox at acm.org> wrote:
>
> . Daniel wrote:
> > I don't suppose you have considered switching distros have you?  Many
> have
> > moved away from SuSE for moral reasons...
>
> :)  Not an especially helpful comment... and just plain wrong for a
> myriad of reasons.  A distro switch is not going to fix the
> fundamental brokenness of NetworkManager.
>
> However, using the ifup/ifdown way doesn't address the dynamics
> of an ever changing network (e.g. wireless on the move).
>
>
>
> >
> >> Greetings.
> >>
> >> I am having an issue with my networks, have been ever since SuSE
> started
> >> picking up and using my laptop's onboard wireless around 10.0
> .  Whenever
> >> the wireless card is enabled, when I am plugged into a LAN, the routing
> >>from the LAN's DHCP does not get picked up (with consequences I don't
> >> have to spell out here).  This failure occurs even when the wireless
> >> card can not find a network, and especially when there is a secure
> >> network that it can not log on to in the vicinity.  My 'workaround' has
> >> been 'pccardctl eject 2' (as the onboard wireless seems to be plugged
> >> into an internal PCMCIA port).  With the Network Manager in SuSE 10.1
> >> (and with the increasing availability of wireless networks), this is
> >> starting to become less workable.  I have been quietly googling for a
> >> solution, but have not yet found the appropriate search terms, and no
> >> fix has yet been issued.  Is there a config issue somewhere, or
> >> something else that I change to get this working properly?
>
>
> I'd switch to ifup/ifdown instead of using NetworkManager.
> Then for the /etc/sysconfig/ifcfg-eth-id-* for your wired adapter,
> I'd make sure you have STARTMODE='ifplugd' (actually, do the
> same for wlan interface too).
>
> It's been awhile since I played with this.. but I don't remember
> it doing the wrong thing... :)
>
>
> >>
> >> If it would be helpful, I can be at the Linux Install Project this
> > Saturday.
> >> Regards,
> >> Steve
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