So i was wondering if anyone can help me connect to a wireless network via command line instead of utilizing the GUI

so far i have done this, but im not sure what to do after this

Nexus:~ # ifconfig wlan0 down
Nexus:~ # ifconfig wlan0 up
Nexus:~ # iwlist scan
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:23:69:F0:16:50
Channel:9
Frequency:2.452 GHz (Channel 9)
Quality=49/70 Signal level=-61 dBm
Encryption keyn
ESSID:"Nexus"
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=000000debd7b8d8b
Extra: Last beacon: 119ms ago
IE: Unknown: 00054E65787573
IE: Unknown: 010882840B162430486C
IE: Unknown: 030109
IE: Unknown: 2A0100
IE: Unknown: 2F0100
IE: Unknown: 32040C121860
IE: Unknown: 2D1A7E181BFFFF000001000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown: 3D16090F0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown: DD6F0050F204104A00011010440001021041000100103B00010310470010DB9D4CD25ABBDB29518CAAF574BF6F2510210007 4C696E6B737973102300075752543136304E102400063132333435361042000234321054000800060050F204000110110007 5752543136304E100800020084
IE: Unknown: DD050050F20500
IE: Unknown: DD050050F20500
IE: Unknown: DD090010180201F4050000
IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101000003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
IE: Unknown: DD1E00904C337E181BFFFF000001000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown: DD1A00904C34090F0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
Cell 02 - Address: 00:22:2D:72:CD:CB
Channel:11
Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
Quality=13/70 Signal level=-97 dBm
Encryption keyn
ESSID:"10SAM"
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 22 Mb/s
Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s
36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=000002983f4d010a
Extra: Last beacon: 31ms ago
IE: Unknown: 0005313053414D
IE: Unknown: 010582848B962C
IE: Unknown: 03010B
IE: Unknown: 2A0100
IE: Unknown: 32080C1218243048606C
Cell 03 - Address: B0:E7:54:CE:C09
Channel:10
Frequency:2.457 GHz (Channel 10)
Quality=18/70 Signal level=-92 dBm
Encryption keyn
ESSID:""
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
Bit Rates:24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=00000000000c8181
Extra: Last beacon: 102ms ago
IE: Unknown: 0000
IE: Unknown: 010882848B960C121824
IE: Unknown: 03010A
IE: Unknown: 050400010000
IE: Unknown: 0706555320010B1B
IE: Unknown: 2A0100
IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
Group Cipher : CCMP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: Unknown: 32043048606C
IE: Unknown: DD0E0050F204104A0001101044000102

Nexus:~ # iwconfig wlan0 essid Nexus key 30BABA0D8B

btw, im using cell 01 in the scan and it is a simple wep encryption
Using OpenSuse 11.4

Thanks

everything looks right; the next thing you need to do is get an IP address.
To do that use dhclient as root:
ie.
or dhcpcd

One of those programs should be on your system, I just don't know which because I haven't used SuSE in a loooong time. Post back with your results

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You might also need to use iwconfig wlan0 essid [ssid you wish to use] key [wep key]
or if it uses a wpa key, you will need to use wpa_supplicant.
you would do this before running dhcpclient or dhcpcd

Thanks for the reply...sorry i just got back on...um but anyways i checked and i have

dhclient dhclient6 and dhcpcd

does it matter which one i use?
Im about to try them now...i will reply momentarily

im connected to the wireless. thanks

but anouther question right now i had to use dhclient

but when i tried to use dhcpcd it stated the following
anyways out of my own curiosity i was just wondering why this didnt work and dhclient did?

i'd stick with dhclient if its working, thats the command I used to use on Debian. I'm suprised that you have dhcpcd also installed, but then again I don't know all that much about wireless, just enough to get connected . What your error message looks like to me, is that you HAVE dhcpcd (if you didn't, BASH would have said " command not found") but it is some how not configured properly. Glad to hear that dhclient is working for you. best of luck .