Ok......some I'm a serious novice.......prey for you vultures.....



I've taken the plunge and knocked together a Suse 9.3 Box on an old PC - and I'm impressed, much easier than XP (and better looking). My only problem is I've no idea how to get my Buffalo G54 USB Wireless Adapter to work. It's been detected in Suse, but does not seem accessible as a network device or shows any form of signal (the lights aint flashing either). The device currently appears in the "Unknown" section of devices in Suse Plugger/Device Manager.

Your help would be much appreciated by a Linux Virgin........

Leon

Most network devices can be access by a browser.

They mostly come with a predefined IP something like 192.168.0.1. This you can find in the docs that are supplied with the device.

It depends what the ip from your network and subnet is. Normally there is a (windows)program that can be used to change the IP and than you can use the browser on the ip.

If you can't use the program do it the other way around. Connect only the device, no other network devices, or whatever. Change your computers Ip address to something in the range of the device. Change the Ip from the device so you can use it with the browser in your network. Mostly it also has some kind of password - see docs.
Change your IP back to the old value. Now you can use the device and change what is necessary.

CloudBuilder

Thanks for the reply.....

I understand how to setup a working device, but my USB Adapter is not shown in the list of available options when setting up a networking device. Is there something I have to do (i.e. download drivers) which don't come straight out of the box with Suse? If so how the heck do I do that (seriously newbie).

So far I've got Suse installed and have no network devices setup - I've tried creating a wireless device using the options avaiable but none of them refer to the Buffalo G54 USB card I have.

Your help is much appreciated......

There is a Suse hardwarebase at the Suse Site.

You can find if the device is supported or not.

Normaly usb devices are recognized and supported, but I didn't have a usb accespoint, so the only things I can speek of are camera's players, drives, sticks and that kind of stuff. They all do not need special drivers, they are recognized by the modules in the kernel.

I remember with version 7 or 8 I had also some troubles with usb sticks, but the latest kernels have changed that.

In Yast there is a section HARDware- Hardware info, you can find out if your hardware is recognized.

In Yast in the network section you can configure your networkdevice if it is recognized.

CloudBuilder

The device is recognised as a hardware device - but appears in the "other" section of the hardware listing and not unser Network Devices. When looking in the network side of Yast I cannot see it as an available device for networking. Is this Suse telling me it won't work?

......thanks for the links I'll give them a check.

If you go to Yast2 - NetworkDevices -Networkcard
Is there a specification in the lower part of the window?
If not what happens if you click on not detected in the upper window?

Did you try the Kwifimanager? What is it saying ?

CloudBuilder