Wireless and wired connection to same router, wireless not working
I'm using OpenSuse 11.4 and I'm trying to connect wirelessly to a BT Hub 3.0, I've tried this in Debian Squeeze (the computer is currently dual boot, though Debian may go)
I can connect through the wired interface (eth0) but not wirelessly (wlan0) ifconfig does show that wlan0 is working and connected, traffic seems to be going into and out of the interface, but I can't access the web through it Code:
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1F:1F:E0:35:25 Code:
wlan0 Ralink STA ESSID:"BTHub3-HH9T" */ This is the AP I want to connect to /* Nickname:"RT2870STA" Output of route -n Code:
Kernel IP routing table Code:
192.168.1.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.64 Code:
192.168.1.254 dev eth0 lladdr 94:fe:f4:01:c0:56 REACHABLE Would the fact that there is only one gateway (192.168.1.254) and that both interfaces get IP addresses in the same range be a problem? Have I busted my setup even more? I'd like to be able to take my PC to another and still have internet access without having to install cables everywhere. |
Managed to get it working in OpenSuse 11.4 using KDE.
When I had the problem connecting to Wifi, I was using ifup to manage my connections, a bit of googling reminded me that NetworkManager's applet in KDE doesn't work particularly well with mobile broadband and Wifi connections and that GNOME's applet works a lot better. So I solved it by switching over to NetworkManager to manage my connections, removing the NetworkManager KDE applet, then installing the GNOME version, then changing adding the GNOME applet (nm-applet) to my autostart settings. Of course I think that this does mean that I'd need to be logged in as a user and possibly have X running as well to get online, with ifup it worked at boot time, but at least I get Wifi when I want it. |
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