Need slackware/wlan/dhcp help.

[aceo07]

I just did a full install of Slackware 10.2 on my X22.
Sound, video, mouse, ethernet work without configuring.
If I plug in network cable, I need to run rc.inet1 to get the dhcp settings.

My problem is with pcmcia wireless. I installed ndiswrapper and wpa_supplicant. wpa supplicant does work and will connect to my AP. However, it does not setup dhcp or anything. Dhcp server is on my AP.

Are there any good tutorial on how to set up wpa supplicant with Slackware? I know how to manually setup my IPs and routing and get it working. However, I don't want to do that everytime. I'm using default settings for slackware right now. How do I get dhcp to assign IPs to my wlan0?

[aceo07]

I figured out the dhcpcd and got it to assign wlan0 an IP. My current solution was to put wpa_supplicant and dhcpcd changes to my local start file.

This isn't my prefered solution. Wlan0 gets started after dhcpcd gets loaded in my startup. Somehow hotplug.rc starts my pcmcia wireless instead of pcmcia.rc. Can someone explain how to change it. And also have it use wpa_supplicant instead of ndiswrapper..

[dkpw]

Hi Aceman,

I'm sorry I don't know the answer to your question, but I would like to recommend to you LinuxQuestions.org http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions ... y.php?f=14 where some of the best Slackware brains on the net lurk and offer assistace, even for brand specific questions such as yours.

Doing a quick search on "wpa_supplicant" brought up 17 results. One may be of assistance.

IMHO Slackware is a great choice of distribution, Slackware is blisteringly fast on my T41, especially after upgrading to a 2.6.x kernel.

Regards,

dkpw

[teetee]

You can always put the command "dhcpcd -n wlan0" in rc.local file so that it will always be excuted AFTER all the other services/interface are started right?