On Sun, 2007-05-13 at 15:30 -0700, Jerry Houston wrote: > I'm fairly new to Linux, but not quite a total novice. I've set up a > little Linux machine for my wife, using ndiswrapper to install a LinkSys > wireless NIC. I had very little trouble with that, and her machine > connects to our network without a problem. > > However, trying to do the same for my Toshiba Satellite P-35 laptop has > turned out to be quite an adventure. Although ndiswrapper confirms that > the driver has been installed correctly, and that the right hardware is > present, I haven't been able to connect to our WAP at all. The > NetworkManager icon (SuSE 10.2) just continues saying "no connection." > > If it's simply impossible to use ndiswrapper with this Atheros wireless > card, it would save me a lot of trouble to know that. On the other > hand, if anyone here has actually gotten one of these set up and > working, I'd sure like to have a chat with you!
IIRC Atheros is better served by mad-wifi. Go the the opensuse site and search for mad-wifi and/or Atheros. There is adequate info there to allow you to get it up and running under 10.2. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
