Hello

I am trying to correctly configure my wireless network on Slackware.

First I configured my wpa_supplicant.conf

This is what I have in wpa_supplicant.conf

ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=0
eapol_version=1
ap_scan=1
fast_reauth=1

network={
ssid="wirelessnetworkIconnectto"
scan_ssid=0
proto=WPA
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
pairwise=CCMP TKIP
group=CCMP TKIP WEP104 WEP40
#psk="password"
psk=e0e9512...
}

I then run this :
wpa_supplicant -Dwext -ieth1 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
And it says successfully initialized.

Then I get a stream of messages mostly saying

eth1: Associated with 00:00:00:00:00:00
eth1: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=68:7f:74:c4:da:90 reason=0

In my /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf

# Config information for eth1

IPADDR[1]=""
NETMASK[1]=""
USE_DHCP[1]=""
DHCP_HOSTNAME=""

#
# later in the file ...
#

IFNAME[4]="eth1"
IPADDR[4]=""
NETMASK[4]="255.255.255.0"
USE_DHCP[4]="yes"

Could someone please help? I really want to get online

With wireless, it is really much easier to use Network Manager, that is already included in Slackware. Just run netconfig and select Network Manager. Then use the GUI applet to connect to networks.

If you really don't want to use that, please provide us with the output of iwconfig and the information on your wireless card (brand, model, kernel module, etc). You can also remove most of the information from your network section of your wpa_supplicant.conf, as it only needs the ssid and psk entries.

I've tried running netconfig and selecting netconfig. I get a continuous stream of

eth1: Trying to associate with 68:7f:...
eth1: Associated with 68:7f:...
eth1: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=68:7f:..

Here is the output of iwconfig

lo no wireless extensions
eth0 no wireless extensions

eth1 IEEE 802.11abg ESSID:"UptownEspresso" Nickname:"serenity"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 68:7f:74:C4A:90
Bit Rate: 0 kb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm Sensitivity=8/0
Retry limit:7 RTS thrff Fragment thrff
Encryption key:9999-9999-9999-9999-9999-9999-9999-9999 Security modepen
Power Managementff
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:80 Missed beacon:0

Most likely this is a driver/firmware issue. As bassmadrigal posted, we need more information.
Please post the output of:
and

If you're trying to use Network Manager from command line, use the utility nmtui to access an ncurses interface for Network Manager. If Network Manager has issues staying connected, switch the plugins in /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf from dhcpcd to dhclient and restart the daemon.

OK Here are the results ..

uname -a

Linux serenity 3.10.17 #2 Wed Oct 23 17:46:52 CDT 2013 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R)
M Processor 2.00GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

and

/sbin/lspci -knn | grep -iA3 net

02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8053 PCI-E
Gigabit Ethernet Controller [11ab:4362] (rev 15)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Marvell 88E8053 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Toshiba) [1179:0001]
Kernel driver in use: sky2
Kernel modules: sky2
03:05.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2915ABG [Calexico2] Network Connection [8086:4223] (rev 05)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:1040]
Kernel driver in use: ipw2200
Kernel modules: ipw2200

Try running:

When I

dmesg tail | grep firmware

I get nothing.

And

nmtui
bash: nmtui: command not found

Are you logged in as a user or as root?

I'm logged as root

Okay, try starting an X session and run the nm-applet tool from a desktop like KDE, Xfce, fluxbox, etc.

See if the actual wlan0 device is available.

BTW, eth1 won't be your wireless connection device. eth1 is usually a secondary ethernet port used for networking connections and pass-throughs.

This is your wireless device and the correct kernel module is being loaded. This kernel module also requires that firmware is loaded. Did you do a full install of Slackware? Do you have the kernel-firmware package installed? (Check with 'ls /var/log/packages | grep "kernel-firmware"'). Does 'grep firmware /var/log/syslog' show firmware being loaded? (The required firmware can be seen in the output of 'modinfo -F firmware ipw2200').

After running nm-applet
says
** Message: applet now removed from the notification area

I have been wondering that about eth1. A previous install it had been eth0 though when I iwconfig it says eth0 no wireless extensions

When I

ls /var/log/packages | grep "kernel-firmware"

kernel-firmware-20131008git-noarch-1

and grep firmware /var/log/syslog is blank

And

modinfo -F firmware ipw2200 gets
ipw2200-bss.fw
ipw2200-sniffer.fw
ipw2200-ibss.fw

OK, I switched to fluxbox and I see the networks.
It says Ethernet Network
disconnected and Wi-Fi Networks disconnected
And I can see networks