Won't connect to Internet

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#1

KDE in use. I have a router dedicated to Wi-Fi. Notebook 1 which runs Ubuntu connects normally. I power it down and turn the router off, then turn the router on again and boot Notebook 2 which was just updated from Leap 42.1 (which worked) to 42.2. It does not connect. Here are the network settings from both notebooks.

Both notebooks use 192.168.1.1 as the default gateway.

Notebook 1 - Ubuntu

wlp1s0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:15:af:d2:97:50
inet addr:192.168.1.200 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::655e:2c6:44e2:fefd/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:54 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:65 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:6987 (6.9 KB) TX bytes:7722 (7.7 KB)

Settings from the Network configuration

General

Connection name----dlink
Automatically connect to this network when it is available. (Selected)

Wi-Fi

SSID----dlink
Mode----Client
Device----00:15:AF:D2:97:50
MTU----automatic

Wi-Fi Security

WPA & WPA2 Personal (Selected)

IPV4 Settings

Automatic (DHCP)

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Notebook 2 - Leap 42.2

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 14:2D:27:02:05:ED
inet6 addr: fe80::162d:27ff:fe02:5ed/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:19 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:29 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:3012 (2.9 Kb) TX bytes:4704 (4.5 Kb)

General Configuration

Automatically connect to this network when it is available. (Selected)

Wi-Fi

SSID----dlink
Node----Infrastructure
BSSID----C0:A0:BB:C6:4A:62
Restrict to bevice----wlan0 (14:2D:27:02:05:ED)

Wi-Fi Security

WPA & WPA2 Personal (Selected)

IPv4

Method----Automatic
Other DNS Servers----8.8.8.8

I don’t get an error message on the screen. Am I missing something obvious? Thanks in advance.

#2

I think my “zypper dup” from 42.1 to 42.2 has created massive problems as all of a sudden KDE doesn’t start and is not available from the login menu. I will try a full 42.2 install from a fresh DVD.

Moderator please close this subject.

#3

Hi
So what card is in the laptop that isn’t working…? Your Ub* laptop is a different wireless card…different driver…


/sbin/lspci -nnk |grep -A3 Network
#4 
$ lspci -nnk |grep -A3 Network03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Qualcomm Atheros AR9462 Wireless Network Adapter [168c:0034] (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Foxconn International, Inc. AR9462 Wireless Network Adapter [105b:e052]
        Kernel driver in use: ath9k
        Kernel modules: ath9k
04:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM57785 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe [14e4:16b5] (rev 10)

Please note. I have already successfully installed another (non-SUSE) distro in order to move on. I find it odd that 42.1 worked as expected but 42.2 doesn’t, and I will eventually get back to diagnosing the problem and re-installing 42.2 but this time I will not do a “dup”, but install from a fresh DVD. I couldn’t do this from the start as the machine lacks a DVD drive. I just bought a USB DVD drive to enable this.

Thanks for the help. I will post the results in the next few days.

#5

Hi
The information you provided doesn’t match up with the MAC address information provided… or are they Atheros but from different manufacturers… I’ve never had an issue with atheros/ath9k…

#6

malcolmlewis schrieb:
>
> The information you provided doesn’t match up with the MAC address
> information provided… or are they Atheros but from different
> manufacturers…

If not, then this suspiciously sounds like the “randomize MAC-address for
privacy” feature of newer wpa_supplicant (+Network Manager?) version(s)
discussed several times in the past few weaks in these forums.

I’ve never had an issue with atheros/ath9k…

+1

AK

–
Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
(R.J. Hanlon)

#7

For your information, a little history on my problem with the notebook…

Installed Leap 42.1 (some time ago) and connected.
Updated (zypper dup) Leap 42.1 to Leap 42.2 and NO connection
Installed Linux Mint 18.1 and connected
Bought USB DVD
Booted Knoppix 7.2 via DVD and connected
Installed Leap 42.2 via DVD and NO connection
Installed Tumbleweed (0201) via Netwoork and connected

It’s true I have mostly old machines, a number of them. But installing 42.2 has been a problem on every one I have tried. I haven’t succeeded on at least three different boxes and one notebook, encountering different problems. I have not had a similar problem since version 9.1 from a few years ago. I can live with Tumbleweed and hopefully I can use the next release of Leap.

Thanks for the help.