Using openSUSE 11.4 on itronix IX250
show can find a signal source, but after starting to connect, am cutoff
using traditional and not network manager WaveLan/IEEE started automatically at boot
device type: wireless
dynamic address: DHCP + zeroconf [DHCP both versions 4 & 6] {have tried variations with no improvement}
operating mode: Managed
Authentication mode: no encryption Network name: [ESSID]
Scanning gets: CLP-Main Library
Device name eth0
Firewall disabled
All on INTERNAL ZONE
Sometimes can get "download icon" and 12% of a download, despite not officially being connected, but then am kicked off and icon disappears
Probably going to need to use command line and editor to fix, but not sure of what to search for and what to do for the fix.

Sorry that's like a jumble of too much and too little information.

What type of WIFI network are you trying to connect too, Open or Closed/Protected?

If you run both of "ifconfig" and "iwconfig" AS SUDO or ROOT, what do you see?

I'm finding it hard to believe that your wireless is designated as eth0, that's usually the first wired Ethernet connection, but if there are absolutely no wired Ethernet resources on your system, maybe it is using that for the wireless; however I'd expect something like "wlan0".

Forget the whole "download icon", and stop trying to download anything. If your wireless connection is not properly established, then it is irrelevant if some application level sees a networking interface and attempts to use it, then also reporting false or indeterminate progress.

Am trying to get on any OPEN network such as library, food store, etc. [I don't have own electricity -- also why often takes a while to answer these posts].
My cards are listed as [and one WaveLan is a duplicate]: Ethernet Pro 100 [eth0]; WaveLan/IEEE [eth1]; WaveLan/IEE [eth_pccard_1.0]; Ethernet Network Card [eth2]; WaveLan Adapter [wlan0 -- this is a USB not always attached].

As root found only these locations for "ifconfig": in sbin, usr, and etc -- the first two not readable. For /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-ethi have these readouts:
BOOTPROTO='dbcp'
BROADCAST=' '
ETHTOOL_OPTIONS= ' '
IPADDR= ' '
MTU= ' '
NAME= 'WAVELAN/IEEE'
NETMASK= ' '
NETWORK= ' '
REMOTR_IPADDR= ' '
STARTMODE= 'hotplug'
USERCONTROL= 'no'
WIRELESS_AP= ' '
AP_SCANMODE= ' 1 '
AUTH_MODE= 'open'
BITRATE= 'auto'
CA_CERT= ' '
CHANNEL= ' '
CLIENT_CERT= ' '
CLIENT_KEY= ' '
CLIENT_KEY_PASSWORD= ' '
DEFAULT_KEY= '0'
EAP_AUTH=' '
EAP_MODE= ' '
ESSID= ' '
FREQUENCY= ' '
KEY= ' '
KEY_0= ' '
KEY_1= ' '
KEY_2= ' '
KEY_3= ' '
KEY_LENGTH= '128'
MODE= 'MANAGED'
NICK= ' '
NWID= ' '
PEAPVERSION= ' '
POWER= 'yes'
WPA_ANONID= ' '
WPA_IDENTITY= ' '
WPA_PASSWORD= ' '
WPA_PSK= ' '

For 'iwconfig' the four locations in /usr were unreadable, and only readable is /zsh/share/man/man8/iwconfig.8.gz which reads:
#compdef iwconfig
local curcontext= "$curcontext" state line expl ref=1
_arguments -C \
'(1 * -) --help [display help information]' \
'(1 * -) --version [display version information]' \
' 1: network interface:_net_interfaces' \
' * : parameter: -> parameters' && ret=0
if [[ -n "$state" ]]; then
local -a arg
case $words[CURRENT -1] in
essid) -wanted -x names expl 'network name' compadd off any on;;
nwid) domain) _message -e ids 'network id' ;;
freq) channel) _message -e channels 'channel or frequency';;
sens0 -message -e levels 'signal level';;
mode)
-wanted modes expl 'operating mode' compadd \
Ad-Hoc Managed Master Repeatewr Secondary Monitor Auto;;
ap) -message -e names 'nickname';;
nick*) _message -e names 'nickname';;
rate/bit*) _message -e bit-rates 'bit rate';;
rts/frag* _message -e sizes 'size';;
key/enc*) _message -e keys 'key' ;;
power)
arg= much more but under power seems irrelevant I may have made a few mistakes regarding punctuation and spacing, but don't believe should matter.

Really did what believe was thorough job of finding all instances of 'ifconfig' and 'iwconfig', but if you believe should check some other locations, please so advise.

With much appreciation of your time and effort, Bil VERCH

I meant actually run the commands to show the output result of each of those commands. For instance this is my system which does not have a wireless adapter, but I still can run those commands.

Note that I obscured the MAC addresses and removed the IPv6 addresses, but otherwise the output information should appear similar, and you should also edit the output to protect private information when you post.

ifconfig output example:iwconfig example (And as I say, I do not have a wireless adapter):

Is not OpenSuse 11.4 dead in the water?

Owning a Amrel RT 786 EX myself. I run current AntiX and use a pmcia wireless cardbus made by Belkin that is wireless G and has a atheros chipset.

Your Itronix is older and lower specs than my Amrel. From what I read here

Put as current distro on that 256MB or whatever ram you have on that p3 toughbook is what I would suggest.

For wireless usb

might show what your wireless usb chip is. I have a feeling though your internet is dropping out because of age of equipment and heat.
Where a internal plugin card needs reseating or something.

Something I am kinda familiar with myself.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ml#post5236866

Wouldn't allow my reply of ifconfig and iwconfig due to IMGs which can't find. So including data as pdf attachment.

Attached Files

My laptop is old.pdf (109.6 KB, 31 views)

At the time you ran those commands it looks like it was working to me.

If you happen to be trying to use open WIFI networks which you do not know the owner of them and if those networks are also not considered to be publicly available ones, just merely open networks which you find, then one possibility is that you are attaching but being kicked off at the traffic level because even though the network is open the IP traffic is managed somehow. I'd ping the router continuously for a lengthy period of time and see if that gets disrupted versus not. Similarly I'd ping a known internet site that you can reach and see if those pings continue without disruption.

If one or more of these open networks are public access networks, such as a library and not some free WIFI cafe, you could consider asking the administrator if they can see your system and if they see any problems or explain why you have intermittent traffic.