I recently re-installed SUSE 12.1 and now I have no internet connection. I can talk to my router and printer just fine, but none of the browsers will open a web page. Turning of the firewall has no effect and Windows gets on the Internet just fine, which is how I am writing this post. Any Ideas?
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In Yast under Networking disable IPv6 and restart to see if that helps.
If not troubleshoot the network by posting the output from the following:
ip addr
ip route
grep -v ‘^#’ /etc/resolv.conf
ping 8.8.8.8
ping google.com
dig @8.8.8.8 google.com
Good luck.
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I finally did get it to work, not sure how. I will be reinstalling this weekend and will provide some more details. There seems to be a specific process to get the network manager running now. The older version was less touchy.
Ok, here are the steps that worked for me.
Use Yast to make sure NetworkManager is installed.
Open a terminal window and login as a super user.
Run “NetworkManger” (be sure to capitalize the N and M).
Go to Yast and open Network Settings.
Select the Global Options Tab.
Check the “User Controlled with Network Manager” option.
When you select OK it will remind you to have the NetworkManager App running.
When you acknowledge this warning you should not see any other dialogs, the window will close. If you see any warnings than the network manager is not working and you probably will not be able to get on the internet. This is what happened to me.
Now you need to add the Network Management Widget to you task bar.
Right Click your task bar and select Unlock Widgets.
Right Click your task bar and select Panel Options > Panel Settings.
Select +Add Widget.
Find the Network Management Widget and double click it.
Move the widget where you want it.
Close Panel Settings and Lock your Widgets.
Left click on your network management widget and setup your network from here.
Hope this helps some of the other beginners. SUSE 11.4 had Network Manager worked out much better. Two steps forward, one step back.