Anyone have any success yet with a Slackware 12.0 installation talking 
to a wireless card? I'm trying to get a Trendnet TEW-423PI with a 
Realtek 8185 chipset working. I downloaded the Linux drivers from 
Realtek's website, and they seem to be doing what they should. I have 
tried both the manual method described in Realtek's readme file, and the 
Slackware method - loading everything through the rc. scripts (took some 
editing to eliminate all the error messages). Either way I can use 
iwlist to scan the card, and the results  look good - the ap adresses 
are correct, the ESSID comes back correct, the protocol is identified 
correctly... But the Quality and Signal level are always reported as zero.
 I know that the signal strength is better than that, because when I 
boot the Windoze side of the machine, it reports a signal strength of 
85% and I can connect to the router without problem. (It's a Belkin 54 g 
WIFI router).
 Any guidance is appreciated.


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