Slackware 13.37 fresh install - wireless troubles.
Hello all
Ive just finished a fresh install of Slackware 13.37 and want to get my wireless set up. I switched to Slackware from openSUSE since I want to learn linux; I seemed to only be learning about adding repos etc with SUSE. Im running Slackware on an Thinkpad T41 and I know it its wireless card is an Atheros and as far as I know ath5k is included in the Linux kernel. Is that right? Anyway, included with Slackware is wpa_gui but this doesnt detect any wireless device. My next step was to try to connecting with ifconfig: iwlist wlan0 up This found my network lets say its called "homewireless" Code:
#iwconfig wlan0 essid homewireless key XXXXXX Any help with this is much appreciated. BTW, I had to type this out since my usb stick isnt mounting, but thats another issue which can be sorted out later. |
The easiest way of configuring wifi on Slackware is installing wicd from /extra (your installation DVD). It's a GUI network manager which makes it very easy to connect to the internet.
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