Wireless USB network adapter under SuSE 8.0

[David A. Bandel]

On Sun, 12 May 2002 13:14:18 -0400
begin  kbb0927 at cs.com spewed forth:

The pcmcia card should work (you'll have to check what this Siemans card
really is, Prism, etc.), but you'll need to get a pcmcia/pci bridge card
($50.00 or less).  The USB stuff doesn't work (yet).

> Hello All,
> 
> Has anyone had any luck, gotchas, step-by-step files/sites with using
> wireless USB adapter under SuSE 8 or any flavor of Linux?  I am convert-
> ing my house's intranet to wireless and have gotten the first two pieces
> as trial from CompUSA, a Siemens pcmcia card and a Siemens USB adapter.
> So far I can only get this to work under WinBlowsXP, but would much
> rather add the USB to my gateway/router box as a third adapter for my
> cable modem to intranet access/masquerading/forwarding using
> SuSEfirewall2 v2.1.
> 
> What I've got now:
> 
>          Gateway box:  internet->cable modem -> eth0
>                        eth1 -> intranet
> 
> What I would like
>       
>          Gateway box:  internet->cable modem -> eth0
>                        eth1 -> intranet
>                        eth-usb-0 -> intranet
> 
Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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