SuSE 9.1 Network Browser

One of the really useful features of SuSE 9.1 Linux is the Network Browser icon on the desktop. This gives immediate network access to Shared Folders on Windows PCs, without any hacking of configuration files.

However, it seems that it only works correctly if your PC is LAN connected during the original installation of the operating system. Because my laptop has a wireless card that needed some special attention to get it working I installed without being on a network. The result was that I got an error each time I clicked on the Windows Network icon in the Network Browser.

The solution I discovered on this thread was by reinstalling some RPM packages. The one that made the difference was:
libsmbclient-3.0.4-1..> 14-May-2004 19:37 526k
...although someone else installed a list of others.

Oh.. and I also had to reinstall cups off the DVD in order to get the printer connection working (I have a printer on one of the Windows PCs). I discovered that CUPs was not functioning correctly when I accessed localhost:631/admin through my browser.

I think this is something SuSE need to fix. It shouldn't be necessary to go through so many problems to just because the LAN was not connected.