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    How to setup Wireless Network on Slackware Linux

    Recently got a slackware 13.37 on my computer but after this my Wireless network card stopped working. I tried netconfig in order to statically assign an IP address to my LAN. If I ping, nothing comes up. I have 2 devices now and they are:
    • Intel Corp Pro/Wireless 2200BG (Calexico2) Network Connect
    • Broadcom Corp Netxtreme BCM5751 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express.

    I would greatly appreciate any solution.

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    re: How to setup Wireless Network on Slackware Linux

    The good way to configure the network is using the netconfig program only. Make sure that you are running it as root when you are setting up the network. It will ask you for several series of questions. The answered settings will be then edited in the rc.inet1.conf file. For that you also need a kernel support for the network card. . The netconfig program will enable the network card and tell it how to work. Otherwise you can simply edit /etc/rc.d/rc.modules and choose your card. You can also modify the network configuration files by hand only if you are familiar with the settings and those filesare /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf and /etc/rc.d/rc.inet2,

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    re: How to setup Wireless Network on Slackware Linux

    The thing is you didn’t get the link for eth0 and it is really strange in your case. I assume that it is the wired/Broadcom connection. Make sure that cables are connected to the respective ports securely. Now run these commands to see:
    Code:
    lspci
    ethtool -i eth0
    ethtool -i eth1
    Also run this, to verify on wireless:
    Code:
    Iwconfig
    I don’t know about your ping command and don’t know why it is not reflecting. I can only assume that it is the netmask issue. However before going to that, you need to find out where there is no physical link.

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    re: How to setup Wireless Network on Slackware Linux

    When you are using the netconfig program, it may ask for the use of DHCP for network setup. If it didn’t ask, then you can edit it in rc.inet1.conf to run /sbin/dhcpd. For all this you need a kernel support for network card enabled (netconfig will have all settings necessary for the network setup in slackware Linux).

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    re: How to setup Wireless Network on Slackware Linux

    See whether your network interface is installed with the appropriate drivers or not. You will not get the IP-configuration via DHCP. For DHCP you shoud try:
    Code:
    dhcpcd eth0
    If you don’t have DHCP, you know which file to edit and why.

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    Re: How to setup Wireless Network on Slackware Linux

    Do you want to setup the wireless adapter as well?

    Do you have any access point/router for the connection?

    Is there any router which is configured as a gateway/default router?

    Are you using the static IP assignment for the Wired connection, or are you looking for to get IP info from a DHCP server?

    What kind of connection you want to achieve now?

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