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I was trying a few distros and found that slackware with FVWM2 seems pretty nice. I connected to the internet with an ethernet cable and running netconfig, but I would like to use my wireless card (it has an rt2860 chipset). I am not sure how to do it. Could anyone give some advice?
I was trying a few distros and found that slackware with FVWM2 seems pretty nice. I connected to the internet with an ethernet cable and running netconfig, but I would like to use my wireless card (it has an rt2860 chipset). I am not sure how to do it. Could anyone give some advice?
The 'rt2860' is supported via a module. What does 'ifconfig -a' show? If the device has been recognized then you can use 'wicd' as suggested but you will need to revert the '/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf' file to the original state. 'wicd' is in the '/extra' directory of your install media.
I also tried installing the rt2860 driver (there were 2 links for rt2860, one said firmware and the other did not, I chose the one that didn't say firmware) and wicd from the slackware DVD, and installed stalonetray because I understand it has a tray icon, but there is no icon in stalonetray when I run wicd.
I also tried installing the rt2860 driver (there were 2 links for rt2860, one said firmware and the other did not, I chose the one that didn't say firmware) and wicd from the slackware DVD, and installed stalonetray because I understand it has a tray icon, but there is no icon in stalonetray when I run wicd.
You need to confirm that the device is not recognized before attempting installation of another driver.
As root you can use the below to configure a static IP;
Code:
#
~#ifconfig ra0 192.168.1.18 <<< available IP
~#route add default gw 192.168.1.1
~#iwlist ra0 scan << use information to fill in for essid & ap
~#iwconfig ra0 essid "Your Wireless"
~#iwconfig ra0 key your_key_here
~#iwconfig ra0 ap xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx <<Your _ap_from iwlist
This can be copied and paste to a script file. Be sure to 'chmod +x ra0.sh' where 'ra0.sh' is the name of the file;
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