I recently upgraded my IBM 600 Laptop to SUSE's new version
(8.0). I was using version 7.3 and had my hardwire pcmcia card and my
Orinoco wireless pcmcia card working perfectly. There were many
articles out there to help with the setup and the wireless tools
package.
Since I upgraded to versionn 8.0, my wireless no longer
functions and I cannot figure out the setup. On the SUSE site, I found
a statement that they have completely redesigned the network part of their
product. Of course, they offer no help in their database or never on
their "free" support. They say that they do not support laptops with
the "free" support --- they are sounding more like RedHat everyday. The
YAST2 has a completely new look for network card setup and if you use pcmcia
option, the nic card names are different than the names shown with the
ifconfig -a command. If I try to do an iwconfig with either name,
it does not work.
HAS ANYONE SUCCESSFULLY SETUP A WIRELESS WITH VERSION
8.0? PLEASE HELP ME. I am ready to drop version 8.0 and return to 7.3
although I like some of the new things in 8.0.