If you want your 650+ working....use ndiswrapper. The version that ships with SuSE 9.3 works
no problem once u load the appropriate Win driver.
as root:
ndiswrapper -i GPLUS.inf ( of course put the path to the driver in if U havent already)
The biggest bug bear for the 650+ is that SuSE 9.3 loads the acx_pci module for this card
on the fly... the link led lights up no problem. Good luck getting it to work with this module
though. To remove this module simply enter :
modprobe -r acx_pci
Now type the following:
ndiswrapper -m { this creates an alias for modprobe }
modprobe ndiswrapper { this loads the ndiswrapper with the GPLUS driver. Your
link LED will again light up}
This will assign the card to wlan0
Continue with:
iwconfig wlan0 essid (whatever yours is ) mode (Managed for me) channel (xxx) key
For the "key" part remember that if you are using simple digits as a string eg 12345 then u
must enter the key for WEP as :
key s:12345[1]
The [1] part refers to the key number that u are using e.g. if U are using key 2 on your
network replace [1] with [2].
To kick the card up to communicate with your gateway/accesspoint enter the following:
ifconfig wlan0 up xx.xx.xx.xx
Obviously the IP number listed here (xx.xx.xx.xx) should be replaced with the IP number of your system on the network. Remember you should also create a listing for the machine
in the /etc/hosts file (if not there already).
From here ping your router and see if u are alive. If you get ping returns then your
connection is good. Now to get to the outside world.
route add default gw xx.xx.xx.xx
Replace xx.xx.xx.xx with your gateway IP address. Remember too that u should have a listing
for your DNS servers for your provider in your /etc/resolv.conf file. These should be in the
form of :
nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
nameserver stays as "nameserver" dont change this too anything else.If they arent there
remember to edit as root.
Once you have issued the "route" command then try and ping the IP for one of your
nameserver(s).
All this following #$%@# I have put into a shell script which I run as root once the desktop has booted up. This is fine but its a pain in the rectum. I used to buggerize around with
Fedora Core 4 which by the way is exactly the same process - I did find somewhere once back
in the bowels of time some way of doing this at boot ( i think it was editing something in
/etc/proc but for the love of god I cant remember where it was....anyone could give me
some help here i will name my next born after u !!! )
Hope this has helped some poor lost soul out there.