At 05:04 PM 6/2/2005, you wrote:
>i am visiting and may move here. i have an acer travelmate with intel 
>centrino 2200g and run suse 9.2 and win xp pro. i don't have a local isp 
>and rely on free wifi for the net. so i use win and, luckily, can access 
>those files from linux. but i'd like to get the wlan working under kernel 
>2.6.8. the ipw-firmware required is installed and working properly. anyone 
>know how to make this work the next time i'm in dunn bros? thanks for 
>reading and thanks even more if you can help.

  I have a Toshiba with onboard 2200g running SUSE 9.2.  Have you 
configured the wireless connection with YAST yet?  It should set up just 
fine with no encryption.  Also, try using YAST to set your wired connection 
to hotplug or disabled (they sometimes fight over DHCP).