does your card needs firmware? First try,

 tazhw detect-pci --firmware 

There is also a small bug in wifi-firmware script that was discovered and fixed immediately after release :-(
http://hg.slitaz.org/wok-stable/rev/0a195d12b011

The updated pkg is not available yet. So, you have to wait for sometime.

Hi,
tazhw detect-pci --firmware....
Detected PCI devices Kernel Modules
Module in use rt2860sta

I think it means ok
Waiting for the "bug" solution
I use the icon net connection and I find my wireless net. I double clic over it (with WEP key first) and ...nothing!
May I need to wait for the bug solution or the problem is different?

@pepe : As long as you can find your wireless net everything is ok. So, restart your machine and see if it auto-connects. I tested with WEP and everything works.

If not, can you manually edit /etc/network.conf to make sure your wifi details are ok and wifi is "yes"

OK but....with wep encryption I can not connect
I erase the encryption and....voilá! I am connected and writing this post.
Sure Slitaz works in live mode with wireless wep encryption?
Waiting for answer
Pepe
p.s. In version 2.0 I remember I need to install r2860sta driver but in 3.0 it is charged by default and /etc/network.conf is ok

Hi Pepe,

The problem here is that no ones wep is going to work anywhere, its amazing that no one has noticed this yet! There isn't an "arc4" kernel module for the wep crypto. We gotta wait for someone to release a kernel patch that adds this module. Bizarre its not there. I can't imagine its compiled in, and this module being missing exactly describes this behavior. Shucks.

SalsaDoom,

What are you saying?? From kernel configs:

CONFIG_CRYPTO_ARC4=y 

There won't be any module. Its compiled in the kernel.

Oh, jeez. So it is compiled in. OK. Scratch that idea. But it really isn't working anyway. Maybe tonight I'll poke around with it again and see what else I can come up with.

google rt2860sta wep
many hits with wep not working with that driver

Any idea how to debug why ndiswrapper doesn't work with slitaz-3.0 ?
Radio in adapter works, connects and associates to accesspoint but no tcp/ip connectivity.

Tested 3 pci wireless adapters and 2 laptops with builtin wireless,
all work with slitaz-2.0 but fail in slitaz-3.0

eeePC 900SD - Slitaz wifi does not work either. My router uses WPA encryption. Anyone can crack WEP, and so, much easier than cracking wpa. I am surprised anyone uses wep anymore - ISPs' model/routers all do WPA now.

This having been said, perhaps the developers might look at what Pu ppeee / Fl uppy is using to connect wirelessly. it is another, although not so small, distro also very much concerned with size and speed. I believe they use pwireless2 now - don't look at P uppy, which these are a derivative of, because wireless in pu ppy is rather inconvenient and you don't want that as an inspiration.
(re. spaces: I inserted spaces so these don't erroneously come up in search results, as this space is first and foremost about Slitaz and not other distros).

Isn't ANYONE fluent in configuring/adding/supporting WiFi here?

Need it for accessing hotspots with WiFi (roaming), and the occasional home access with WPA. But it doesn't even seem to detect the wireless chipset.

What needs to be added to make it complete? And how is that done?

Install linux-wireless.tazpkg
go here:
http://doc.slitaz.org/en:guides:wifi-easy
scroll down and start here:
Detailed Instructions
Identifying your hardware (Which wifi card do I have?)
Most modules require you download/install firmware before loading the module.
If you can't get it to work and want help:
Post result of every terminal command listed in guide

halu...

glad to find slitaz.
mini and runnin smoothly on usb.
im using acer aspire 4530 and both my eth and wlan detected perfectly.
id already connected to my local router,
but somehow i cant ping any website.

tried to run dnsd and said it ok,
but it doesnt works.

would you please give me some clue bout it?
thank you...

respect.

What may help is to reset your routes.
su to root and:
route del default
route add default gw <IP of router here>

Can you ping and/or connect to your router at all?

halu...

will try and let us know.
thanks before...

i cant ping any pc or router.

halu...

after doin some tests i finally connected to the internet guys :D
theres a rule at the router that kept me unconnected back there.
so, theres nothin wrong with slitaz \m/
it works smoothly...