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how do I configure my distro to connect to the net? I live in an apartment on a college campus that is serves the internet through a wireless access point.
Your description says you're using Fedora Core 4. This is the Slackware forum.
Are you using Slackware and simply haven't updated your info, or have you posted
in the wrong forum?
What kind of wireless card do you have? Post the output of 'lspci'.
The command 'netconfig' will get you up and running if you are using
a conventional ethernet connection.
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