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USB wireless adapter in opensuse

Discussion in 'The Alternative OS' started by ijijijij, Oct 8, 2007.

  1. ijijijij Newcomer, in training

    Hi,

    I have recently installed opensuse 10.3 on my computer. I have usb wireless adapter to catch wireless internet. But it is not recognized in the linux os. I got this usb adapter from ebay and it is from a very small manufacturer. There is no support of linux. It is: I-O DATA WN-G54-YBB

    In windows it works by automatically installs drivers which are within this adapter. Is there is a way to make it working in opensuse 10.3 Thanks!
    ijijijij, Oct 8, 2007
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  2. Nodsu Newcomer, in training Posts: 9,431

    You have to figure out which wireless chip the device uses. It is probably something from a major chip maker like Broadcom or Realtek or whatever.

    Google for getting that chip to work with Linux over USB. (You probably have to set up something called NDISwrapper)
    Nodsu, Oct 9, 2007
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