Patchy wifi 11.1

[Brother_Shrike]

One more thought - I don't know why I didn't think of this before - whenever I try to save my changes in the network devices page of Yast, it says I don't have smpppd (I think that's right?) installed. Obviously I can't download it in Yast because I'm not hooked up to the internet, but I can't seem to download it from XP either because the link is broken at software.opensuse.com... Is this at all relevant?

[Brother_Shrike]

I'm hoping I don't have to reinstall, but at this rate, I think I may have to. Internet some of the time is better than none at all, but internet all the time is even better. Any final thoughts before I reinstall?