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Tim,
    Thanks for the info. 
    Is the book worth purchasing or did it just help you with this 
particular wireless problem?  Where did you get your card?  Was the 
upgrade to 9.1 worth it, besides the wireless issues?

Thanks again,
Bob Randal

Timothy J. Finucane wrote:

>Bob,
>
>I did try the Linuxant "driver/wrappers" but I also had problems with
>them on Suse. I did use Suse 8.2 and 9.0 prior to using 9.1. I could not
>get the built in wireless to work on any of them. The built in wireless
>is a USB Prism 2 and I read plenty of articles by people who were able
>to get them to work, but I had no luck. After many headaches I bought
>O'Reilly's new Lnux Unwired book and found my solution. The resolution
>to the problem was investing in a good Orinoco Gold Card. It was well
>worth the investment because it worked immediately using the Yast2
>network card configuration. No headaches! I've been happily wireless
>ever since.
>
>Tim Finucane
>
>  
>