Re: Suse Linux 9.1 Personal Problem. Please Help

From: ecadre (ecadre_at_yahoo.co.uk)
Date: 02/26/05


Date: 26 Feb 2005 12:43:01 -0800


uk.spencer@gmail.com wrote:
> i have got suse 9.1 personal and cant setup my internet. I am a
> complete newbie to the whole linux thing, so help would be great on
> this matter.
>
> 1: The wireless network adapter is in PCI slot 3 and is a Linksys
> WAG54G
> 2: Windows Can Pick It up, but linux cant, why not
> 3: How do i get linux to find it and get the settings so that i can
> connect to the internet using linux insted of WinXp Pro
>
>
> PLEASE HELP ME
>
> i will need a step by step on how to do this, PLEASE HELP ME.
>
> Regards
> Spencer

Hi,

The WAG54G seems to be a router, we need to know what the wireless card
fitted inside your computer is.

However, it's quite likely that you will need to use Ndiswrapper to get
a Windows driver working.

You might like to try out this link:

http://portal.suse.com/sdb/en/2004/04/pohletz_ndiswrapper.html

Andrew



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