Do you have wlan-ng installed? You will need to know what driver the adapter needs. What does lsusb (or lsusb -v) look like when the adapter is installed? -Jared
From: Andrew Perry <perryand@yahoo.com> Reply-To: perryand@yahoo.com, Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug@mail.wlug.org> To: wlug@mail.wlug.org Subject: [Wlug] networking for dummies Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 09:49:41 -0800 (PST)
Hi All,
I have a wireless network established at home using
the latest version of a certain very widely used operating system whose name I dare not speak. I've been trying for years to "convert" to Linux, mostly for ideological reasons, but without much luck. I've succesfully installed a few distributions of Linux onto various PC's (mostly older), and I can play CD's and use office software with no problem.
The real deal-breaker (the reason I haven't started using linux except as a novelty) is that I've never gotten the internet to work with Linux. With that other OS, installation of a wireless adapter is easy, and the OS generally recognizes it instantly. Are there any linux distros that will do the same thing (perhaps in conjunction with certain wireless adapters) ?
Right now I have SUSE 9.1 (Home) running, and when I plug in a USB wireless adapter, nothing happens, and I can't figure out what to do.
Any advice will be appreciated.
Thanks, Andrew
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