On 29 Jul 2008 at 22:15, Gary Tennesen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I had a succesful install of SUSE on my laptop; however, I'm struggling with 
> it on my desktop computer.  Recognizes my network wireless cards but can't 
> get out onto the internet.
> 
> Can anyone recommend another OS distribution to try and where to download 
> it?  I'm downloading Gentoo right now and it is slooooow.
> 
> Any help/experience would be greatly appreciated.

Even though I don't have any experience with wireless and Linux, it seems 
that Ubuntu Linux is simple enough. Yet, I believe, that you may use SUSE 
as well. If you already have some experience with setting up wireless 
networks, then the instructions here:
http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Wireless_LANs_with_SuSE_Linux
should suffice.
If not, then a few tips: don't use ad hoc configuration. You use a 
wireless router, I guess. Use ESSID broadcasting until everything is 
configured. First, you configure the network without protections, and once 
it works you add protections.

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