[opensuse] network manager

2006-03-22 Thread Peter Czanik
Hello, Can NetworkManager manage two ethernet interfaces? In my experiences it can only one, namely eth0. Do I see something wrong? I couldn't find a related bugreport... My other problem is automatic interface renaming. It's related to the previous problem. I want to use the gigabit interface from

[opensuse] Network Manager

2007-07-25 Thread Johannes Nohl
Is Networkmanager (this thing instead of ifup) suse specific? knetworkmanager is just a frontend, right? The problem is that (at least using knetworkmanager) you can't choose between infratructure only and adhoc connections. The point is the hotspot I'm using (it's inside a library with many stud

Re: [opensuse] Network Manager

2007-08-25 Thread Johannes Nohl
Hartmut, when I read your comment I thought you're using same library as I... If I enter a key for a infrastructure network and nm is traying to connect to the ad-hoc network, doesn't it try to authenticate with the key for infrastructure network against the ad-hoc one? Isn't this behaviour a

Re: [opensuse] network manager

2006-03-23 Thread Peter Czanik
Hello, Peter Czanik írta: > Hello, > Can NetworkManager manage two ethernet interfaces? In my experiences it > can only one, namely eth0. Do I see something wrong? I couldn't find a > related bugreport... > OK, it's not eth0. For some reason NetworkManager always try to use only the 10/100 inte

Re: [opensuse] Network Manager

2007-07-25 Thread Andreas Jaeger
"Johannes Nohl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is Networkmanager (this thing instead of ifup) suse specific? No, it's not - it is used by Ubuntu as well. > knetworkmanager is just a frontend, right? Correct. > > The problem is that (at least using knetworkmanager) you can't choose > between inf

Re: [opensuse] Network Manager

2007-07-25 Thread Andreas Jaeger
Randall R Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wednesday 25 July 2007 08:49, Andreas Jaeger wrote: >> ... >> >> nm ist the GNOME frontend, > > If that's true, it's a poorly chosen name, since Unix systems have had > an "nm" command as part of the object code tools for eons (that nm > lists ob

Re: [opensuse] Network Manager

2007-07-25 Thread Johannes Nohl
> The problem is that (at least using knetworkmanager) you can't choose > between infratructure only and adhoc connections. > The point is the hotspot I'm using (it's inside a library with many > students) is hiding its SSID. And windows make it to easy to start an If it just hides the ESSID, jus

Re: [opensuse] Network Manager

2007-07-25 Thread Randall R Schulz
On Wednesday 25 July 2007 08:49, Andreas Jaeger wrote: > ... > > nm ist the GNOME frontend, If that's true, it's a poorly chosen name, since Unix systems have had an "nm" command as part of the object code tools for eons (that nm lists object and executable file tables of contents). > Andreas

Re: [opensuse] Network Manager

2007-07-25 Thread Andreas Jaeger
"Johannes Nohl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > The problem is that (at least using knetworkmanager) you can't choose >> > between infratructure only and adhoc connections. >> > The point is the hotspot I'm using (it's inside a library with many >> > students) is hiding its SSID. And windows make

Re: [opensuse] Network Manager

2007-07-25 Thread Kai Ponte
On Wed, July 25, 2007 9:37 am, Andreas Jaeger wrote: > "Johannes Nohl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>> > The problem is that (at least using knetworkmanager) you can't >>> choose >>> > between infratructure only and adhoc connections. >>> > The point is the hotspot I'm using (it's inside a librar

Re: [opensuse] Network Manager

2007-07-25 Thread Robert Smits
On Wednesday 25 July 2007 09:11, Johannes Nohl wrote: > > > The problem is that (at least using knetworkmanager) you can't choose > > > between infratructure only and adhoc connections. > > > The point is the hotspot I'm using (it's inside a library with many > > > students) is hiding its SSID. And

Re: [opensuse] Network Manager

2007-07-26 Thread koffiejunkie
Andreas Jaeger wrote: Randall R Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: On Wednesday 25 July 2007 08:49, Andreas Jaeger wrote: ... nm ist the GNOME frontend, If that's true, it's a poorly chosen name, since Unix systems have had an "nm" command as part of the object code tools for eons (that nm

Re: [opensuse] Network Manager

2007-07-26 Thread Johannes Nohl
I don't know for those of you in Gnome-land, but in KDE with KNetworkmanager (the KDE front end to networkmanager) you right click the icon in the system tray, and you'll be presented with a list of available wifi networks. I'm using exactly knetworkmanager even under gnome or xfce. If you wan

Re: [opensuse] Network Manager

2007-07-26 Thread Kai Ponte
On Thu, July 26, 2007 2:27 pm, Johannes Nohl wrote: >> I don't know for those of you in Gnome-land, but in KDE with >> KNetworkmanager (the KDE front end to networkmanager) you right >> click >> the icon in the system tray, and you'll be presented with a list of >> available wifi networks. > > I'm

Re: [opensuse] Network Manager

2007-08-22 Thread Johannes Nohl
> > The adhoc network with enabled SSID interferes with the infrastructure > > network with hidden SSID. I use "Connect to other" and, if there's no > > adhoc network with same SSID around, it connects to the hidden SSID. > > Like it should do. > > But if there's a network with same SSID Networkman

