Wireless USB network adapter won't reconnect to the internet.
 

I am using Slackware c14.1 as my operating system, and I have a Cisco WUSB54GC wireless network adapter, and the problem is that I end up having to manually re-establish a wireless internet connection every time I log on to my computer :(. I could be missing something here, but is there a way to resolve that issue? Thanks in advance for your assistance.

Hi, are you using Networkmanager to connect? If yes, is /etc/rc.d/rc.networkmanager executable? And is "Automatically connect to this network when it is available" in the "General" tab checked when you edit your connection in Networkmanager?

Yes.

Hi, what do you exactly do -with Networkmanager in place- to achieve this:
???

I click on the WLAN interface icon in the panel bar, then click "Manage connections" and go from there. And before I forget to mention it, I am using KDE as the window manager.

I don't know if this is related, but according to post #23 in [1] you might need to set "All users may connect to this network" in the General tab of the applet (haven't tested it myself, since I don't use KDE).

[1] https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showth...cally&p=361413

Sorry, it's not related :(.

Ok. Assuming it is not related to Networkmanager (nor KDE). When I was using an USB adapter (from another brand) on another system (not Slackware) with Wicd (not Networkmanager) and MATE (not KDE), I also had some issues with wireless (it did not connect automatically and lost connection when the computer was idle for some time) and what I did was (a rather dirty solution):

1. Blacklist certain wireless drivers/modules in /etc/modprobe.d (to make sure the correct driver would be loaded and not a look-a-like, e.g. I blacklisted ath9k since I needed ath9k_htc only), but you might want to check the output of the lsmod command first.
2. Put "modprobe #name of the correct driver/module" in rc.local (might not be recommended nor needed)
3. Disable powersaving (on the USB adapter) via an udev rule in /etc/udev/rules.d/ (see [1], but set it to "off" instead of "on")

[1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Power_management

I'm sorry to have to say this but it looks as though none of the responses that I have received thus far apply to my situation - so what I suppose I'm really asking (although I didn't realize it at first) is: How do I get wicd to work with Slackware 14.1 (64 bit)?

Never mind, I finally got it (wicd) to work :D!!!

I found a working copy of wicd (for KDE) on this site: https://pkgs.org/ and installed it, then restarted my computer, but I did remove Network Manager first.

There was no need to download wicd from pkgs.org as it is already included in the extra/ folder of your favorite Slackware mirror (and it should be on your install media).

Also there is no need to remove NetworkManager as long as you just ensure /etc/rc.d/rc.networkmanager is not executable.

Thanks, I'll have to remember that in case, for whatever reason, I would need to reinstall Slackware 14.1 again.