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connecting to internet opensuse 11

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  • 16-02-2009 9:14pm
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    Stuxnet
    Registered Users Posts: 3,735 ✭✭✭


    hi guys very new to linux, i installed opensuse on a machine i had lying around, the install all went fine, but when i plugged in the ethernet to get updates and drivers it failed to connect to internet ? it did recognise it was plugged in, i could see it was aquiring ip address, but that was as far as it went any ideas, thanks in advance


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    ethernet
    Registered Users Posts: 3,568 ✭✭✭ethernet


    Do you have more than one ethernet port by any chance?


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    Stuxnet
    Registered Users Posts: 3,735 ✭✭✭Stuxnet


    hi,
    no just the one, i had mint installed and the Ethernet worked, but i couldn't get wireless to work, so i said i'd give suse a try


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    meathenterpr
    Registered Users Posts: 64 ✭✭meathenterpr


    If your wireless card is linksys pci you may be in luck
    Install ndiswrapper from CD/DVD (use yast to search for it)
    Download the zipped file from the following link

    http://www.ralinktech.com.tw/data/RT61_Firmware_V1.2.zip

    Unzip them and copy them to the /lib/firmware folder
    reboot the machine
    When you finish rebooting gnome and the network should be found
    (this worked for me in gnome but not kde, strange)
    You can get more info here
    http://en.opensuse.org/HCL/Network_Adapters_(Wireless)
    Look for Ralink RT61STA.


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