Bug 652561

Summary:	By default YAST activates wireless connections "On Cable Connection"
Product:	[openSUSE] openSUSE 11.3	Reporter:	Tim Edwards <iceman>
Component:	YaST2	Assignee:	Michal Zugec <mzugec>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID	QA Contact:	Jiri Srain <jsrain>
Severity:	Normal
Priority:	P5 - None	CC:	mt
Version:	Final
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Hardware:	i386
OS:	openSUSE 11.3
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Description Tim Edwards 2010-11-10 10:50:14 UTC

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In a machine with both a wired (already configured and working) and a wireless card I tried to setup the wireless card using YAST. Despite entering the correct details the first time the wifi card showed no sign of life.

After trying several different troubleshooting steps (I wrongly thought it was a driver problem) I looked back through the YAST network settings and under the 'General' tab I saw 'Activate Device' set to "On Cable Connection".

This is obviously wrong (!) and once I set it to 'At Boot Time' the wifi card worked perfectly.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open YAST->Network Settings
2. Click on a wireless interface (that has not previously been configured) and click 'Edit'
3. Click the 'General' tab
Actual Results:  
The 'Activate Device' setting is on 'On Cable Connection'

Expected Results:  
It should be 'At Boot Time'

Comment 1 Michal Zugec 2010-11-23 09:54:11 UTC

Marius, what do you think about this? IMHO ifplugd should works fine with properly configured wireless ...

Comment 3 Marius Tomaschewski 2010-12-07 10:32:50 UTC

Yes. By **default**, when there is a wired and a wireless interface, we
configure the 'on cable connection' mode, because it is the most common
use case.

AFAIS, there where a cable plugged into the wired network card (eth0):
"[...] machine with both a wired (already configured and working)
       and a wireless card.[...]"

When there is a cable plugged in, then the wireless will be not used,
but the wired one instead. When the plug gets removed, wireless is used.

==>> It is configurable: The user can modify this proposal and set it
     up differently depending on his needs.

It works fine with all notebooks & cards I've tested.

Comment 4 Marius Tomaschewski 2010-12-07 10:34:03 UTC

It is a feature, not a bug.