Re: [opensuse] newbie questions
John Rittinghouse wrote: Ken, Dominique, I got the problem solved - after reviewing the logs, i discovered that it was because DHCP had already allocated an IP address for the box from the eth0 (LAN) connection so it would not allocate another IP address to the same box for the same profile. The solution was to delete the wireless connection, set up a profile for the LAN, reboot, create a connection for the WLAN, set up a new profile for that, reboot, and switch profiles based on where i go. Now, the box has four profiles, one each for home/office LAN and home/office WLAN and they all work perfectly... Thanks very much for the guidance and suggestions...they were a big help. jr Hi John, glad we could help you. Cheers, Dominique - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] newbie questions
Ken, Dominique, I got the problem solved - after reviewing the logs, i discovered that it was because DHCP had already allocated an IP address for the box from the eth0 (LAN) connection so it would not allocate another IP address to the same box for the same profile. The solution was to delete the wireless connection, set up a profile for the LAN, reboot, create a connection for the WLAN, set up a new profile for that, reboot, and switch profiles based on where i go. Now, the box has four profiles, one each for home/office LAN and home/office WLAN and they all work perfectly... Thanks very much for the guidance and suggestions...they were a big help. jr On Thu, 2005-11-17 at 07:26 +0100, Dominique Leuenberger wrote: > John Rittinghouse wrote: > > Hi list, > > > > I just moved from Linspire to Suse 10 and like the transition very > > much. Everything works pretty well from the install but I cannot seem > > to get the WLAN to work. I can hit the Access point from any other > > machine and get to the Internet fine, but with Suse, I can hit the > > config screen on the Access Point and configure, etc. but still cannot > > get out to the Internet. The card is configured correctly using > > 64-bit WEP and it is recognized by the kwifimanager program with an > > excellent signal and a valid IP address assigned with DHCP from the > > AP. I must be overlooking something but am baffled at this point. > > Can someone shed some light on why I cannot get out to the internet? > > Many thanks in advance. > > > Hi John, > > Jave you checked if DNS name resolution works correct? > Are there valid DNS servers in your /etc/resolv.conf? > You receive them by DHCP? > Try to connect to something like http://212.203.69.7 (so no dns is required) > > I guess on such a failure as you say you can access the web interface of > your AP (probably using it's IP) so it might be such a cause... in other > cases I would try to check the routing table using 'route print' > > Greetings > Dominique > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] newbie questions
Ken, the wireless subnet of the AP is 192.168.123.xxx and it connects to the 10.x.x.x ISP controlled network. The DNS servers live on their side and are autodetected. the gateway from the AP to the Internet is a 10.2.2.1 address. I cannot change anything except my PC and the address for it is correctly allocated by DHCP from my AP as 192.168.123.107. I have two access points, one at home, one at work, both configured identically. When using a windows box (same box, dual partitions) everything works fine from either one. when i boot into suse, neither AP will allow me to see the Internet. I am new to Unix (not really, did a lot of Unix in 1986-1990, but not even the same anymore). I have used this YaST2 module to configure and actually got it working once, but when i rebooted, it was the same problem over again. I just do not know what to set or where to set it and really appreciate your taking the time to respond and help out. regards, jr - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] newbie questions
On Thu, 2005-11-17 at 07:12 -0600, John Rittinghouse wrote: > further info - i logged in again as SU and the route -n provided a > response. > it gets me from local host address to 192.168.123.0 showing no gateway > address. how to amend to go from 192.168.123.0 to 10.2.2.1? > jr > > Either change the subnet/IP of the router or change the address of the PC (which might be easier) to something in the 10.2.2.x range, but not 10.2.2.1 which is the address of the router and make 10.2.2.1 the default route. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] newbie questions
further info - i logged in again as SU and the route -n provided a response. it gets me from local host address to 192.168.123.0 showing no gateway address. how to amend to go from 192.168.123.0 to 10.2.2.1? jr On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 06:49:18 -0600, John Rittinghouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Dominique, Ken, The /etc/resolv.conf table shows the correct dns servers that the ISP gave me. the AP uses a 10.2.2.1 address as the gateway to the ISP where the DNS servers reside. I tried the route -n command as suggested but bash says no such file or directory, which leads me to believe there is something not installed on my suse box that should be. Also, when I type in an address directly, (i.e., http://212.203.69.7) i get a connection refused error. Any suggestions on what to do from this point? JR On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 00:26:21 -0600, Dominique Leuenberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: John Rittinghouse wrote: Hi list, I just moved from Linspire to Suse 10 and like the transition very much. Everything works pretty well from the install but I cannot seem to get the WLAN to work. I can hit the Access point from any other machine and get to the Internet fine, but with Suse, I can hit the config screen on the Access Point and configure, etc. but still cannot get out to the Internet. The card is configured correctly using 64-bit WEP and it is recognized by the kwifimanager program with an excellent signal and a valid IP address assigned with DHCP from the AP. I must be overlooking something but am baffled at this point. Can someone shed some light on why I cannot get out to the internet? Many thanks in advance. Hi John, Jave you checked if DNS name resolution works correct? Are there valid DNS servers in your /etc/resolv.conf? You receive them by DHCP? Try to connect to something like http://212.203.69.7 (so no dns is required) I guess on such a failure as you say you can access the web interface of your AP (probably using it's IP) so it might be such a cause... in other cases I would try to check the routing table using 'route print' Greetings Dominique - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] newbie questions
