[Sreenath]

Hey, i have never installed wlan in Slackware before, my question is i have this wireless card
trendnet tew423-pi pci card, link below

http://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/sh...t=3814&cat=all

how do i set it up? i skipped netconfig during setup because i didnt know what to put for wireless
your help on this matter will be greatly appreciated

 

[PROBN4LYFE]

Let it install by itself...that's the good thing about Linux

 

[Sreenath]

i dont understand...it doesnt install by itself. i need to load a kernel module i think but im not sure....don't you have to configure it yourself?

 

[dangerousHobo]

/lib/modules/`uname -r`/pcmcia

Look there for modules/drivers you can load.

Then edit /etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts.
It should be easy to tell what to edit, its well commented.

Some more info, http://www.slackbook.org/html/networ...-wireless.html

I don't have any experience with wireless cards in linux, but I hope that helps.

 

[Sreenath]

you are the one person i hoped would answer this thread. this is a response i got from linuxquestions dot org

Quote:

use ndiswrapper, download-unzip-make install copy .ini and .sys windows driver files into ndiswrapper directory ndiswrapper -i filename.inf modprobe ndiswrapper

now i know this is how you do it in ubuntu, will this work in slack 12?
or should i do what you said? btw its a PCI card on my desktop sig rig, not a PCMCIA so i dont know if that directory is right...whats the corresponding directory for PCI modules??

 

[dangerousHobo]

That method should work on slack12 too, is probably your best bet to get wireless working.

 

[Sreenath]

alright ill try it we'll see how it goes