Here's a step by step of installing a prism based card on a Slackware 9.1 laptop.
This works for me, but your mileage may vary. I'm not responsible for what might happen if you try this at home. That being said here we go......
1. Download pcmcia-sources, wireless tools, and wlan drivers. I recommend getting the pcmcia-cs and wireless-tools packages from the Slackware site, and getting the latest version of the wlan drivers from the authors site.
http://slackware.com/pb/?vers=slackware-9.1
ftp://ftp.linux-wlan.org/pub/linux-wlan-ng/
2. Configure kernel so that cardbus support
is not included. I include support for wireless networking and compile the drivers I'll need as modules, but some suggest that you do not include this. There's a great kernel config guide in the Slackware forum stickied at the top.
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...threadid=49035
3. Once your new kernel is up and running smoothly, it's time to install the wireless networking tools you downloaded in step one. First
make sure the card is NOT INSERTED. Open a terminal and su yourself to root.
Code:
enter root password
Browse to the directory where you have the pcmcia-cs and wireless-tools packages and start package tool.
Select the "install packages from the current directory" option, and follow the on-screen instructions. Then browse to the directory where you have the wlan tarball and untar them.
Code:
tar xzvf linux-wlan-ng*.tar.gz
Browse into the untarred directory and configure the driver. If you're using a prism based pcmcia card the default options are fine. If you're using a different setup, read the configuration script output and adjust the answers to your needs.
then make and install the drivers.
4. Reboot your machine. Once lilo (or Grub) comes up, insert your card. Hopefully, no errors show up at boot time. If they do, retrace your steps and see what might have went wrong.
5. Log in , open a terminal, su to root (see above) and type in iwconfig. If your card is listed in the output, the drivers are installed and working correctly.
The network configuration is pretty well documented in the wlan-ng driver package as well as their site, so I'll leave that part out of this document.
I hope this helps a bit, even if your system doesn't match these instructions. The best thing about doing it this way is you can easily remove the packages and start over if you fuxxoerd up somewhere. And remember, when posting questions about your particular install, try tp provide as much info as possible to get your question answered faster.
Good luck!