the ssid is still definately muteXeNet, as my gf's browsing on her windows laptop, network settings on that is telling me it's connected to muteXeNet.

Hmmmm

Hmm, your wireless card can't see it then, your scan results don't show it.

maybe i need to set something up in my router? ALtho i have ubuntu on this machine as well and that sees it ok (in terms of my router allowing my laptop to see it). I'm at a loss.
thanks for your help though mate. I learnt a few new commands this evening

Thanks again,
mute

Check your router to see if "broadcast ssid" is enabled. I had similar issues because mine was disable. This sort of hides your network.

Thanks for the reply again.
I'm at work again now, but i'll take a look tonight. I have a feeling that when i set this up for my ubuntu (on the same laptop), I had to add it to some kind of "allow list" in my router settings. I wonder if i have to do that again when i'm logged into slack, even though it's the same hardware?
I shall also check broadcast settings as you've advised.

All of this stuff is rather confusing to me. I'm wondering if trying to get slack working on a laptop rather than a desktop was too much of a first step for me...

mute

Nope the magic allow list you speak of is the MAC address list. That address is hardcoded (well almost ) into the Network card itself so would not normally change.

As tux_dude mentioned, setting the router to broadcast the SSID is a good idea.

You may want to give wicd a go. It makes wireless so much simpler. I don't believe it comes on a stock 12.2 system, but I am pretty sure it is in the extra/ directory on the dvd.

Yeah i been hearing some good things about this wicd. I might give that a go. But i would like to try and get it working without that first.

I'll fiddle about the broadcast settings first. Altho i may be tomorrow night now, as i've been invited to the pub for beers

Cheers fella's

mute

Hello again,
I logged into my router, and it looks like I *am* broadcasting my ssid (see screenie). In the "set up access list" options my laptop is also in there (i guess that's why i can connect to my router when i'm in my ubuntu partition). I did a "ifconfig" in slack to double-check it was definately the correct mac address that's on the allow list in the router and it is.

But when i do a "iwlist wlan0 scan" on the laptop that ssid is not in the scan output. Any ideas anyone? I think if i can't get this to work i'll install wicd.

Thanks in advance,
mute

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