[NCLUG] No Happy Beeps -SOLVED

[nighthawk999 at bigvalley.net]

>
>Hello everybody,
>
>I'm asking here because y'all recommended Lucent
>Orinoco Gold Card when I first started connecting
>at public Internet coffee shops. A 16 bit
>802.11b card.
>
>I'm running Slackware 11.0 on a ThinkPad T30.
>The default kernel is 2.4.33.3 and when I run
>it I connect without any problem.
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>
>Bottom line, would I be better off going
>to a different wireless card?

The solution was to obtain a replacement DVD
drive - the old one was failing. Then I replaced
Slackware 11.0 with Open SuSE 10.2 ... wireless
started right up. 

Thanks for *not* babysitting with me on this.
Want to run BOINC Climate Prediction models
on the T30. See http://bbc.co.uk/climateprediction
A 2.6x kernel is required. BBC tech support told
me they always had trouble with Slackware...

See you soon I hope,
Shorter


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