first off, i had the same problem with zenwalk 3.0...
i installed zenwalk 4.0 and I cannot get internet. I have a Sony VAIO model number VGN-FS640/W and i have a cable plugin and i use wireless. the cable goes to a LAN in my apartment building.
>>>my friend has made a program called connection-manager that finds your connections and was built for ubuntu but he says can be used in zenwalk. it is a .deb file so i don't know how to unpack it in zenwalk. this might find the connections i don't know. am i just doing something wrong so zenwalk can't find my internet??

zenwalk don't use .deb, .deb are debian/ubuntu packages.
You have to get the sources and compile it by yourself.

Please get/give us more infos about this program if you want us to help .

ok you can download it from adam.blackhole.cx/connection-manager/connection-manager-1.3.2.deb
my friend made this program so i don't know if there is compiling or source code for you guys until i can get it from him. he used python...i dont know what else to tell you about it...

if it's python it's not compiled ... it's a package only .
Sorry i can't open .deb here (no debian/ubuntu around).
I'll have to wait for a .tar.gz / .tgz of sources (python files/scripts).