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4 Weeks Ago	#1 (permalink)
darwind1 Just Joined! Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1	add wlan0 (slackware 13) i've just installed slackware 13 but unfortunately i only see the following with iwconfig lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. i tried google-ing but the tutorials are expecting the wlan0 to be in already which currently is not. Will somebody help me in add wlan0 to the list of interfaces? or maybe point be to another source? thanks in advance =)

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Dapper Dan Super Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: The Sovereign State of South Carolina Posts: 4,136	It's been a while since I configured Slack so I'm going from memory... You'll want to use your favourite editor to open /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf. Look it over and configure accordingly. It should have a commented out section for wlan0 that you can configure. Hope this helps... __________________ CRUX 2.5 + IceWM Registered:#371367 New Members: click here

4 Weeks Ago	#3 (permalink)
Freston Linux Engineer Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 827	Welcome to the forums! Can you post the output of: Code: /sbin/ifconfig -a /sbin/lspci \| grep -i wireless __________________ Can't tell an OS by it's GUI

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