Ok, I am soooo embarrassed. After spending time on this issue on-and-off for a week, I finally gave up and posted the issue on the forum today. Only moments later, I resolved the problem!
Despite having the BIOS set to turn the Wireless Card “On”, evidently the card was indeed off. Pressing Fn+F2 and THEN performing a scan, I found my network. It’s kinda like flying blind as there is no on-screen indication showing the status of the wireless interface (no LED on the hardware either)
Too bad there isn’t a utility for Suse, similar to Dell’s Quickset for Windoze…
Despite having the BIOS set to turn the Wireless Card “On”, evidently the card was indeed off. Pressing Fn+F2 and THEN performing a scan, I found my network. It’s kinda like flying blind as there is no on-screen indication showing the status of the wireless interface (no LED on the hardware either)
Good work in finding the cause of your problem. I’m surprised that there is no LED indication though. That does make it a little harder to know the status. This may assist others with similar laptops to check this as a possible wireless ‘problem’.