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Old 08-30-2009, 05:37 AM   #1
kemsiro
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Can't connect to wireless network. wirelessassistant is down.


I don't know how to connect to a wireless network in Slackware. When I using MS Windows I just scan for the network and then connect.
Please tell me how to connect to a wireless network with iwconfig or wireless assisstant or etc. I downloaded the .tgz package of wlassistant-0.5.7-i386-1.tgz and using installpkg with root permission to install it. But I can't start the wireless assistant:

bash3.1# wlassistant
wlassistant: error while loading shared libraries: libkdeui.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
 
Old 08-30-2009, 06:11 AM   #2
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Hi,

you can use wpa_supplicant, edit the file /etc/wpa_supplicant and insert the settings for your wlan-network. Then in /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.config look at the settings for wlan0. The following line has to be uncommented:
Code:
WLAN_WPA[4]="wpa_supplicant"
.
Start wlan0 with
Code:
/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 wlan0_up
This will be a first quick method to connect to the internet. For further more elaborate and flexible configuration look at the wicd-package in the extra-directory.

Markus
 
Old 08-30-2009, 08:02 AM   #3
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I connected to the internet now via my wirelesscard.
I downloaded the wpa_supplicant package but it seems a little bit difficult to configure it. I try to find on the slackbuild but the package doesn't exist there.
I solved my problem by take my wired NIC down and take my wireless NIC up the use "iwlist wlan0 scan" to scan for the ESSID, then I use "iwconfig wlan0 essid <id>" to connect to the wireless network.
It works fine this way. So I think I'll use it .
Anyway, thanks for your help.
 
Old 08-30-2009, 08:09 AM   #4
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You can also use wicd. This is found in /extra on a Slackware-12.2 or 13.0 CD/DVD. It will find wireless networks for you automatically.
 
  


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