On Thursday 17 November 2005 14:58, Dominique Leuenberger wrote: > you probably tried to execute 'route -n' as non-root user... as it's > located under /sbin/ it's not in your path. > try '/sbin/route -n' and it should be ok. > If still not, the route binary is installed by the net-tools rpm... but > I'm almost sure this one is installed /sbin/ip route list works too ;) -- Damian Mihai Liviu Mobile: +40 741 226993; Fax: +1 347-632-4117 Phone : +1 360-526-6441; +1 347-632-4117; +44 0870-3403339 URL: http://liviudm.blogspot.com pgpaWQH0MCw4l.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [opensuse] newbie questions
On Thu, 2005-11-17 at 06:49 -0600, John Rittinghouse wrote: > Dominique, Ken, > > The /etc/resolv.conf table shows the correct dns servers that the ISP gave > me. the AP uses a 10.2.2.1 address as the gateway to the ISP where the > DNS servers reside. I tried the route -n command as suggested but bash > says no such file or directory, which leads me to believe there is > something not installed on my suse box that should be. Also, when I type > in an address directly, (i.e., http://212.203.69.7) i get a connection > refused error. Any suggestions on what to do from this point? > > JR > > > Please do not "top post", put your replies after others help so the flow of the email can be followed. Try doing su (supply root's password) and then route -n. Paste the results here. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] newbie questions
John Rittinghouse wrote: Dominique, Ken, The /etc/resolv.conf table shows the correct dns servers that the ISP gave me. the AP uses a 10.2.2.1 address as the gateway to the ISP where the DNS servers reside. I tried the route -n command as suggested but bash says no such file or directory, which leads me to believe there is something not installed on my suse box that should be. Also, when I type in an address directly, (i.e., http://212.203.69.7) i get a connection refused error. Any suggestions on what to do from this point? JR you probably tried to execute 'route -n' as non-root user... as it's located under /sbin/ it's not in your path. try '/sbin/route -n' and it should be ok. If still not, the route binary is installed by the net-tools rpm... but I'm almost sure this one is installed Greetings Dominique - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] newbie questions
Dominique, Ken, The /etc/resolv.conf table shows the correct dns servers that the ISP gave me. the AP uses a 10.2.2.1 address as the gateway to the ISP where the DNS servers reside. I tried the route -n command as suggested but bash says no such file or directory, which leads me to believe there is something not installed on my suse box that should be. Also, when I type in an address directly, (i.e., http://212.203.69.7) i get a connection refused error. Any suggestions on what to do from this point? JR On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 00:26:21 -0600, Dominique Leuenberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: John Rittinghouse wrote: Hi list, I just moved from Linspire to Suse 10 and like the transition very much. Everything works pretty well from the install but I cannot seem to get the WLAN to work. I can hit the Access point from any other machine and get to the Internet fine, but with Suse, I can hit the config screen on the Access Point and configure, etc. but still cannot get out to the Internet. The card is configured correctly using 64-bit WEP and it is recognized by the kwifimanager program with an excellent signal and a valid IP address assigned with DHCP from the AP. I must be overlooking something but am baffled at this point. Can someone shed some light on why I cannot get out to the internet? Many thanks in advance. Hi John, Jave you checked if DNS name resolution works correct? Are there valid DNS servers in your /etc/resolv.conf? You receive them by DHCP? Try to connect to something like http://212.203.69.7 (so no dns is required) I guess on such a failure as you say you can access the web interface of your AP (probably using it's IP) so it might be such a cause... in other cases I would try to check the routing table using 'route print' Greetings Dominique - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] newbie questions
Ken Schneider wrote: the routing table using 'route print' This is not windows. Use route -n. ups :-) You're right... I'm sorry for this... I was really stuck in windows with my minds... - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On Thu, 2005-11-17 at 07:26 +0100, Dominique Leuenberger wrote: > John Rittinghouse wrote: > > Hi list, > > > > I just moved from Linspire to Suse 10 and like the transition very > > much. Everything works pretty well from the install but I cannot seem > > to get the WLAN to work. I can hit the Access point from any other > > machine and get to the Internet fine, but with Suse, I can hit the > > config screen on the Access Point and configure, etc. but still cannot > > get out to the Internet. The card is configured correctly using > > 64-bit WEP and it is recognized by the kwifimanager program with an > > excellent signal and a valid IP address assigned with DHCP from the > > AP. I must be overlooking something but am baffled at this point. > > Can someone shed some light on why I cannot get out to the internet? > > Many thanks in advance. > > > Hi John, > > Jave you checked if DNS name resolution works correct? > Are there valid DNS servers in your /etc/resolv.conf? > You receive them by DHCP? > Try to connect to something like http://212.203.69.7 (so no dns is required) > > I guess on such a failure as you say you can access the web interface of > your AP (probably using it's IP) so it might be such a cause... in other > cases I would try to check the routing table using 'route print' > This is not windows. Use route -n. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - I have a new Treo 650, my Treo 600 would sync with Fedora/Kpilot but not so with the 650. Is it known to work with Suse? maybe you can find useful this: http://suseroot.com/blog/blog.php?postid=52 -- .~. Nicola -=KOOLINUS=- Losito /v\ http://www.koolinus.net | http://kool-solutions.blogspot.com // \\ /( )\ Linux Registered User #293182 ^^ ^^icq:62837984 * Jabber-ID:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] newbie questions
