Re: Wireless LAN access for Linux

Good Luck!

Here are some articles to get you started:

http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/4598
http://www.linux.com/howtos/8021X-HOWTO/intro.shtml

PEAP is supported, and it is possible to get it working and  
connected. I spent a couple days trying to get everything working  
properly and finally gave up, since the wireless network at WVU  
doesn't support my needs anyway.

Mike.
[email protected]


On Jul 7, 2005, at 10:55 AM, Andrei Smirnov wrote:

>
> After I finally got wireless network card working on my laptop,
> I was confronted with another problem - there is no support for
> Linux to access the wireless LAN here at ESB (!).
> I talked to system's admin and he first pointed me to
> http://wireless.wvu.edu/config.asp
> where I found the instructions for Windows. After
> I told him that I have Linux he
> said that I am not supported and have to
> find the way to connect on my own. He mentioned something
> about PEAP.
>
> Does anyone have any hint on what can I do to get connected
> to that LAN? I'm running SuSe 9.1 on my laptop.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andrei
>
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