Re: sitecom wireless lan and SuSE 9.2

From: David Wright (david_c_wright_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 11/08/04 

Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2004 10:29:41 +0100

giel wrote:

> I'm trying to get my sitecom wl-121 wireless pci card to work in SUSE
> 9.2. I want to make a connection to a wireless router. This works
> under XP so the router is configured properly. I'm using wep
> encryption.
> The wireless lan card is recognized by YAST, but I can not make a
> connection to the router or to my laptop which has a wireless lan
> card.
> Can I use my sitecom card in SuSE 9.2. How can I check whether the
> card is properly configured.
>
> Giel

Have you configured the card using YaST? Have you entered the correct WEP
key into the card configuration? Have you been assigned an IP Address by
the router (assuming you are using DHCP)? Has it set your DNS and Gateway
addresses correctly?

It might be worth setting the DNS and Gateway addresses manually first, when
you are in the wireless card configuration in YaST, then, when you have
proved the connection works, let DHCP provide the information - I've known
a couple of DHCP capable routers which don't provide DHCP information
properly 100% of the time!

Unfortunately, I found wireless so unreliable under Windows, and in my
current flat I don't need it, so it was all packed away before I switched
to Linux, so I can't help much further I'm afraid :-(

Dave

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