John Rittinghouse wrote: Hi list, I just moved from Linspire to Suse 10 and like the transition very much. Everything works pretty well from the install but I cannot seem to get the WLAN to work. I can hit the Access point from any other machine and get to the Internet fine, but with Suse, I can hit the config screen on the Access Point and configure, etc. but still cannot get out to the Internet. The card is configured correctly using 64-bit WEP and it is recognized by the kwifimanager program with an excellent signal and a valid IP address assigned with DHCP from the AP. I must be overlooking something but am baffled at this point. Can someone shed some light on why I cannot get out to the internet? Many thanks in advance. Hi John, Jave you checked if DNS name resolution works correct? Are there valid DNS servers in your /etc/resolv.conf? You receive them by DHCP? Try to connect to something like http://212.203.69.7 (so no dns is required) I guess on such a failure as you say you can access the web interface of your AP (probably using it's IP) so it might be such a cause... in other cases I would try to check the routing table using 'route print' Greetings Dominique - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] newbie questions
Kevin, On Wednesday 16 November 2005 12:53, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi List; > > I'm thinking about moving from Fedora to Suse. I have a few questions > before I try it out.. > > - How hard/easy is it to setup the ipw2200 package for Suse to use > with my centrino laptop? > > - Once installed how do I control the wireless interface? > > - I have a new Treo 650, my Treo 600 would sync with Fedora/Kpilot > but not so with the 650. Is it known to work with Suse? > > - What version of KDE is shipping/packaged with Suse v10 ? 3.4.2. We're kept supplied with both bug fixes and security updates as well as entire upgrades to new releases. The former are part of SuSE-supplied support, the latter are supplied by third parties on an as-is, at-your-own-risk basis. > - What is the default filesystem type for Suse, can I choose Reiser > via the install? Reiser is the default. Many are available, including the one I choose, for my primary file systems, XFS. > - Will redhat RPM's work on a Suse install ? Some may. For the most part, if their dependencies are met, you stand a fair chance, but there can still be conflicts in some cases if the dependent packages are not configured compatibly. > - Where do In find additional sources for updates (Like adding repo's > for yum) and how do I configure them ? > > - What's the best sources of help. (I found that the Fedora mailing > list was hands-down the best support for Fedora) ? The SuSE-Linux-E mailing list. We're all really smart, friendly, tolerant and cheery folks over there... > - How stable is Suse v10 and why would I choose the commercial > version vs. the open source project? It has excellent stability, as we've come to expect from SuSE. You would choose the commercial version one or more of these reasons: 1) Bigger package complement, including some very popular but non-OSS software, most prominently media-related software. 2) To get this software on a single dual-layer DVD. 3) To generate funds to help support continuing releases of the best commercially supported Linux release there is. > Thanks in advance for all your help Randall Schulz - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] newbie questions
Hello community ! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm thinking about moving from Fedora to Suse. I have a few questions before I try it out.. - How hard/easy is it to setup the ipw2200 package for Suse to use with my centrino laptop? Works right out of the box with my centrino/ipw2200 notebook - Once installed how do I control the wireless interface? What exactly do you want to control ? Managing access to various WLAN on locations ? Here "kwifimanager" and "netgo" seems to be good choices ... - I have a new Treo 650, my Treo 600 would sync with Fedora/Kpilot but not so with the 650. Is it known to work with Suse? Sorry no idea / experiences - What version of KDE is shipping/packaged with Suse v10 ? 3.4.2 - What is the defaulyt filesystem type for Suse, can I choose Reiser via the install? reiserfs is the default - Will redhat RPM's work on a Suse install ? SuSE uses RPM format but I'm not sure if original redhat RPMs will work ... Most packages I was looking for had been available as SuSE RPMs. Therefore there was no need to test redhat RPMs. - Where do In find additional sources for updates (Like adding repo's for yum) and how do I configure them ? http://www.opensuse.org/Additional_YaST_Package_Repositories http://www.opensuse.org/Package_Repositories More had been discussed in this mailing list. Google will help you. - What's the best sources of help. (I found that the Fedora mailing list was hands-down the best support for Fedora) ? Similar with SuSE. Mailing lists (there are several available on lists.suse.com) and NGs news:alt.linux.suse and news:alt.os.linux.suse are the best information sources - How stable is Suse v10 and why would I choose the commercial version vs. the open source project? With the boxed version you will have less work for some of the copyrighted multimedia applications/codes. At the final end you will get all working regardless if you are using the boxed version or downloadable version. -- Never give up ! Best regards, Reinhard. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
