wireless card module loaded - now what?
Sorry for this. I'm running slack 12.2 - fresh install.
Here is some info: Code:
:~# lspci | grep Wireless Code:
:~# lsmod | grep ath Code:
:~# iwconfig Code:
:~# ifconfig from: http://www.slackware.com/~alien/slac...wifi/pkg/12.2/ That is the only install that was not included in a full install from the DVD. So... where do I go from here, and why is the card only set to 'b', and not 'g'? Any additional info needed, ask. My intel wifi card in my other laptop setup SO much easier then this one. Thanks. |
I'm sure there is a utility to do this but progress has been made. I added:
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IFNAME[4]="wlan0" then typed (as root) /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 restart NOTE: I currently have a different wifi card installed as opposed to my first post. I now have a realtek chipset card, and it is detected as 'wlan0' with iwconfig. I guess if I still had the Atheros wifi card, I would have used 'ath0' instead of 'wlan0' on the 'IFNAME[4]="xxx" line above. Then I installed wicd from /extra on the Slack DVD. At the current time, using wicd, I can view all the available networks, and connect to the unsecure networks. In trying to connect to a secure network, I get a "this network requires encryption to be enabled" message. The solution for enabling encryption will be my next post. I'm sharing my steps in hopes it might help someone else later one. |
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For WEP encryption, see the section on WEP encryption here: http://alien.slackbook.org/dokuwiki/...ware:network&s[]=wep&s[]=encryption For WPA encryption, see the section on WPA here: http://alien.slackbook.org/dokuwiki/...ware:madwifi&s[]=madwifi |
Another thing to note is that both the madwifi and ath5k drivers are loaded. You might try blacklisting the ath5k module and just use madwifi. I use wpa_supplicant to connect to a secure network, without wicd. In my configuration, wicd has only been able to connect to unsecured nets so I have to stop it and use wpa_supplicant and dhcpcd by hand to associate and get an IP addy. I'm sure I've got something out of whack somewhere (like rc.inet1), but this is how I've been able to use my wifi card.
Regards, Geoff. |
From wicd README.SLACKWARE
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Yeah, and I just noticed this from AlienBob's wiki
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Thanks (to Eric, too), Geoff. |
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