I have been attempting to setup the wireless usb dongle ( or whatever you call it) on my old Dell Inspiron 7000 laptop. In other Linux distrubutions I usually used the following steps.

ndiswrapper -i (the location of *.inf file)

ndiswrapper -m

modprobe ndiswrapper ( some distros required this )

ifconfig wlan0 up

The light on the 2wire dongle would start flashing during the above process.
I would finish by opening a wifi tool to locate available open connections, pick the appropriate one, and log on. I'm not sure what the sequence or the proper wifi tools to use in AntiX. Can you please list the step by step process for configuring wireless on AntiX? I know all the Linux Distros are a little different, I just need to learn the AntiX method, THANKS

On mine (PCMCIA card) I set up NDISWrapper, did ndiswrapper -l to make sure the driver was there, then used the menu link to network to set up my restricted WEP encryption code and the SSID. Worked great.

dieselbenz wrote: On mine (PCMCIA card) I set up NDISWrapper, did ndiswrapper -l to make sure the driver was there, then used the menu link to network to set up my restricted WEP encryption code and the SSID. Worked great.

I looked at the installed drivers and mine is listed (wlanuig ). There are also several other drivers loaded, I guess by default. My PCMCIA card works fine but I need the wireless to work. I tried the network setup program under Admin/Tools - Mepis Admin - Network but that didn't do it. The light on the dongle has never come on at all. I don't beleive the OS can see it. Any ideas?[/img]

Welcome steings to antiX.

Have a look at the Mepis wiki for wireless connection. Something there should help.


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steings
Look in ndiswrapper -l and see if there is a"device present" under your driver. If there is, then in terminal . . .

# mnetwork (enter)


In the resulting network configuration window do everything as before but make sure that, under the"interface" tab, you have your wireless interface selected (probably wlan0). Be sure to tic"Start at Boot"
and"Start When Plugged." Click on"Apply" and follow the resulting instructions. Leave the card plugged in and reboot the machine. You should be good to go. lol

moron wrote:steings
Look in ndiswrapper -l and see if there is a"device present" under your driver. If there is, then in terminal . . .

# mnetwork (enter)


In the resulting network configuration window do everything as before but make sure that, under the"interface" tab, you have your wireless interface selected (probably wlan0). Be sure to tic"Start at Boot"
and"Start When Plugged." Click on"Apply" and follow the resulting instructions. Leave the card plugged in and reboot the machine. You should be good to go. lol

I believe I have found the problem but I'll let you be the judge. There is a line in the boot parameters that are visible during bootup that says"nousb". I am having a"DUH" moment. Where can I open the boot parameters so I can change it?

Edit (as root) ./boot/grub/menu.lst if I remember correctly.

dieselbenz wrote:Edit (as root) ./boot/grub/menu.lst if I remember correctly.

I have corrected the"nousb" problem in the boot parameters. Now the USB Dongle light blinks sporadically. I have tried"ifconfig wlan0 up" but that does not seem to do the trick. I am working with wlanconfig right now but that is a new command for me and I'm not sure I fully understand it. I have attempted to set up the wireless using the"mnetwork" command from the command line but don't have the right combination yet. I read in one of the Mepis forum post suggested that some of the ndiswrapper drivers may be in conflict with the walnuig.inf driver that I need for my hardware bnut 2 of the drivers refuse to be turned off. They are bcmw & bcmw15a. I have tried using the ndiswrapper -r command to remove them but they still remain. I want to thank all of those who have helped me with this configuration problem. I'm sure a large part of the problem is me but I have tried quite a few Distros with this old Laptop and all the Distos are different in the way the approach Internet and wireless configuration.

in terminal as su try.........
# dhclient wlan0 (enter)

Also, what happens if you do:

# iwconfig

and:

# iwlist scan

Craigus wrote:Also, what happens if you do:

# iwconfig

and:

# iwlist scan

I tried all the commands that were suggested but was unable to get it to work. I was watching it try to connect after trying the restart / start network button in mnetwork. I had it set up to look for my network, with my encryption key. I disabled that and set it"any" network, removed my key. When I restarted it connected first time. I want to thank everyone who took the time to respond, I really appreciate it.