[Mageia-discuss] Internet connection and Wifi Connection

Thu Jan 5 19:14:46 CET 2012

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 ;)
+>
+> 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:
+>>
+>>
+>> 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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