[BozemanLUG] User looking for wifi help with OpenSUSE 11.2 on Toshiba Satelite L505 laptop

[R. Potter]

I did a little research tonight and was having a very hard time finding out
what brand the wireless adapter was.  Toshiba never wanted to identify it.
I did however take a look at www.linux-laptop.net and found some info that
"might" be helpful.  I found an entry from someone who purchased an L500
(the L505 is part of the series).  On theirs they indicated it came with a
Realtek Wireless adapter and that it was not an option.  Further down in the
post they had a write up on what to do to get the wireless adapter working.
But, this user was installing/running Ubuntu.  However, I am hoping there
may be enough info here to help resolve this issue.  I do not know if the
L505 came with a Realtek but I would think the odds are decent that it did.
The write up makes it sound like Realtek offers a linux driver.

Anyhow, hope it helps.

http://homeport.org/~bcordes/satellite-l500-install.html



-----Original Message-----
From: discuss-bounces at bozemanlug.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at bozemanlug.org]
On Behalf Of Scott Dowdle
Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 9:15 AM
To: BozemanLUG
Subject: [BozemanLUG] User looking for wifi help with OpenSUSE 11.2 on
Toshiba Satelite L505 laptop

Greetings,

Gary Hildebrand stopped by my office today looking for help getting wireless
working on his Toshiba L505 laptop.  I'm not sure of the make of the wifi
card yet but I expect him to join in on this thread RSN.

He is currently dual-booting to Windows for wifi... and using Linux when he
has access to wired.  He is a long time computer user.

TYL,
-- 
Scott Dowdle
704 Church Street
Belgrade, MT 59714
(406)388-0827 [home]
(406)994-3931 [work]
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