I don't either, but my card works. I've read that there is a bug in the bit of the driver that handles the blinkenlights.

Did you request an IP address? Try running (as root) dhcpcd wlan0 and then check in your ifconfig output if you've gotten an IP address.

That only works if your pedicure is less than two weeks old........


Seriously, check your ifconfig output, I'm guessing that you don't have an IP address.

Ok I'll check that out to. Hey thanks I really appreciate your help.

i'm using thinkpad r61. Just run slackpkg upgrade and everything works, for 3945 as long as I turn it on before booting everything, it works.

Did you just upgrade everything or just a certain package like iwl3945?
I tried this the other day, upgraded everything. It gave me the option to keep or overwrite the libraries. I chose overwrite and wound up having to reinstall Slack, I felt like an idiot lol.

I run Slackware 12 on a HP 530 laptop, the wifi drivers came in /testing and the only headache I had was getting the microphone to work, but now in the latest snapshot of the ALSA driver the problem is fixed.
Everything works like a charm!

Regards,
Marin.

My problem of WiFi not working is what I can't get the HW switch to turn it on Lenovo Y510:
...and there is no way out...

I have been running Slackware 11 and 12 on my HP notebook, and everything is functional, minus wifi and media keys. My wifi card is actually detected as bcmxxx under slackware 12, but doesn't do much to help. Broadcom seems to be so troublesome under Linux.

I have actually thought about replacing the broadcom card in my notebook, but not sure what would actually be compatible with my notebook, let alone work in Linux. http://laptopparts.vivotechnology.ne...?itemid=789358 seems interesting though. I wonder if I can get actual linux drivers for that though.

When I run dhcpcd wlan0 I get:
root@Shadow:~# ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1C:25:78:05F
inet addr:192.168.1.104 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::21c:25ff:fe78:5df/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:356 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:375 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:202499 (197.7 KiB) TX bytes:84244 (82.2 KiB)
Base address:0x1840 Memory:fe000000-fe020000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:560 (560.0 b) TX bytes:560 (560.0 b)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1C:BF:CF:8F:B2
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-1C-BF-CF-8F-B2-6C-6F-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)


When I run iwconfig I get:

root@Shadow:~# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"Samsara"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=27 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thrff Fragment thr=2346 B
Encryption keyff
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

When I'm in KDE and access the "control center" "network settings" I can see a wlan0 interface but it is disabled and it won't let me enable it. When I access the "network settings" I also have to choose Slackware 10.2 to open it.
I have tried manually assigning it an IP address and played with the rc.wireless.conf and rc.inet1.conf but haven't been able to get anywhere with it. Any ideas on where I should look next?
I've resorted to holding my mouth a certain way again.

i would not recommend messing around with the integrated card, HP has a BIOS check in place that will make the PC not boot if you replace the internal card. i would recommend getting a PCMCIA or Express slot wifi card. and for my laptop i have the older version of yours. (ZV6000)

Well that sucks. I have looked all over for wireless express card, and all I find is those stupid CDMA broadband cards. I have seen only around 3 express wifi cards. One from dell, but page is not found anymore. One from Belkin, but the price is $120.00, and this... http://www.teckwave.com/?prodId=10188&twid=20520

So my only other option is USB, which I really don't want to do. These days since wifi is essentially integrated into notebooks (minipci), express wifi cards are not very plentiful and quite pricey, and also no guarantee that the USB ones are Linux compatible. Wifi is such a PITA under Linux

There is also an express slot to PCMCIA adapter, http://addonics.com/products/host_co.../adexc34cb.asp, but it is $70. atleast then though you could use any cardbus/pcmcia card you wanted.

Or try having a look at a D-Link DWA-643. It is running an atheros chipset so all you would need are the madwifi drivers.

Thats another solution, still you are spending up to at least around $100 total, not a cost effective solution. Hopefully sometime in the future wifi express card prices will go down, but something tells me not to hold my breath.

I wouldn't mind using NDISwrapper, but I never got it to work, and the reviews I heard about NDISwrapper and broadcom just didn't seem worth the trouble. Speeds ranging from 15-30kb/s max.

I wouldn't mind at all if broadcom would just release a binary driver for Linux, if it meant full functionality. If it would work, I wouldn't care if there was no source code. Oh well.

Don't believe the things you've read about NDISwrapper. I've been using it for a couple of years with BCM4306 cards. I get sustained throughput of 20mbps and a strong, reliable connection.

Well 20mbps is a big difference, but NDISwrapper has different results for everyone, and even though you have a broadcom chipset, the model number is different than mine, and so I would imagine that each broadcom with different chipset numbers operate slightly different. Again, I at least tried NDISwrapper, and it just doesn't work at all for me. And I'm sorry to sound so nit-picky, but I would have hoped that you would have gotten the full 54mbps, rather than 20, oh well.

The 20mbps I mentioned is actual, sustained throughput. The card connects at "54mbps," but that's marketing fluff. Wireless is half-duplex and has a good deal of overhead. 20mbps is pretty much max.

The most common problems with NDISwrapper are conflicts with bcm43xx or incorrect driver file. I suggest you give it another shot in a new thread.