I reinstalled SuSE 8.1 again yesterday evening. This time, I found the section of the install process that asked me for the wireless networking parameters, but once the install was complete, the network still didn’t appear. Bummer.
This time, though, I was determined to get it working. From Windows, I delved into the SuSE on-line support database, read the PCMCIA HOWTO, and goggled around a bit. I came up with some information that looked plausible (here and here, namely that I needed to tweak the file /etc/sysconfig/pcmcia. This I did, setting the variables PCMCIA_SYSTEM to “kernel” and PCMCIA to “i82365” (both had been blank). I then went back into the control centre, and found that ther system had picked up the fact that the wireless network card was installed. Yay!
But although I could now ping myself, the rest of the network was still unreachable. Boo!
A reboot sorted it all, though, and we are now broadcasting live from SuSE 8.1. Woo!
Tried this on suse 8.1. Did not work for me. Am using an Orinico siver (lucent) wireless card. Not sure where problem is. Comments appreciated