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07.18.2008 at 08:42PM PDT, ID: 23578698
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Wireless Network Card works but cant get an IP address in Suse 11

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I have recently installed SUSE 11 on my Toshiba Laptop. Everything works, including the wired network card eth0. I also have a built in wireless card on the laptop, Suse seems to detect it and configure it, when I do a list scan, I can see all the available wireless networks in the neighbourhood. I tried to configure it to attach to my wireless router, but it is not getting an IP address through DHCP. My router has WEP security with a shared key, it is working as other Windows laptops work fine wirelessly on this. I have even tried to make the wireless network "open" without encryption, but my laptop's built in network card still cant get an IP address from DHCP. Any help is appreciated, I am not an expert on linux systems, so please ask me if anything is not clear. Thanks
Answered By: tjilp
Expert Since: 08/11/2008
Accepted Solutions: 27
Computer Expertise: Guru
tjilp has been an Expert for 4 months, during which he has posted 119 comments and answered 27 questions. tjilp is just one of 242 experts in the SuSE Linux Zone. 3 experts collaborated on this answer, which was graded a "B" by the asker.
 
 
 
 
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