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OS: Slackware 10.1
Kernel 2.6.12.2
Source included with kernel.
When kernel is compiled Wifi has to be checked so that we dont get
unknown wireless_send_event.
Ndiswrapper 1.15 tested (i used).
Wifi adapter: Siemens Gigaset 108 (check the list on wifi for drivers and USBID-IMPORTANT) I tryed the Originals and Netgear.
Only ORIGINAL Drivers worked. Tryed to install better ones.
lsusb (129b:160c) - WiFI adapter on USB
ndiswrapper->
extract, make, make install, depmod -a
dont run the module before installing drivers. wont work.
ndiswrapper -i driver.inf (i had 2 files, both were needed, but i think that net5523.inf is enough).
nhdiswrapper -l
net5523 driver installed, hardware present -> (if this is missing that means the wrong driver is installed)
modprobe ndiswrapper
dmesg
search for ndiswrapper: what it says
and dmesg again if you still dont see wlan0
iwconfig wlan0 essid name_of_essid
or try
./rc.wireless wlan0
iwconfig to see what did you get
scanning:
iwlist wlan0 scan (cell sites are listed)
once this is set i used
ifconfig wlan0 up
ifconfig
its listed all right.
NO I AM STUCK. NO IP ADDRESS LISTED WHEN I SET THE INTERFACE UP!
now i get that authorization cannot be made. Now the issue seems to be that the card is only Rx data not Tx . Now i really dont know what im gonna do with it.
Is your card recognized by the system? Post the outputs of ifconfig and iwconfig and we'll start there. We will worry about wpa_supplicant once we've established that the card is working correctly.
NO I AM STUCK. NO IP ADDRESS LISTED WHEN I SET THE INTERFACE UP!
HELP ME SOLVE THIS PART!
If you want the quick'n'dirty try:
Quote:
dhcpcd -d -t 30 wlan0
ifconfig -a
If you want to do it El Neato, get my enhanced (since Slackware 10.1 can not configure an interface if it is not called ethX) Slackware rc scripts at http://www.slackware.com/~alien/rc_scripts/
Copy the new rc.inet1 and rc.wireless over your old ones (make backup copies first!)
Then, add this to your /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf file:
Code:
# Config information for wlan0:
IFNAME[1]="wlan0"
IPADDR[1]=""
NETMASK[1]=""
USE_DHCP[1]="yes"
DHCP_HOSTNAME[1]=""
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