Re: [opensuse] Network Manager

2007-08-23 Thread Kai Ponte
On Wednesday 22 August 2007 15:54, Johannes Nohl wrote: > > > The adhoc network with enabled SSID interferes with the infrastructure > > > network with hidden SSID. I use "Connect to other" and, if there's no > > > adhoc network with same SSID around, it connects to the hidden SSID. > > > Like it s

Re: [opensuse] Network Manager

2007-08-23 Thread Hartmut Meyer
Hi, On Freitag, 24. August 2007, Kai Ponte wrote: > On Wednesday 22 August 2007 15:54, Johannes Nohl wrote: > > > > The adhoc network with enabled SSID interferes with the > > > You're saying, for example, you have a SSID (hidden) of Net1 and a > > > SSID (open) of Net1 in the same room? > > > >

Re: [opensuse] Network Manager

2007-08-24 Thread Gryffus
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Re: [opensuse] Network Manager

2007-08-24 Thread Randall R Schulz
On Friday 24 August 2007 10:01, Gryffus wrote: > Hi, > > You are absolutely right with this... I administer a free WiFi > community AP and last month somebody created a network wit exactly > same ESSID and WEP key as me. Could that possibly be an accident? Or was it some kind of intrusion / data

Re: [opensuse] Network Manager

2007-08-24 Thread Gryffus
: "Randall R Schulz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 7:11 PM Subject: Re: [opensuse] Network Manager On Friday 24 August 2007 10:01, Gryffus wrote: Hi, You are absolutely right with this... I administer a free WiFi community AP and last month somebody creat

Re: [opensuse] Network Manager

2007-08-24 Thread Randall R Schulz
On Friday 24 August 2007 11:05, Gryffus wrote: > Yes , it was accident. One of my clients had set AP mode instead of > client on its wifi router... :-) > > I know that WEP is unsafe. Broke into a WEP protected networks take > less than 15mins. I use MAC authentication... Much modern MAC hardware h

Re: [opensuse] Network Manager

2007-08-24 Thread James Knott
Gryffus wrote: Yes , it was accident. One of my clients had set AP mode instead of client on its wifi router... :-) I know that WEP is unsafe. Broke into a WEP protected networks take less than 15mins. I use MAC authentication... And WPA is also unbreakable :-) Mac authentication doesn't bu

[opensuse] Network Manager??? (WiFi problem)

2007-01-07 Thread Dennis J. Tuchler
My wireless "card" (really an Intel Centron wireless feature) was read and installed when I installed my 10.2, SO I tried to connect with a wireless router. Firefox reported that it couldn't connect. So, as su, I entered ifup eth1, to which I received this reply: Network interface is manage

Re: [opensuse] Network Manager??? (WiFi problem)

2007-01-07 Thread Anders Johansson
On Sunday 07 January 2007 21:12, Dennis J. Tuchler wrote: > My wireless "card" (really an Intel Centron wireless feature) was read > and installed when I installed my 10.2, SO I tried to connect with a > wireless router. Firefox reported that it couldn't connect. So, as su, > I entered ifup eth1

Re: [opensuse] Network Manager??? (WiFi problem)

2007-01-07 Thread J. Scott Thayer M.D.
On Sunday 07 January 2007 15:27, Anders Johansson wrote: > On Sunday 07 January 2007 21:12, Dennis J. Tuchler wrote: > > My wireless "card" (really an Intel Centron wireless feature) was read > > and installed when I installed my 10.2, SO I tried to connect with a > > wireless router. Firefox rep

Re: [opensuse] Network Manager??? (WiFi problem)

2007-01-07 Thread jan kalcic
Dennis J. Tuchler wrote: > My wireless "card" (really an Intel Centron wireless feature) was read > and installed when I installed my 10.2, SO I tried to connect with a > wireless router. Firefox reported that it couldn't connect. So, as > su, I entered ifup eth1, to which I received this reply:

Re: [opensuse] Network Manager??? (WiFi problem)

2007-01-08 Thread Dennis J. Tuchler
Anders Johansson wrote: On Sunday 07 January 2007 21:12, Dennis J. Tuchler wrote: My wireless "card" (really an Intel Centron wireless feature) was read and installed when I installed my 10.2, SO I tried to connect with a wireless router. Firefox reported that it couldn't connect. So, as su,

Re: [opensuse] Network Manager??? (WiFi problem)

2007-01-08 Thread David Mayr
> [...] Ot, how do I disable KnetworkManager and just use > ifup and ifdown? AFAIK, it should be sufficient to start the YaST LAN module and answer the first question "use Network Manager or traditional method with ifup/ifdown" appropriate. -- David Mayr, http://davey.de openSUSE LINUX, htt

Re: [opensuse] Network Manager??? (WiFi problem)

2007-01-08 Thread John Andersen
On Monday 08 January 2007 08:45, David Mayr wrote: > > [...] Ot, how do I disable KnetworkManager and just use > > ifup and ifdown? > > AFAIK, it should be sufficient to start the YaST LAN module and > answer the first question "use Network Manager or traditional method with > ifup/ifdown" appropri

