Re: Suse Linux 9.1 Personal Problem. Please Help
From: Paul (mr_pookie_jr_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 02/26/05
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Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 20:43:48 GMT
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
I'm not sure Suse 9.1 has any built-in support for wireless G cards; I
know that Suse 8.2, which I run, does not. You might want to consider
doing what I did to get my wireless B card working (the wireless B
support in Suse 8.2 wouln't work with the chipset on my Linksys WMP-11
wireless card), which is purchase (about $20) and install "driverloader"
from Linuxant
(http://www.linuxant.com/driverloader/?PHPSESSID=bd094f2adb3b62e683074b1196b48bb1).
Hardcore linux users don't like this solution, because it works by
allowing the installation and use of the native Windows XP drivers that
come with your network card. But, the solution worked for me and I'm
happy with it.
BTW. even after I got Suse to load the windows drivers and recognize my
wireless card, I still had to tweak the setup a bit (manually assign IP
address and routing information) to get connected. For some reason (in
8.2 at least) Yast wasn't able to configure the setup automatically,
even after my wireless network card was recognized by the system (my
card showed up onYast, and I was never able to configure the card so it
properly starts up - I have to run a script to reinitialize the network
- I think the problem has to do with the fact that I have an onboard
wired ethernet interface plus the wireless card, which requires me after
bootup to manually shut down the wired interface, start up the wireless
interface, and set the gateway routing).
Good luck!
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