[KLUG Members] Getting our Compaq laptop on wireless

[Bruce Smith]

> > As I said above, find the _home_page_ of ndiswrapper and look for
> > instructions there.  (hint, google is your friend)!  :-)
> 
> I found the home page alright but didn't know what I was looking for to
> start with.

With some clicking around, I found generic install instructions here:

http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/phpwiki/index.php/Installation

And SuSE 9.2 specific install instructions here:

http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/phpwiki/index.php/Suse%20Professional%209.2

> > I'm trying to teach you how to do it yourself, instead of spoon feeding
> > you,
> 
> Yeah, I understand that but you need to remember that I'm going from
> grade school to college with out getting to high school.  I'm a little
> behind you on many of these concepts.

I understand that.  I also know that I learn things much better the more
work I do yourself, as opposed to someone else doing it for me.

I'll answer your questions (if I can), but I'd like you to give it a try
by yourself first.  It's best to make your questions as specific as
possible, including exactly what you did and the exact error messages.
And from the little I skimmed the instructions, I can see where you may
also need some terms defined.  :-)

One hint:  all the command line stuff it says to do, make sure you do as
user "root".

This is not the easiest piece of software to get working, so read
everything more than once, and take your time.  Getting frustrated does
not help!  :-)

 - BS