can't connect to the internet on my acer aspire 5349

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Hi guys,

I’m mostly a windows guy, I work in IT but the company I work for doesn’t support Linux, I’ve used backtrack before for wifi hacking purposes but other than that I’ve never really used Linux.

I want to learn and thought the best way would be to jump right in, I got a spare old Acer Aspire 5349 and installed OpenSuse on it, only problem is it won’t connect to the internet through wired or wireless connection! I’m assuming that this is because I need to install the drivers for this functionality but the Acer website only seems to support Windows drivers.

Any help with this would be much appreciated.

Thanks.

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openSUSE 12.3 has an issue where the wired network comes up not configured and wireless needs security settings of SSID and pass phrase to start working.

**First, all help requests must start with openSUSE version and Desktop which you failed to do. **

So, if I can assume its openSUSE 12.3 & KDE desktop, the do this:

Start YaST (enter root password) / Network Devices / Network Settings / If Network Manager is enabled, answer Yes to the warning.

Next you do:

Select Global Options Tab / Network Setup Method / Check "Traditional Method with ifup"

Next you do:

Overview Tab / Select Wired Network Card / Pick Edit Button / Make sure to select DHCP and then accept the config.

Next you do:

Select Global Options Tab / Network Setup Method / Check "User controlled with NetworkManager / Select OK at the bottom of the screen"

Do a full system update on wired before you try to setup the wireless connection.

Thank You,

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On 11/16/2013 04:26 PM, bckc wrote:
>
> Hi guys,
>
> I’m mostly a windows guy, I work in IT but the company I work for
> doesn’t support Linux, I’ve used backtrack before for wifi hacking
> purposes but other than that I’ve never really used Linux.
>
> I want to learn and thought the best way would be to jump right in, I
> got a spare old Acer Aspire 5349 and installed OpenSuse on it, only
> problem is it won’t connect to the internet through wired or wireless
> connection! I’m assuming that this is because I need to install the
> drivers for this functionality but the Acer website only seems to
> support Windows drivers.
>
> Any help with this would be much appreciated.

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Thanks for your help mate, fixed =)

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Happy to help and to hear you are up and working.

Thank You,