I tried the pass phrase that worked in kubuntu and go nowhere , I did just screen cap the wep key . Ill try that and let you know . it did not find the network . ill keep you posted gotta run :_0
waya
Not only what caf4926 said, check out the stickies in the wireless section. They provide lots of useful info
Wireless - openSUSE Forums
Andy
well i had similar problem in kubuntu i then d/l mad wifi i just need to learn compiling in open suse
thnx for the link here in winblows looking for info
on running make from suse term window
waya learning new trix all the time 
in a terminal
man make (will give you the manual)
you need packages:
make
gcc
kernel-source (probably)
they are on the dvd
well about ready to yank plug on suse
i plugged the enet cord all 25 ft of it and uses a ypm file which promised to install mad wifi.
been way to many hours on this . any ideas kubuntu has issues but it aint that hard and ps i have the cd of open suse not the dvd . thnks for all the help ill check options but no wireles no suse
finally i am running a hell of alot slower than windows (flash not installed yet ?) but card finally working
FYI
Flash should be there from default install.
In a terminal
rpm -qi flash-player (to see if it’s there
to install
go su
zypper in flash-player
its good thnx for the help
Great.
Happy to see you didn’t throw the towel in.