Are there any plug and play usb wlan adapters for opensuse11

[cookdav]

Originally Posted by primus360

WLan is a horror for Linux, is there really no plug and play usb adapter out there?

Please only speak about what you've tried. Wlan is not a horror for all of Linux.
[It may (or may not be) for openSUSE, that's your call. But, for a counter-example,
try Mepis, where most wifi-adapters work right from the LiveCD.]

My 2-cents worth...

Dave

[primus360]

RE: cookdav

Please only speak about what you've tried. Wlan is not a horror for all of Linux.

In a further post in this thread i explained why WLan is a horror for linux (for all linuxes).
It seems that each hardware manufacturer of WLan-adapters does not distribute any driver for linuxes.
In my opinion this is not a failure of linux(es), it is an absolute foolishness and laziness of these manufacturers.
And if You are lucky by using a linux, which supports by accident Your WLan adapter, You can only say that it works for You,
but You cannot guarantee, that it will work in a future version, because Your WLan adapter producer will not help You.

And so i can stay in my opinion, that WLan is a horror for all linux(es).

[growbag]

I bought an ASUS wireless card, and that was Atheros as far as I remember, and it worked straight away.

That was a PCMCIA card though, but ASUS are extremely Linux friendly, and if the boy says "Linux drivers supplied". or carries the Tux logo, it's a good bet that it will work.

I bought it from a small local computer shop with the promise that I could return it if it didn't work.

One of the benefits of small business, they go out of their way to help their customers whereas big business doesn't give a toss!