jaydag71
Newbie  Posts: 1 Registered: 8/1/06 Status: Offline |
 posted on 8/1/06 at 15:55
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I am fairly new to linux, I mean I can somewhat navigate in the OS but
other than that... I run a dual boot system with winxp and suse9.2.
Everything werks great with my wireless laptop while running in windows,
but when I try to use it under linux I run into some problems... I barely
know how to use it under linux and cannot seem to find much documentation
regarding exactly what to do after the card has been configured and the
user wants to connect and run a browser such as mozilla. In the book I have
been reading, Linux Unwired ,(O'Reilly Books) There is plenty about
configuration and a bit about connecting, but it is really just a bit, and
hasn't been enough to get me going so far. It suggests to associate with a
'hotspot' one must use:
iwconfig wlan0 essid any
and that should connect the card to any available hotspot in range. While
when I do this and hit enter, the terminal just goes to the next line and a
new prompt, no help. It also gives the commands, 'iwlist'. It says that one
should be able to just fire up a favorite browser and everything should
work, but I get an error and nothing. I guess I need to know if there is an
easier way to get a browser online than this, because there is not alot of
help for someone new to the OS, especially when I can just re-boot into
windows and werk away, but that is in windows, and it sucks.. any further
commands that could be of use would be great, or other suggestiions. Thanks
in advance,  __________________________________
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roberts
Newbie Posts: 2 Registered: 9/3/07 Status: Offline |
posted on 9/3/07 at 06:08 |
hi, jayday71,
enjoy with linux, it can run everything that you want.
if you read the book Linux Unwired , I recommend another book Beginner's
Introduction to KDE , you can search and find it.
good luck. __________________________________
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