well, googling and rtfm-ing didn't clear this for me, so...
well, what is the "official" slackware way of doing it? i mean, i compiled
drivers from source, checkinstall-ed it, and it creates a device called ra0
for my wifi card. how to initialize wifi network normally?
for now, i have to run this script at bootup to access my wifi network...
/etc/rc.d/rc.wireless ra0
ifconfig ra0 10.32.0.51 broadcast 10.32.255.255 netmask 255.255.255.0
ip route add default via 10.32.0.1 dev ra0
....and add my dns to /etc/resolv.conf
(this works, but i would prefer a non-"manual workaround" way)

http://slackbook.org/ says, regarding /etc/rc.d/rc.wireless.conf (or
/etc/rc.d/rc.wireless??)...
Make sure you replace "eth0" with whatever network interface your wireless
card uses and change "mynetwork" to the essid you wish to use.
however, i hope i'm not stupid, but i dont see option for changing it
there. or anywhere. so, whats the "simple, slackware way of doing it"?
and by "doing it", i mean setting that does "connect to wifi network, get
ip/dns/gateway settings via dhcp, work without much hassle"

i just added a rc.wirelessup script in /etc/rc.d/ and have it run at
startup, works fine. i have it dhcpd from my network though since my
wifi router is set up for it. that for me imo is the most convenient
way of doing it, i can always chmod -x my script if i'm not on my
network for a while, and if it doesn't detect my card at startup it
doesn't run the script.

On Wed, 01 Jun 2005 22:59:44 +0200, Mad-Eye Moody wrote:

> well, googling and rtfm-ing didn't clear this for me, so...
> well, what is the "official" slackware way of doing it? i mean, i compiled
> drivers from source, checkinstall-ed it, and it creates a device called ra0
> for my wifi card. how to initialize wifi network normally?
> for now, i have to run this script at bootup to access my wifi network...
> /etc/rc.d/rc.wireless ra0
> ifconfig ra0 10.32.0.51 broadcast 10.32.255.255 netmask 255.255.255.0
> ip route add default via 10.32.0.1 dev ra0
> ...and add my dns to /etc/resolv.conf
> (this works, but i would prefer a non-"manual workaround" way)
>
"official" slackware way? On aols they say something like " Ask 8
Slackers a question, get 10 different answers."

Anyway try this link
http://sox.homeip.net/slackware/
and look in the directory "rc_scripts/"

Mike