At least until Thursday, I'd like to get my machine working with WPA2 encryption. I have my card configured and recognized by the system, but WPA2 is not an option (I have wpa_supplicant installed from Yast).

Also, my access point does not broadcast its SSID -- Do I have to make any changes to the SUSE system to handle that?

The trick is that kinternet for some odd reason doesn't support WPA at all.. So, youll have to disable kinternet, and set the wpa options with the Yast hardware configurator. After a reboot it should work but make sure kinternet stays off, it _will_ mess up the wpa..

Thanks for that info. I went with GNOME rather than KDE - Is KInternet even installed?

Also, would you know of a guide on setting up those options? Right now I only see WPA-PSK as an option, no WPA2-AES.

I also have the added fun of having an access point that doesnt broadcast its SSID, so I'm sure there is some configuration for that as well!

The downside in Linux is you need to broadcast your essid. Actually its not really a downside since the average smartguy (linux nerd) can find your access point w/o an essid. Thats what monitor mode is for

So just broadcast it anyway. I know the WPA_supplicant for Suse 10.0 works for WPA-PSK (TKIP and/or AES) but the Suse 10 version of WPA_supplicant doesnt support WPA2. You'll probably have to search for the new version and see if it supports it.

If you're using Gnome, dont worry about Kinternet. Just go into Yast2 and configure the options ther for WPA-PSK. I'm sure you could get WPA2 working, just need to update WPA_supplicant and probably edit your /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-wlan0 file (which contains your key and device info settings).

Argh! I forget what utility I got from YaST, but it does allow WPA2 because I was using it on my wireless card with SuSE10 before I got my new Dell Latitude D620. I just can't recall what the application was called. It's not kinternet (for KDE), I know that much.

Actually, you can have this work in Linux: I was able to get Ubuntu 5.10 to connect with little issue by modifying the /etc/wpasupplicant.conf file. As SuSE does something different, I'm trying to find the method.

which wireless card are u using. ie what is the output of the following

ifconfig
ip addr
rcnetwork restart

I think I remember the application now. It is called netapplet. install it via yast and it has WPA2 support.

Netapplet is for using "ifup" and "ifdown" for already configured devices. If you right click the netapplet icon in the system tray it will take you to "/sbin/yast lan" which is Yast Network Card configuration. Which basicall you're back to what I said that you need to configure WPA-PSK in Yast and if you'd like WPA2, you need to download the new version of WPA_supplicant on their website. Suse 10 doesnt have the newest version of it yet. I saw it on their site a few days ago when I made my posting.

Once you do that you might have to do some 'figiting' of the ifcfg-wlan file to make sure it works correctly w/ the new version of wpa_supplicant. Possibly even the wpa_supplicant.conf file.

Good luck.