Cyprian Troyer wrote: > Anyone have any success yet with a Slackware 12.0 installation talking > to a wireless card? Yes > I'm trying to get a Trendnet TEW-423PI with a > Realtek 8185 chipset working. I downloaded the Linux drivers from > Realtek's website, and they seem to be doing what they should. I have > tried both the manual method described in Realtek's readme file, and the > Slackware method - loading everything through the rc. scripts (took some > editing to eliminate all the error messages). Either way I can use > iwlist to scan the card, and the results look good - the ap adresses > are correct, the ESSID comes back correct, the protocol is identified > correctly... But the Quality and Signal level are always reported as zero. > I know that the signal strength is better than that, because when I > boot the Windoze side of the machine, it reports a signal strength of > 85% and I can connect to the router without problem. (It's a Belkin 54 g > WIFI router). > Any guidance is appreciated. I had a similar problem. I ended up using ndiswrapper with the windows drivers that came with the card. I took notes on how I was able to get it working, but they are at home (where I am not at the moment). I ended up using ndiswrapper with the windows driver that came with my card. The setup was pretty easy as I remember. I then used iwconfig to config the interface. I then added a start up script to rc.local & a shutdown script to rc.local_shutdown. If this email dose not help lead you in the right direction, let me know. I will send you my notes when I get home. Good Luck! Bob De Mars > > > --- http://USFamily.Net/dialup.html - $8.25/mo! -- http://www.usfamily.net/dsl.html - $19.99/mo! --- > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list