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Originally Posted by safetycopy
OK, I definitely seem to be making some progress...
I installed the driver .rpm and now when I click the little planet icon in my system tray I get a wlan0 connection show up which it didn't before (although the planet icon is still grey).
In the list of networks, our network name shows up with a little progress bar type indicator next to it. When I click our network name, the planet icon turns to a spinning cog for a few seconds, then turns back to a grey planet.
In YaST -> Network Devices -> Network Settings, my WUSB11 V2.6 802.11b Adapter now shows the IP as DHCP, whereas before it was 'Not configured'. Below, it says 'Not connected' and lists a MAC address I'm not familiar with (I have 3 written down for our network and it isn't any of these).
Also, an 'unknown network device' appears in the list which wasn't there before (and isn't configured)... So, I have three network devices in the list: 1) WUSB... 2) Unknown and 3) Ethernet Network Card.
How do I join our network now, assuming I've goofed on a setting somewhere (i.e., can you walk me through what I need to do from the start).
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It seems the driver was installed and working... Maybe this topic will / should move to Network-Internet/Wireless since the main issue was networking and seems getting dev packages is not an issue any more but this is for admins / moderators to decide.
Now, since you are totally new to linux, the first rule of thumb is "read about your new operating system" and try not to get "spoon-fed". There is a lot of documentation out there:
Welcome to openSUSE.org - openSUSE and also installed on the system (not sure if it is on the live cd though)
I suggest you start with the Concepts available here:
Concepts - openSUSE - info on the networking is available there to get the general idea, also this will help you with software managing and other useful things.
That will help you communicate better in asking the right questions and avoid things like "little planet icon in my system tray"... which I guess is the NetworkManager icon (I am not sure because I use the if-up method instead)
I did a little search on the documentation pages and here is a possible link with documentation on wireless:
Connecting to a wireless network - openSUSE
There is another doc page but it is for if-up method and requires command line configuring for which you might not be ready, it available here:
YaST/Tips/Wireless Network in First Stage Installation - openSUSE
Also it uses vi editor which might not be easy to use by a starter.
OK, that being said I welcome you to the world of openSUSE and wish you good luck and happy reading.
Cheers