what does this mean?
 

iam trying to get my wireless router to work for suse 9 pro, i found this from my wireless router company belkin's home page:

Tested with Red Hat 7.1, 7.3 and Mandrake 8.1 If you are using a stock
debian setup (any version) get yourself a 2.4 kernel and modules (2.4.14,
2.4.16, and 2.4.17) or compile your own.

Make sure you have wireless-tools, and pcmcia-cs installed (these are
packages for your distro)

Edit: /etc/pcmica/config, search for the stanza of your card. Replace
whatever module it is loading now (usually wvlan_cs), with orinoco_cs. For
the Belkin Card.

card "Intersil PRISM2 11 Mbps Wireless Adapter"
manfid 0x0156, 0x0002
bind "orinoco_cs"

Edit: /etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts, for your card, and for the all inclusive
entry you should enter the correct ESSID for the network you intend to use, and the correct channel for your network and all that. Channel 6 seems to be default on most hardware. Here's an example of something similar to what you
should have.

# orinoco_cs (Intersil PRISM2 11 Mbps Wireless Adapter)
*,*,*,00:00:F0:*|*,*,*,00:02:78:*)
INFO=" orinoco_cs "
ESSID="WLAN"
MODE="Managed"
CHANNEL="6"
RATE="auto"
;;

Edit: /etc/pcmcia/network.opts, and enter the correct ip address, and
gateway information for your network, or simply rely on DHCP.

case "$Address" in
*,*,*,*,*)
DHCP="y"
;;
esac

Now restart pcmcia services. (/etc/init.d/pcmcia restart

If it doesn't work

tail -f /var/log/syslog then put the card in, Make sure all the Settings are
Correct

if syslog looks ok, run iwconfig. Make Sure you associating with the correct
ESSID

if iwconfig looks alright, run ifconfig. make sure your ip address is
correct.

Linux software drivers for Belkin network adapters are developed
independently by third-party developers who support the Linux open source
philosophy. Belkin is not responsible for guaranteeing the compatibility of its adapters with Linux, since it does not control how or by whom network
drivers are developed.

You can find drivers for the ATMEL chipset (in all our wireless networking devices except the F5D6020 V.1), through the following web site.












ok... great , but i dun get a thing it says, can someone expalin it to me? for example, pcmcia-cs installting and what /etc/pcmica/config
how do i do these things? iam so confused i dun even know where to start...:Pengy:

hmm, not trying to be funny, but it means that you have to read up a bit more.
i suggest this - http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/ . it's a great resource on wireless. we can guide you on certain parts, but its easy for all, if you know a little bit.

lets take it step-by-step.

also google for the "rute" guide. might alsi want to look up the pcmcia page on sourceforge (hit google.)