i got ndiswrapper v.1.1 working on slackware 10.0 but i can't "get online"
Im so close!, ndiswrapper has detected my wireless card. what i want to know is, if i should uninstall the wireless tools package because they might be having a conflict.
im also thinking that because i have encryption, i should use encryption on the ndiswrapper config and not on the wireless tools... im so close. but i don't know what i need to do... |
use iwconfig and get rid of the tools. To get it to work you will have to:
modprobe ndiswrapper iwconfig wlan0 essid "YourNetName" iwconfig wlan0 enc XXXXXYourKeyXXXXX dhcpcd wlan0 That should get you going. |
about the encryption key
should i just use alfanumeric chars?
its a 10 digit key, but i don't know if i have to translate it to hex |
Success!
it finally works, although i don-t know for how long, this wireless cards are a pain, thanx a lot guys
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Cool you got it going. What do you mean by I don't know for how long? If its working then it should work indefinately.
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ndiswrapper's kinda freaky
well, it should work indefinetely. as long as i don't reboot. installing it was tough, i had to take out the card, put it back in, install uninstall... you know, crazy stuff. but if i could make it run once, i can do it lots more times.
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when you reboot just do the steps I said. Should work again.
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Or add the above commands into a script that executes when you log on?
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yeah
well, since its the great and powerful slackware, rebooting is an oddity... unless i want to turn it off.
the easiest thing to do is turn on ndiswrapper by editing the modules.conf file, something like that i read... i've been using slackware for about 1 week, its... addictive... i just configured my 3 botton mouse, next stop... ALSA... well, im just very tired... you guys are great, thanx a lot for the help. |
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