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Re: Topcom Skyr@cer USB wireless adapter

 

On Wed, Dec 31, 2003 at 05:48:03PM +0100, Dan Eskildsen wrote:
> Hi all!  I hope that you don't mind English, my written Danish isn't 
> very good.
> Here is a newbie question for you. I have a machine running win2k but 
> have installed suse 9.0 by downloading all 4gbs and doing a harddisk 
> install.
> Today I installed suse 9.0
> I connect to the internet via my Topcom Skyr@cer USB wireless adapter.  
> I connect to the net via an Access Point in another building so I am not 
> able to connect via a network adapter card.
> I have no idea how to install the adapter in Suse 9.0 and to get it 
> running.  I have tried to set up the device in the Control Panel under 
> network adapters --> wireless   but I have not been successful.   I have 
> also installed the KWiFi tool but without any luck.  On the CD that came 
> with the adapter there are some mandrake and red hat files.
> Any hints on how I can get it up and running?

I have no idea whether SuSE has drivers for it, but if it is a Topcom
Skyr@cer 3511 it is supported in linux as specified here:

http://at76c503a.berlios.de/devices.html

There is also a link to a howto which might help you.

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Anders
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