Old Laptop -- Lenovo z60m -- Wired Ethernet OK, Wireless Need Help!

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Old Laptop -- Lenovo z60m -- Wired Ethernet OK, Wireless Need Help!

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Started 11 years ago by dieselashi
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dieselashi

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Hello Everyone,

Last night I made the switch from #! to SliTaz after coming to the conclusion that my now 6-year old laptop was running slowly and in need of a lighter-weight system. Very excited to try out this distribution and so far most of my hardware works fine.

I cannot properly configure the wireless adapter. I have tried to follow the instructions here (http://doc.slitaz.org/en:guides:wifi-easy) with no success. On wifibox I have no "drivers" tab, and so proceeded to attempt manual configuration.

Output of command "lspci | grep -i network"
Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2915ABG [Calexico2] Network Connection (rev 05)

Output of command "tazhw detect-pci"
> Module in use: intel_agp
> Module in use: i915
> Module in use: snd_hda_intel
> Module in use: tg3
> Module in use: yenta_socket
> Module in use: ipw2200

I have run through the length of this guide without success. Also, any time I either execute commands as in the guide, or try to edit and the /etc/network.conf file, my (wired) ethernet stops working as well and says "disconnected" in the connection properties window.

I am new to SliTaz though not new to Linux... I think maybe I have to edit another configuration file somewhere? Reload a module after editing? Not sure, please help!

Thank you!

Posted 11 years ago #
mojo

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Download: http://people.slitaz.org/~mojo/stuff/ipw2200-firmware-3.1.tazpkg
Open terminal,su , password: root
```
tazpkg install ipw2200-firmware-3.1.tazpkg
modprobe -r ipw2200 ; modprobe ipw2200
/etc/init.d/network.sh restart
```
Applications/System Tools/Wifi configuration

The ethernet stops working when using wireless because Slitaz network script only supports (1) one adapter.
To quickly bring up different adapters or connections follow this:
http://doc.slitaz.org/en:guides:network-script
Usage
But, most interestingly, is that /etc/init.d/network.sh may also use another config file.
It's useful if you're using a laptop, as you can configure multiple connections for multiple access points.
This also works to pre-configure a different network adapter.
Use the default /etc/network.conf for the connection you want to activated on boot.
In this scenario I'm choosing to boot to wireless and make a new configuration for ethernet.
cp /etc/network.conf /etc/eth0
Configure /etc/eth0 for ethernet
leafpad /etc/eth0
Switch to ethernet
/etc/init.d/network.sh restart /etc/eth0
Switch to wireless
/etc/init.d/network.sh restart
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