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Hi all. Im new to Linux, and well have heard so many nice things about it, so I finally took the plundge and went to my local store to get a copy, im using the Suse linux 9.2, anyway, Installed it with no problem, but now Im trying to get my WG511 Netgear wireless card to talk to my router so I can then get on internet, although Im not too sure of all the correct settings, but Linux does see it as its correct name. Ive been reading a lot of pages where people have had problems, but there level of expertise is far greater than mine, so Im wondering if anyone can help me get this to work, as Im very puzzled and wish to really give Linux a shot. Thanks in advance. Happy new Year

Thanks Dan for your support and time, I actully managed to get it working, here's how: Instead of using the wireless card to connect, I just used the onboard lan at eth0, connected manually to my router after configured, and wham! I was connected, now here was the best part, using Suse auto updates, it updated a new Firmware for Prism GT chipsets for wlan 802 cards (they were not allowed to add this as part of the driver disc apprently) After a reboot, I had my lights flashing and all was ok.. So really appriciate your efforts invloved.....but ......Now I wish to install my ATI Radeon mobility 9700 Graphics drivers for Linux....Any clue >--Gets his coat......

Thanks Holdger, I'll give that a shot. Dapper Dan, Yeah as fas as I can tell the card is all setup fine, with the correct IP's and network IDs etc for my router (the same configuration used on my windows), but with the WG511 card, the lights should flash on the card, although Linux sees the card and reports that its there despite it already being configured but its still says that its not if i click on "details".. I read somewhere about the "ifup" command, and manually booting the device up But no matter what I try, nothing seems to give.

Thanks for that, but I just have the wg511 and not the 511T, so its using a dif chipset. tried lots of things, but getting frustratingly lost along the way. - so if you know of anything I can try, then Please feel free to comment. using Suse 9.2 thanks. p.s after chekcing various bits and bobs within Linux, I have 2 nextwork cards, my onboard lan, and my wirless card, I have tried to disable the onboard one via the bios but still it shows within linux, is there a way I can disable is within this os? cheers