Slackware Wireless setup on Dell Latitude D630

DYK · 04-12-2012, 11:30 PM

I'm new to Slackware and was wondering if anyone can point me in the correct direction on how I can setup my laptop to use my wireless card with Slackware.

Mara · 04-14-2012, 06:16 AM

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What is your laptop/wireless card type?

sycamorex · 04-14-2012, 06:39 AM

Hi and welcome to LQ.

What's the ouptut of:

Code:

/sbin/lspci

and

Code:

/sbin/iwconfig

DYK · 04-16-2012, 02:59 PM

Ethernet controller: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5755M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev02)
Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection (rev02)

DYK · 04-16-2012, 03:04 PM

lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11abg ESSID

ff/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated TX-Power=0 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr

ff Fragment thr

ff
Encryption key

ff
Power Management

ff

sycamorex · 04-16-2012, 03:10 PM

Your wifi card seems to be recognised. The easiest way to set up your wifi would be to install wicd from the install DVD. Wicd is in /extra

Wicd is an easy to use GUI program that will help you set up your wireless connection.

Try to install it first with:

Code:

# installpkg /path/to/wicd-blah-blah.txz

Obviously the path and the exact name of the file will be different.

Once you've installed wicd, see if you can set it up. If not, post here where you're stuck.

DYK · 04-17-2012, 01:19 AM

Followed your directions and it worked:-) Thanks a bunch! You may close this post.

sycamorex · 04-17-2012, 01:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DYK

Followed your directions and it worked:-) Thanks a bunch! You may close this post.

Glad it worked. You, the author of the thread, can close this thread. See Thread tools ===> Mark Solved