Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 8
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Kernel (uname -r):
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2.6.8-24 Default
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Distribution:
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Suse 9.2 professional
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Hello As a somewhat newbie to linux i have tried mandrake 10.0 and 10.1 official downloads.. i finally got a copy of Suse 9.2 it was the 5 cd version not the dvd.
following are specs for the machine using this belkin usb adapter.
500mhz celeron
196 mb of ram
onboard sound and some shaddy video card . and a 4.2 gb hdd. it is basically a power spec.. (keep your laughter to a minimum)
where i work at we have wireless cable modems for "testing " so everyone either has laptops or external machines off of our network"
suse 9.2 detected the belkin unit automatically. the only issues i had was finding out where to put the ssid and where to put the encryption key (128 bit)
i started searching thru software in yast and found a kdewireless manager. after several attempts to configure i finally got it. all of our wireless routers here have the same encryption key. ( i know thats bad)
but its easier for all of us.
after configuring the hardware (green icon by clock ) i placed the encryption key in there without the ssid.
then when i used wireless manager it found by scanning the avail networks.. it automaticallty tries to connect to the one broadcasting the strongest.
i hope this review helps.
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