Re: [opensuse] Network Manager??? (WiFi problem)

2007-01-08 Thread Tom Patton
On Mon, 2007-01-08 at 10:59 -0600, Dennis J. Tuchler wrote: > Anders Johansson wrote: > > On Sunday 07 January 2007 21:12, Dennis J. Tuchler wrote: > >> Not butting in...well a little. I could never get this thinkpad (r40) to work wireless in suse9.3. Yast in 10.2 found it, set it up, I added ki

Re: [opensuse] Network Manager (SSID problem)

2007-07-27 Thread Dennis J. Tuchler
I noted what was said about hidden SSID problems using SuSE and Knetwork manager: Kai Ponte wrote: On Thu, July 26, 2007 2:27 pm, Johannes Nohl wrote: I don't know for those of you in Gnome-land, but in KDE with KNetworkmanager (the KDE front end to networkmanager) you right click the icon in

Re: [opensuse] Network Manager (SSID problem)

2007-07-27 Thread G T Smith
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dennis J. Tuchler wrote: > I noted what was said about hidden SSID problems using SuSE and > Knetwork manager: > > Kai Ponte wrote: >> On Thu, July 26, 2007 2:27 pm, Johannes Nohl wrote: I don't know for those of you in Gnome-land, but in KDE wi

Re: [opensuse] Network Manager (SSID problem)

2007-07-27 Thread Joe Morris (NTM)
On 07/28/2007 12:20 AM, Dennis J. Tuchler wrote: > My eth1 setup includes a passphrase and ESSID for my current wireless > router. I expect to take my laptop "on the road" and use it in > various places which provide WiFi. If the identifying name of the > network is not apparent, how do I set it

Re: [opensuse] Network Manager (SSID problem)

2007-07-28 Thread Kai Ponte
Quoting "Dennis J. Tuchler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: My eth1 setup includes a passphrase and ESSID for my current wireless router. I expect to take my laptop "on the road" and use it in various places which provide WiFi. If the identifying name of the network is not apparent, how do I set it up?

Re: [opensuse] Network Manager (SSID problem)

2007-07-30 Thread Johannes Nohl
> Deliberate mixing of ad-hoc and infrastructure based networking on the > same SSID is probably not good practice. People configuring machines as > ad-hoc with the same SSID and passphrase is something the network > managers can do little about, and I would regard this as a potential > security we

[opensuse] Network Manager update for 10.1?

2006-07-27 Thread Alexander Antoniades
Robert Love's blog indicated that the updated Network Manager would reach OS 10.1 soon. Does anyone have an idea when this will be? Also, is there a Bugzilla for the additional KDE repository? Thanks, Sander - To unsubscribe,

Re: [opensuse] Network Manager update for 10.1?

2006-07-27 Thread Marcus Meissner
On Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 03:24:09PM -0400, Alexander Antoniades wrote: > Robert Love's blog indicated that the updated Network Manager would > reach OS 10.1 soon. Does anyone have an idea when this will be? reference url? what is OS 10.1? SL 10.1? > Also, is there a Bugzilla for the additional KDE

Re: [opensuse] Network Manager update for 10.1?

2006-07-27 Thread James Ogley
> reference url? what is OS 10.1? SL 10.1? http://rlove.org/log/2006071301.html and he actually says it'll appear in "openSUSE" soon. It did [http://lists.opensuse.org/archive/opensuse-commit/2006-Jul/0275.html]. FACTORY now uses 0.6.4. -- James Ogley [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://usr-local-bin.org P

Re: [opensuse] Network Manager update for 10.1?

2006-07-27 Thread Marcus Meissner
On Fri, Jul 28, 2006 at 07:24:29AM +0100, James Ogley wrote: > > reference url? what is OS 10.1? SL 10.1? > > http://rlove.org/log/2006071301.html and he actually says it'll appear > in "openSUSE" soon. > > It did > [http://lists.opensuse.org/archive/opensuse-commit/2006-Jul/0275.html]. > FACTORY

Re: [opensuse] Network Manager update for 10.1?

2006-07-29 Thread Alexander Antoniades
On 7/28/06, Marcus Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: There are some fixes in the 10.1 codebase which were done for SLED 10, which we likely could release for 10.1 however. That would be greatly appreciated. Despite the problems I had initially, NetworkManager crashing when coming out of suspe

[opensuse] network manager & vpn & vpn client (a bit long, as I'm confused)

2007-02-16 Thread Peter Van Lone
Using SLED10, there is a nice-looking option in the network manager, a left click on the icon in the panel, and there is a "VPN Connections" option, you can configure vpn definitions, and then launch those that have been configured. If you choose to configure, there is a nice little wizard, and th

Re: [opensuse] network manager & vpn & vpn client (a bit long, as I'm confused)

2007-02-16 Thread Kai Ponte
On Friday 16 February 2007 12:59, Peter Van Lone wrote: > Using SLED10, there is a nice-looking option in the network manager, a > left click on the icon in the panel, and there is a "VPN Connections" > option, you can configure vpn definitions, and then launch those that > have been configured. If