Hi guys I am running my wifi using YAST and IFUP. The card is a zd1211, and works just fine. However lately I have have to “start” it manually after booting. The only way I have found to do this is to open YAST >network settings> and “edit” the card, but NOT change anything, just click through the next buttons and it connects. I have tried using the settings “on boot” and “on hotpug” but always when I reboot, I have to go through the YAST rigmarole. This is a PITA. Can anyone guide me please? I am trying to avoid NM as I want to sort this out, not cover it up with more software. 
I’m not familiar with that card, but since you posted in Wireless, I assume it is a WiFi card.
Try changing the DHCP client to “dhclient” instead of “dhcpd”. I found that WiFi was not reliable with “ifup” unless I made that change.
It seems that “dhcpd” is caching too much information about the connection, and reusing that cached information instead of making a new dhcp query.
You change in Yast → system → /etc/sysconfig
(you can probably find you own way from there).
Thank-you Nrickert, but your advice did not work, in fact I lost connection altogether, so I put it back how it was. I seem to have sorted it by accident ( 
) rather unscientifically and I was tweaking other settings at the time so I am afraid i can’t detail the exact settings changed, but I think it was in >menu>system settings>network & conn > network settings. I think NM was trying to take over when KDE was loading (??? this just an idiot guess blush)…
D’oh I thought it was solved, but a second reboot, and I am back to square 1…
As a workaround while I am trying to solve, what command is YAST sending when I do YAST> Network settings > select device > edit > next > OK and I dont change anything, it takes a while and when it gets to activate network settings and my net monitor says ‘connected’. What ‘command’ is YAST actually sending at this point?
On 04/28/2011 12:06 PM, wakou wrote:
>
> D’oh I thought it was solved, but a second reboot, and I am back to
> square 1…
> As a workaround while I am trying to solve, what command is YAST
> sending when I do YAST> Network settings> select device> edit> next>
> OK and I dont change anything, it takes a while and when it gets to
> activate network settings and my net monitor says ‘connected’. What
> ‘command’ is YAST actually sending at this point?
The only thing I know is that it effectively does the following:
sudo /sbin/ifdown <ifname>
sudo /sbin/ifup <ifname>
where <ifname> is wlan1, or whatever interface you are using.