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Im Really new to linux, I just put on SuSE 9.1 Personal Today, and i looked everywhere, and I was wondering how to set up a built in wireless network card, help wpuld be GREATLY loved.
If you have an alternate network connection (like wired ethernet), or if you already have it on your distro media, try installing ndiswrapper. I had to use it on my laptop with SuSE 9.1 and it worked great. Do a google search on ndiswrapper and SuSE; there is some great information on SuSE's site regarding setup of ndiswrapper and wireless connections.
Sorry about that, I meant 'wired connection,' not 'wireless connection.'
Last time I used SuSE 9.1, ndiswrapper was not included on the installation media. With all of the linux distros that I have used, this has been an issue. My only recourse has been to set up the system, including ndiswrapper, using a regular ethernet connection, and then disable the ethernet connection once I had ndiswrapper and my wlan properly configured.
It would be nice if some of the distros could start including ndiswrapper on their installation media.
Now that your got ndiswrapper installed, you can use it to install the drivers for your wireless card. Check out the first link I gave you for the step by step procedure for doing that.
Once you have your drivers installed, use YaST to configure your wireless card. You may need to install the package 'wireless-tools' in order to do this.
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If you try using Yast dont try to setup the card that it recognizes, choose "other"
and advanced then setup your wireless settings there.
Joe
He's right. Just add your wireless card manually by choosing 'other.'
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