On Mon, 4 Dec 2006 14:41:53 -0500, starl8gazer_remove_@yahoo.com
wrote:

>That's odd... I am told the local WLAN does not use any encryption,
>i.e., WEP, so I don't even want to use it.

Are you sure there's no encryption being used on whatever you're
trying to connect? You can check with any site survey tool such a
Netstumbler or Kismet.

>In fact, that's what seems to
>work under Windows XP.

What is "that"? Is it working under XP with WEP or with no
encryption?

>As I understand the instructions in YaST, setting
>the Authentication Mode "Open" should be fine then.

Open is correct. But it has nothing to do with encryption. It's what
is used to authenticate after making a successful association and
encryption key exchange. Open Authentication really means "no
authentication at all".

>Setting Key Input
>Type doesn't doing anything, i.e., setting it to Hex with empty
>Encryption Key and clicking "Next", brings up a warning, "Using no
>encryption is a security risk. Really continue?", I say "Yes" and "Next"
>and restart the YaST Network Config, it's back to "Passphrase".

Well, the settings you posted suggest that you have WEP enabled on
your Cisco 340 wireless card.

I had lots of problems with the initial install and subsequent update
when I tried SUSE 10.1. I had to go back to 9.3 in order to deliver a
working server. However, there was no internal wireless involved in
this system so I have no experience with the latest bugs. I couldn't
find anything in Bugzilla for 10.1 that's related:
<https://bugzilla.novell.com/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&short_desc_type= allwordssubstr&short_desc=&classification=SUSE+Lin ux&product=SUSE+Linux+10.1&long_desc_type=substrin g&long_desc=&bug_file_loc_type=allwordssubstr&bug_ file_loc=&status_whiteboard_type=allwordssubstr&st atus_whiteboard=&keywords_type=anywords&keywords=& bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=NEED INFO&bug_status=REOPENED&emailassigned_to1=1&email type1=substring&email1=&emailassigned_to2=1&emailr eporter2=1&emailqa_contact2=1&emailcc2=1&emailtype 2=substring&email2=&bugidtype=include&bug_id=&vote s=&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=Now&chfieldvalue=&cmdtyp e=doit&order=Reuse+same+sort+as+last+time&field0-0-0=noop&type0-0-0=noop&value0-0-0=>
However, there are some notes that the network manager will screwup if
you are using WEP but have a "hidden" (non broadcasting) SSID.

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