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installed Salix on notebook.
failed to scan wifi networks on wicd applet.

installed wifi drivers with ndiswrapper.
System accepted the windows drivers. But wicd applet says no wifi networks available.
Used command line:
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ifconfig wlan0 up
# scanned wifi access points and found all the signals:
iwlist wlan0 scan

#selected the access point
iwconfig wlan0 essid "The Joes Access Point"

dhcpcd wlan0
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it works OK on command line.

What the hell for wicd does not work?

I hv installed network manager.
How can i use network manager applet instead of wicd?
is it related to the firewall?

In wicd preferences -> General Settings is Network Interface: set as wlan0 ?

Hello Ibka

U r right. That was the setting.
I have 2 wlan interfaces. One works, another fails.
My setting was on failing interface..

Actually, Salix recognized both the windows drivers, but one of the wifi interfaces was unable to catch signals.
I dont know why.
I noticed that ndiswrapper liked Vista driver, not XP driver.

Thanks a lot.

ibka wrote:In wicd preferences -> General Settings is Network Interface: set as wlan0 ?

2009tester wrote: What the hell for wicd does not work?

I hv installed network manager.
How can i use network manager applet instead of wicd?
is it related to the firewall?

Use NetworkManager, that will probably solve your connection problems. Why does Wicd not work? No idea, but there seem to be types of networks it has trouble connecting to because of type of encryption or router, even though it can 'see' them.
Uninstall Wicd, best delete the startup script from /etc/rc.d as well, if you have NM-applet installed it should come up at next reboot automagically.

2009tester wrote: Actually, Salix recognized both the windows drivers, but one of the wifi interfaces was unable to catch signals.
I dont know why.
I noticed that ndiswrapper liked Vista driver, not XP driver.

You don't need ndiswrapper or Windows drivers. What you need is NM, it will use your linux drivers and give you good speed and only the odd dropping of connection.