wireless ndiswrapper slackware 12.2

toastytoast · 01-15-2009, 09:39 AM

i installed slackware on a friends dell inspiron b130

everything works except the wireless i've installed ndiswrapper w/ the patch for the 2.6.27.xx from slackbuilds i installed and the drivers the card is detected but will not connect w/ dhcpcd or dhclient i've looked around for solutions but couldn't find any that worked spo any help would be nice

indienick · 01-15-2009, 09:59 AM

Have you used "iwconfig" to configure the interface?

Code:

# ifconfig wlan0 essid <ESSID of network> [key <Hex/ASCII WEP key>]

toastytoast · 01-15-2009, 10:27 AM

can't remember off the top of my head altho i shouldn't have too at least from my experiance w/ ndiswrapper i have it installed on my desktop w/ slack 12.1 for my linksys card and all i need to do is either dhcpcd wlan0 or dhclient wlan0 altho i'll give it a go i supose

indienick · 01-15-2009, 10:35 AM

Yeah - if you're doing it from the command-line, it's a two-part process:

Quote:

1. Use "iwconfig" to configure the interface.
2. Use "dhclient" or "dhcpcd" to gather an IP.

The only time you could just skip to getting an IP via DHCP, is if the original attempt failed and you have your wireless interface information detailed in /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf.