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adding a pcmcia device

Asked by quentin

I'm trying to add a linksys pcmcia card to my laptop; I'm more familiar with KDE and Yast (suse distro). I went to System > Administration > Networking to add a card, but there is no "add" button.
Device manager sees the card, but I don't see how to configure it or add a driver (I'm planning on having to use ndiswrapper)
Long story short - what tool should I be using and where do I find it ?
Yes, obviously I'm a serious newbie, but I'm trying. Show me step 2 and I'll work my way to steps 3 & 4.
Thanks for your consideration.

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Schmidty (schmidty) said : 		#1

Go to the Ubuntu Forums. Download the right ndiswrapper package for your linksys card. Unzip it and cd into where the *.inf files are at. Type 'ndiswrapper -i <*.inf>' substituting <*.inf> with the name of the file for your linksys card. Another file, possibly the *.sys file will make the linksys card's link lights work. Not sure which one. Check the Ubuntu forums though!

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quentin (ceramica7) said : 		#2

Thanks Schmidty, it reverses the steps in SuSE, hence some of my confusion. This worked fine and I'm able to access non encrypted wireless now.
I do appreciate the help. BTW, both the NT and 9X drivers work fine for me(tested both for the fun of it).