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My mistake, I thought I included it in one of my previous replies. I did the Full install.

This maybe some useful information! I did not install Lilo. I am using GRUB2.0. Sorry I probably should have mentioned that. Does that make a huge difference?

It probably doesn't, but are you sure you have set up grub to use the right kernel? Maybe it's using a same version kernel from another distribution?

And did you install the kernel-source package? If you need to compile any extra kernel modules, you'll need that, but the ath9k module is already included anyway.

I am fairly certain GRUB is loading the correct kernal, there is only on that partition. It is using: /boot/vmlinuz-huge-2.6.37.6 is that correct?

I am not sure if I installed the kernal-source, how do I check?

Also thanks A LOT for your help!

I just tried the command 'modprobe -l | grep "ath9k" and got:
kernal/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9l/ath9k.ko
kernal/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9l/ath9k_hw.ko
kernal/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9l/ath9k_common.ko
kernal/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9l/ath9k_htc.ko

so thats good news!

#slapt-get --search kernel-source

slapt-get --search kernel-source

gives:

Failed to open package_data
package_data: No such file or directory
Perhaps you want to run --update?

Looks like you didn't install it, or anything else

#slapt-get -u # long form is --update
#slapt-get --upgrade #you may want to update all packages

Will do! I am about to leave for home (currently at school). So I will pick this stuff up when I get back tomorrow. Thanks a lot for everyones help!

I was wondering, could anyone recommend me a book about linux? I am interested not so much in the fancy tools and tricks. More in the nuts and bolts of it all. Any suggestions?

Have a look at the first post (or maybe it's the second) in the Documentation board, which has links to some online resources. http://www.linuxcommand.org might be a good place to start, depending on your interests. Also see the official Slackware documentation (the "Slackbook") for reference relating specifically to this distro (Salix is basically Slackware). http://www.tuxfiles.com has some basic stuff that's pretty digestible.

EDIT

Also, have you had a look at the User Guide, available from the Salix homepage?