topic title: Connect with Rutilt in AntiX 11 Base i686 (installed)
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rokytnji
Joined: 20 Feb 2009
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I am running AntiX 11 base i686 installed on a Emachine 3507 Desktop in my motorcycle shop running a wireless G Usb with a 0bda:8189 Realtek Semiconductor Corp chip. I am not running as a live cd so rutilt may act funny during a live session. I forgot what Anti said to bypass rutilt funniness (lots of popup errors) while running live. If using wpa. Go with Ceni, (or wicd if you have it installed) instead. I live in the boondocks so my Network runs as a open Network. Just for Notes. Wicd and Ceni handle hardline cable ethernet hookups (eth0) also.

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~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:8189 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8187B Wireless 802.11g 54Mbps Network Adapter
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 058f:9360 Alcor Micro Corp. 8-in-1 Media Card Reader
My ifconfig -a readout as follows

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harry@biker:~$ sux 
Password: 
root@biker:/home/harry# ifconfig -a
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:16:76:dd:65:f5  
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
          Interrupt:9 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:1924 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1924 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:97192 (94.9 KiB)  TX bytes:97192 (94.9 KiB)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:e0:4c:5a:56:07  
          inet addr:<filtered by me> Bcast:<filtered by me> Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: <filtered by me> Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:231963 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:114410 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:198207722 (189.0 MiB)  TX bytes:16618656 (15.8 MiB)
The <filtered by me> entries is so I won't post my internet address on the net. I run Fluxbox with Wbar and LXpanel (Thanks Dave) on this unit. The entry to pay special attention to is wlan0 for wireless. It contains internet IP address, Mac address also.

Image

Rutilt is in antixcc>network



Ok. Open Rutilt and on top task bar go to site survey. Then hit the scan button.



After finding your wireless router (or mcdonalds or starbucks) highlight the connection with left mouse click like so and hit the connect button.



Hopefully you connect up and your Link status looks like mine. Refer to my screenshot above. You will see the Rutilt icon in my LXpanel taskbar. For showing the rutilt icon in fluxbox slit or Icewm taskbar. Edit the /home/(your user name)/.fluxbox/starup or /home/(your user name)/.icewm/startup files to include

My Fluxbox entry for example Showing lines 31 through 39 in Geany text editor /home/harry/.fluxbox/startup

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# Applications you want to run with fluxbox.
# MAKE SURE THAT APPS THAT KEEP RUNNING HAVE AN ''&'' AT THE END.
#
# unclutter -idle 2 &
# wmnd &
# wmsmixer -w &
# wicd-client &
# halevt &
rutilt &
You can also edit your menus in Icewm and Fluxbox through antixcc>Desktop.

This was a quick and dirty how to for rutilt for wireless on my Desktop.