have Linux 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop x86_64
System: openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64)
KDE: 4.6.00 (4.6.0) “release 6”.
Im having intermittent connection problems my network manager says i’m connected but i get unable to connect in firefox, firefox cant find the server at google, try again.
it keeps doing that on opensuse but if i go into windows on another hard drive in the same desktop no problems. can someone see if my connection manager is set up correctly? when i first installed opensuse, it wouldnt connect at all with traditional method with ifup, no connection at all. so i switched to network manager. my desktop hs rtl811/8168b PCI expres gigabit ethernet controller.
You only mention firefox so with your network manager saying you’re connected it could just be the network settings in firefox itself
You don’t say whether you’ve tried a simple ping to determine whether you actually have an internet connection or not, if you haven’t try opening konsole (alt & f2 keys, type konsole and hit enter) and type this command to ping google
ping google.com
Hit the Enter key to run the command after typing it, if you then see something like this:
64 bytes from bru01m01-in-f99.1e100.net (209.85.147.99): icmp_req=1 ttl=54 time=110 ms
64 bytes from bru01m01-in-f99.1e100.net (209.85.147.99): icmp_req=2 ttl=54 time=106 m
If you see something like that then you are indeed connected to the internet
If you are connected try this, open firefox and open Edit > Preferences, in the Firefox Preferences screen click the Advanced tab then the Network Tab, In the Connection Settings section click the Settings button, in the Connection Settings screen select No Proxy, click Ok, then Ok again to close the preferences screen and see if you can open pages (might have to close and reopen firefox)
if the ping returns something like ‘unknown host’ or ‘no route to host’ then it’s not even worth trying the firefox settings thing because you don’t have a connection yet, so if it’s not just a misconfigured proxy setting in firefox then it’s time to look into your network card settings
ill try those things but i should have mentioned that it also happens when im in yast doing an online update or adding some program, etc. it stops updating or adding the new program. so the connection stops working
I only just realised it’s intermittent (get tired easy at my age!), It sounded like you’re on a cable connection, if so have you tried another cable? Preferably a ‘known good’ one
i think its some setting in opensuse because when i dual boot into another harddrive on my dekstop, its windows, there isnt any problem with a connection in windows its a constant connection unlike the off and on connection in opensuse, i just cant figure it out, and its a pain waiting for the conection to come back. i keep hitting refresh in firefox waiting til the connection cames back…
One thing I can think of that might cause it to drop in and out is if you’re using dhcp under opensuse it might be trying to assign a local ip address that another device (computer/phone/tablet/etc) is using/trying to use
It would be worth trying a static address setup instead of dhcp just as a test to rule that out, I don’t use network manager on any of my machines so I’m not sure of what buttons to press on which screens etc, but here’s an example of the basic settings you need to get a connection up
First find out the address of your internet router, the gateway, by typing sudo /sbin/route in konsole and pressing enter, like this:
sudo /sbin/route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
default 192.168.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
loopback * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
link-local * 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
From that you can see that my default gateway is 192.168.0.1 so I would need to add settings something like this:
Default Gateway: 192.168.0.1
Dns Server: 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Local IP Address: 192.168.0.99
The local ip address can end anything other than 1 because your router’s already using it, I chose 99 because it’s a number unlikely to be already in use
If your connection still isn’t stable then other than things like whether you have the correct driver for your card right now I can’t think of what else to suggest (1.50am here), can’t say I’ve ever had a connection not be stable on opensuse without some sort of issue that affected any other OS installed on it, issues getting connected to begin with on occasion yeah but usually found once it’s there it stays there
what are my correct network card setting suppose to be? i keep getting bounced online offline, on and off with my instant messenger. im using ifup and my network card is rtl 8111/8168b pci gigabit ethernet
Not a huge fan of the network manager so I would say just set it up in Yast. First go into Windows and open a command prompt by typing cmd into the search (I assume Windows Vista or 7) and then click on cmd or cmd.exe that shows up once you get a command prompt type ipconfig and look for the IPV4 of your local area connection. make a note of your IP address, Subnet Mask, and Gateway. Then boot back into openSUSE and go into Yast and choose Network Devices then Network settings your ethernet card should be listed there highlight it and choose edit choose Statically Assigned IP address and enter the IP address that Windows gave you and the Subnet Mask then click next and click on Hostname DNS tab and enter the gateway address from Windows into Name Server 1. Then click on Routing tab and enter the Gateway Address Windows gave you into Default IPV4 Gateway then click ok. Reboot and see if that works. If it does and everything seems stable you can just uninstall the network manager. Good luck
what do i do , downgrade to 8168 then blacklist it or update or change kernel? that is a little out of my leauge but id give it a go with some instructions
12.1 is released in 3 days will that correct the problem if i wait for the new version of opensuse?
Some people report it’s fixed in 12.1 and others it’s not. You might want to try it out yourself once it’s released.
It looks as though compiling the driver from realtek website solves the problem. You can download the driver here : Realtek
The instructions are in readme file of the tarball. Should be as simple as extracting the archive and running autorun.sh. You need to have devel_basis pattern installed in order for the compilation to work. In case of problems let us know
that link goes to audio codecs, i need network drivers… if i search for network drivers what an i looking for? am i looking for 8168 instead of the one i havve installed now 8169
That’s strange for me it goes to network drivers. You need to browse down a bit down the page to see Linux links. The first downloads there are some Windows utilities.
Try the link from here : SDB:Realtek 8169 driver problem - openSUSE
The name of the tarball I found there is **r8168-8.026.00.tar.bz2
I hit the realtek the link still goes to download high defeinition audio codec and ac97 audio codec. it may say 10.100.1000 but then keep following it, i hit PCI THEN goes to download audio.
