Hi: Worked like a charm :) Doing my email via my now functional wireless
Thanks Gord On Thursday 10 May 2007 19:05, Ben Kevan wrote: > Just install the ipw-firmware and ipw3945d packages from the non-oss > repository > > You should be fine then. > > Ben > > On Thursday 10 May 2007 13:08, Gordon J. Holtslander wrote: > > Hi: > > > > Just bought an hp nx 7400 laptop with Integrated Intel PRO/Wireless > > 3945ABG. > > > > I'm trying to get the wireless working with openSuse 10.2 > > > > before wiping windows off the computer I set up my wireless router to > > communicate with the laptop. > > > > After replacing Windows with OpenSuse 10.2, I am unable to use wireless > > networking on the system. I have configured the wireless with the same > > parameters I used when Windows was on the system. > > > > The wireless hardware is recognized - I can configure the card in YAST - > > both the wired card and the wireless card are recognized. > > > > There is a wireless switch on the computer. I turn it on and the wirless > > indicator lights up on the switch and on the indicator lamp on the front > > of the laptop. > > > > When I run Network Manager it does not recognize that the system has > > wireless. When I run the KDE wireless monitor it states that wireless has > > been disabled. > > > > I see that Intel has a linux driver for this hardware: > > http://ipw3945.sourceforge.net/ > > > > I am assuming installing this driver would get the wireless networking > > functional. > > > > I assume that since YAST recognizes that there is a wireless networking > > hardware on the computer that some of the necessary driver parts have > > been installed. > > > > Can anyone tell me how to determine what needs to be done to get this > > working, apart from completely installing the driver? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Gord > > > > > > -- > > Gordon J. Holtslander Dept. of Biology > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Saskatchewan > > Tel 306 966-4433 112 Science Place > > Fax 306 966-4462 Saskatoon SK., CANADA > > homepage.usask.ca~gjh289 S7N 5E2 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
