[Mageia-discuss] Internet connection and Wifi Connection

[Florian Hubold]

Am 05.01.2012 19:11, schrieb Rory Albertyn:
> Thank you for the response Christopher.
>
> Will this allow me to specify a DSL connection (ISP/Username/Password) and
> connect to that over my wifi connection?
Nope, it will be only useful if you have the same bug with wireless as Kristoffer,
won't help you with the DSL (pppoe, i suppose?) setup at all.
And please don't top-post ;)
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> What I do usually is connect to the homes WIFI (Named GDB) then connect to my
> DSL account.
>
> Rory Albertyn (Gripen)
>
> On 05/01/2012 18:30, Kristoffer Grundström wrote:
>> Rory Albertyn skrev 2012-01-05 15:01:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> On my windows laptop, I can connect to my Wifi network, then setup a DSL
>>> connection and use that for internet connectivity via the WIFI. How am I
>>> able to do this with Mageia? It seems to only allow a DSL connection over a
>>> wired network. Any thoughts?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Rory Albertyn (Gripen)
>>>
>>> Ps: Just had this same issue with another GNOME based OS.
>> First off. check with lsmod if the module is loaded & used.
>> Then install rfkill & type as root i Terminal-window:
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>> rfkill list
>>
>> If you read Yes somewhere in the output you type rfkill unblock all or
>> rfkill unblock wifi or rfkill unblock wlan or wlan0
>>
>> Type following as root: rmmod -f and the name of the module that the card uses.
>>
>> Type modprobe followed by modulename to load the module again.
>>
>> Afterwards I'd disable eth0-interface by typing ifdown eth0 as root.
>>
>> I've had some problems myself with the module for Atheros AR5001 Wireless
>> Adapter in a HP Compaq Presario CQ60-415so & I solved it that way.
>>
>> /Christopher
>>
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