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I recently installed slackware and I'm having wireless problems. I'm running slackware 12.2 in the fluxbox environment. I'm trying to connect to a wireless network that has WEP encryption. I used ndiswrapper to install drivers for my TEW-624 wireless adapter. I'm confident my drivers are installed correctly because when I run iwlist scan, it brings up my wireless network.

So i try doing this:

ifconfig wlan0 up
iwconfig wlan0 essid "default"
iwconfig wlan0 key "XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XX"
dhcpcd wlan0

DHCP times out every time. I checked and modified each setting listed under iwconfig over and over and everything seems fine except the essid. It stays listed as off/any. I'm not sure if this is the culprit or not. I have not gotten it to display default as the essid.

What are your thoughts?

Freston

Welcome to the forums!
I've never tried it, but I don't think 'default' is a valid essid. Just put the name of your access point there.

And you can also try turning off encryption (temporarily). See if that does work.

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waterhead

This does not guarantee that the driver is installed correctly. I can think of at least one instance where a scan shows available networks, but the wireless won't work.

Please read the stickied thread, linked to below. You can skip to the second part and run the WirelessSetup script, and post the info it retrieves.

Wireless Setup - Start Here

This appears to be a 802.11b/g/n USB card. Do you intend to use it as a n wireless? Do you have a wireless n router? If not, you may not need to use NDISwrapper.

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eap

This is an 802.11 g network. The device works through usb, and works up to 802.11 n. I will need to to have it configured for an n router at some point, so it is important I get this working. I'll let report back after I've ran your script.

Sorry for confusion. The access point is actually named default.

MikeTbob

I've had a problem similar to this and the way that I solved it was to manually assign an IP to the device. But this may not work for you.
Of course you need to enter a valid IP address for this to work.

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vonbiber

I have slackware 12.2 and and a wireless card with the same interface name (wlan0)
this is what I did:
I edited /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf
Right after
IPADDR[0]...
....
DHCP_HOSTNAME[0]....

I put this:

IFNAME[1]="wlan0"
#IPADDR[1]=""
#NETMASK[1]=""
USE_DHCP[1]="yes"
#DHCP_HOSTNAME[1]=""
#WLAN_MODE[1]=Managed

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I don't have a fixed IP address, that's why I had the
entry
USE_DHCP[1]="yes"
I don't go to encrypted wifi hotspots so I don't have en entry
for WEP, you'll have to read the doc to add the appropriate entry
in /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf

Once this file has been correctly edited, every time you boot
you should be connected and assigned an IP address

if this command

iwgetid wlan0

doesn't display your essid

or/and if

ifconfig wlan0

doesn't display an IP address (or wlan0 is not up)
you can try to launch it manually by (all of this above and below is as root)

/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 stop

iwconfig wlan0 essid "replace_here_by_your_essid"

/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1

ifconfig wlan0

you should see an IP address

eap

Yeah I was playing with the rc.inet1.conf file yesterday. I still couldn't get it to connect. Then I changed the mode in iwconfig from restricted to open. It finally got the essid to display my access point instead of off/any, and the connection now shows 43/100 instead of 0. But I still do not have an internet connection. Running the network without encryption is not an option for me. I'm able to detect my access point, and I have entered the WEP key, shouldn't I be able to connect?

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Finally I'm posting from my Slackware computer. When I restart my computer though, I have to type because it doesn't want to seem to save this setting so my computer can see the network. I also have to call to connect each time because I'm not sure why it won't connect using the rc.inet1.conf file. But I'll keep at it. Thanks for replies everyone, it really helped me out. I'll post back if I have any further questions. Thanks again!