Re: Cannot connect to a wireless network via command line.

[Jirka Klimes <jklimes redhat com>]

On Saturday 01 of December 2012 21:48:39 Aston wrote:
> Hi all,
> My laptop unable to connect to a particular wireless network(essid:
> "ChinaNet-Starbucks" , it is a open wiwiz hotspot  http://www.wiwiz.com) by
> using NetworkManager,
Could you attach /var/log/messsages (or other file where NetworkManager logs)?
Do you use nm-applet or gnome-shell stuff?
Any errors in dmesg?

$ nmcli dev status
$ nmcli con list

> diversity:~ # iwconfig wlan0 essid "ChinaNet-Starbucks"
> diversity:~ # dhclient wlan0
> ls: cannot access /var/run/netconfig//wlan0/: No such file or directory
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 

That's OpenSuse specific. You probably didn't configure stuff properly usig YAST.

Jirka