Thought i would try antix..been useing ubuntu. antix wont see my wire-less or the hard-wire cable connections..useing comcast cable internet here in s.w. florida usa..any ideas out there? using emachine laptop..tried live puppy cd and it logged right into both internet connections, no problem..need some help with antix...

Howdy toolman. I aint no expert. But I'll give it a shot since I run wireless.

Open terminal and type in
and post output using code tags Also. Go to crossed wrenches in tool bar. Left click and open AntiX Control Center. Pick the network tab and you will see Network interfaces (ceni) and Connect with WICD and Connect with rutilt.

Most members here use Ceni to connect. I happen to use Wicd. If you use Wicd. Go to preferences and enter in the wireless interface (ceni is good at showing your wireless interface like wlan0 or wlan1, etc..). While in preferences in Wicd. Hit the external programs button next. You will see Automatic and dhclient as options. If Automatic gives no joy. Try dhclient instead.

inxi -F will show what your network cards and chips are and what drivers are being used, Hence, that is why I am asking for the readout.

Happy Trails, Rok

card 1 broadcom BCM4306 802.11b/g wireless
card 2 broadcom BCM4401 100base-t

It would have helped if you posted the whole readout as I can't see if the b43 legacy driver is installed in your post.


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b43legacy (supported devices)

For legacy 802.11b-only devices and the BCM4306 revision 2 chipset.
Introduced in Linux 2.6.24

Because you have a 2.6.32-1 kernel installed and b43 legacy driver should be in the kernel.

thanks rok..but it still does not work __{{emoticon}}__

typing everything i'm slow typer..what info do u need

Just copy and paste readout of inxi -F for now. Did you try connecting via AntiX Control Center with ceni wicd or rutilt yet? What is your wireless interface reported by ceni?

can't copy and paste..computer is not on-line with no connection....ceni dosn't see any wire-less..nor the others..

Copy and paste to Floppy,CD.USB Flash then is a option if you have that option. Then use said media to paste here.

I am surprised a land line isn't connecting automatically for you though. You are saying that eth0 does not show in Ceni either? With Hardline connected?

I have exotic. ancient Amrel RT686 Rocky II Laptops with no ethernet ports that I have to use a PCMCIA Ethernet Jack Card to hook up to a landline and AntiX picks up the PMCIA Adapter and connects automatically via landline.

land line, wire-less, nothing is"seen" by the network tabs that you told me to click on. i think that it is odd too. like i said a"live" cd of Puppy linux hooks up to both wire and wireless no-problem. this is a 4 or 5 year old emachine laptop # 5310. i'll have to get a pen drive tomorrow and post more info. THANKS for your help. i'm calling it quits for tonight....

Last thing I should Mention. Did you do a md5sum check of AntiX downloaded Iso file before you burned to CD?


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If you are using Windows to connect here. Use the Windows Instructions to check md5sum with the
winMD5Sum tool.

Then when burning any Linux distro in my experience. Use the slowest burning speed possible on a good CDR or CDRW Disk. I recommend using
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as it is a good free Image burning program for Windows. I use 4X speed to burn. It may be that your download is corrupt a little or your burn did not come out right either. Just a possibility.

Have a good nights rest and happy Trails, Rok

toolman,

The dreaded b44 series, but no worries, just follow this:

With the BCM 4401-B0 ethernet you will need to comment out these lines: in /etc/modprobe.d/b43.conf as root.
(that is put the # )

#ssb true
#b44 true

then: modeprobe ssb && modprobe b44

then restart ceni.


edit:
open a terminal and type the following

sux
(enter your root password)
then press enter

rox
(this will open rox as root)

navigate to /etc/modprobe.d/b43.conf

you will see:

install b43 true
install b44 true
install ssb true

change that to

install b43 true
#install b44 true
#install ssb true

then save the file.

close rox and in the root terminal type:

modeprobe ssb && modprobe b44

then restart ceni and you should see your wired and wireless



cheers,
oldhoghead

thanx to all for help...got it fixed...commiting out in b43. did it .. thanks again