Samsung SWL-2000N wireless card on 8.1

I have a toshiba laptop with two pcmcia slots. A Samsung wireless card does not work with Suse 8.1. The pcmcia system recognises the card. The card is even mentioned on the list of cards that work with linux. Using the "iwconfig" function, to set the esssid or mode returns the error "Cannot set ESSID, function is not supported". As a result the network connection cannot be made. The latest version of the wireless extensions package had no effect either. Anyone have any experience of using this card under 8.1? Any help appreciated. Thanks. LinuxWorld999 Registered Linux User #305521 http://counter.li.org