I’m testing RC1, dvd upgrade. I activated two repos, which means it wants
internet. It sees the wifi card, but fails the test because it does not ask
for the wifi ID and password. I did not see anywhere to enter that info.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.2 x86_64 “Emerald” at Telcontar)
I would have to start a DVD installation to know if there was such a feature in 11.3 - up to 11.2 I do not think so.
But this came in my mind as I read your question:
openFATE #308335 : Net-Installation over WLAN
Regards
Martin
(pistazienfresser)
When I upgraded my laptop the existing wireless network configuration was used.
On new installations, if the “automatic configuration” box was unchecked then the network configuration page is shown, and Internet connectivity tested etc. Otherwise ( “automatic configuration” box was left checked) this stage is skipped.
On 2011-02-11 23:36, eng-int wrote:
>
> robin_listas;2289017 Wrote:
>> It sees the wifi card, but … does not ask for the wifi ID and
>> password. I did not see anywhere to enter that info.
>
> When I upgraded my laptop the existing wireless network configuration
> was used.
This is what I expected, but it did not happen. However, at this moment,
I’m wondering if the wifi LED and button was lighted blue or red. Meaning
is wifi hardware was off or on - it should be on, I had used the laptop
just minutes before and wifi network was running. I have no idea why it
would be off during install of factory.
> On new installations, if the “automatic configuration” box was
> unchecked then the network configuration page is shown, and Internet
> connectivity tested etc.
This is the same in the upgrade mode; however, I do not see where I can
configure the wifi, because it needs a password in order to connect to my
wifi router.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.2 x86_64 “Emerald” at Telcontar)
Does your router need a password or a security key? If you have (for example) WEP security set up in the router, it might be worth turning it off.
On 2011-02-12 13:36, petermcph wrote:
>
> Does your router need a password or a security key?
Yes, of course.
> If you have (for
> example) WEP security set up in the router, it might be worth turning it
> off.
No, I can’t do that, it would leave my network hackeable, even temporarily.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.2 x86_64 “Emerald” at Telcontar)
On 02/12/2011 08:08 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> On 2011-02-12 13:36, petermcph wrote:
>>
>> Does your router need a password or a security key?
>
> Yes, of course.
>
>> If you have (for
>> example) WEP security set up in the router, it might be worth turning it
>> off.
>
> No, I can’t do that, it would leave my network hackeable, even temporarily.
When I saw this thread, I did the test.
Initially, the script tried to do DHCP from eth0. That took a very long time to
fail, but eventually up came a screen asking about the encryption scheme for the
WLAN. In my case, that is WPA. It then asked for my ESSID and the secret after
that. Once that was entered, it took a couple of extra ENTER presses, but
eventually, I got the message that it was trying DHCP on wlan0. Shortly
thereafter, it started downloading the installation code in the normal way.
In short, it works AS LONG AS YOUR WIRELESS DEVICE DOES NOT NEED EXTERNAL
FIRMWARE. If the emphasized part is true for you, then you have a configuration
problem.
On 2011-02-12 17:15, Larry Finger wrote:
> On 02/12/2011 08:08 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> When I saw this thread, I did the test.
>
> Initially, the script tried to do DHCP from eth0. That took a very long
> time to fail, but eventually up came a screen asking about the
> encryption scheme for the WLAN. In my case, that is WPA. It then asked
> for my ESSID and the secret after that. Once that was entered, it took a
> couple of extra ENTER presses, but eventually, I got the message that it
> was trying DHCP on wlan0.
That did not happen in my case.
> Shortly thereafter, it started downloading the
> installation code in the normal way.
>
> In short, it works AS LONG AS YOUR WIRELESS DEVICE DOES NOT NEED
> EXTERNAL FIRMWARE.
No, it doesn’t. It worked directly after installation, no firmware
required, no loops to jump through.
> If the emphasized part is true for you, then you have
> a configuration problem.
¿But what configuration? It never asked for any wlan configuration.
The only doubt I have is that I did not try to press the wifi button. I
would have to try that again.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.2 x86_64 “Emerald” at Telcontar)
On 02/12/2011 04:20 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> On 2011-02-12 17:15, Larry Finger wrote:
>> On 02/12/2011 08:08 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
>
>> When I saw this thread, I did the test.
>>
>> Initially, the script tried to do DHCP from eth0. That took a very long
>> time to fail, but eventually up came a screen asking about the
>> encryption scheme for the WLAN. In my case, that is WPA. It then asked
>> for my ESSID and the secret after that. Once that was entered, it took a
>> couple of extra ENTER presses, but eventually, I got the message that it
>> was trying DHCP on wlan0.
>
> That did not happen in my case.
>
>> Shortly thereafter, it started downloading the
>> installation code in the normal way.
>>
>> In short, it works AS LONG AS YOUR WIRELESS DEVICE DOES NOT NEED
>> EXTERNAL FIRMWARE.
>
> No, it doesn’t. It worked directly after installation, no firmware
> required, no loops to jump through.
>
>> If the emphasized part is true for you, then you have
>> a configuration problem.
>
> ¿But what configuration? It never asked for any wlan configuration.
>
>
> The only doubt I have is that I did not try to press the wifi button. I
> would have to try that again.
>
>
On 2011-02-12 23:20, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> On 2011-02-12 17:15, Larry Finger wrote:
>> On 02/12/2011 08:08 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
>
>> When I saw this thread, I did the test.
>>
>> Initially, the script tried to do DHCP from eth0. That took a very long
>> time to fail, but eventually up came a screen asking about the
>> encryption scheme for the WLAN. In my case, that is WPA. It then asked
>> for my ESSID and the secret after that. Once that was entered, it took a
>> couple of extra ENTER presses, but eventually, I got the message that it
>> was trying DHCP on wlan0.
>
> That did not happen in my case.
I’m trying the same procedure with 11.4: upgrading the laptop (dvd boot)
with 11.2 to 11.4. It is testing connectivity to a suse site before asking
for the wifi password. It never asks for it, so it fails.
If I connect the wire it works as a charm, via eth.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.2 x86_64 “Emerald” at Telcontar)