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I installed antiX base on an hp compaq nc6230. I tried NDISwapper to use windows drivers, the wireless blue LED lit on but WPA suppliant still can't detect the wireless adapter. I tried the ipw2200 driver too, it showed available networks in terminal but still WPA suppliant doesn't detect the adapter or any network, in addition to the blue LED periodically turning on and off. Please help.
Edit: I simply installed antiX full instead of base, connman worked and so did the wifi.

I don't normally use antiX but I believe that conman is the preferred wifi setup app.

I tried but connman doesn't even want to launch.

How did you start connman ?
Please type in terminal If cmst is not installed on base, please install it. It's a GUI for Connman .
Open the tab Status and under Technologies scroll to wifi and turn it on.Better turn other options(Wired,Bluetooth) off.
Then go to Tab Wireless.
Click on your router and on Connect.Under Passphrase type your password and OK..
You should be connected now.

Post output of cat /etc/antix-version (in a terminal)

I have antix 19.2 if it helps (base version for 32 bit non pae processors).
I tried a USB wifi adapter, it connected to the network after getting the drivers, but I couldn't access the internet, I can only open the router setup page (the page you access from your browser by typing 192.168.0.1) .

caprea wrote: Mon Aug 10, 2020 2:57 pm How did you start connman ?
Please type in terminal

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cmst

If cmst is not installed on base, please install it. It's a GUI for Connman .
Open the tab Status and under Technologies scroll to wifi and turn it on.Better turn other options(Wired,Bluetooth) off.
Then go to Tab Wireless.
Click on your router and on Connect.Under Passphrase type your password and OK..
You should be connected now.

I started connman from the icon, it just won't launch, will consider reinstalling it.

If it really is 19.2 base then you should install the bugfix 19.2.1 version instead.

anticapitalista wrote: Wed Aug 12, 2020 2:21 pm If it really is 19.2 base then you should install the bugfix 19.2.1 version instead.

My bad it is 19.2.1 already. I will reinstall connman from the software manager.
(It says antiX 19.2.1 Hannie Schaft 29 march 2020)

Maybe the output of cmst from the terminal gives a hint why connman does not launch.

caprea wrote: Thu Aug 13, 2020 5:36 am Maybe the output of cmst from the terminal gives a hint why connman does not launch.

I wrote cmst in terminal, it says "command not found".

I just looked at the base version of antiX. cmst is not installed on base, but there's connman-ui-gtk for the icon in taskbar.
Did you try to right-click on the icon and to enable wifi and disable wired connection ?
Afterwards you can left-click for your router.
The mouse button must be held down here (both left or right)

Can I set it up from Ceni? I tried ceni, connected to the network but still no internet connection. I can only access the router setup page (accessible by typing 192.168.0.1 in the browser). This makes me doubt that it is a configuration problem.

If you want to use ceni you have to remove connman first. There are a lot of threads about it in the antixforum.
You can follow these instructions, but for AnitX-base you have to uninstall connman and connman-ui-gtk.
Then follow steps 2-4

https://www.antixforum.com/forums/topic ... post-32414

But I would recommend to try connman once before, the way I described it above.

I will try the fix to use Ceni. I hope it will work.

I will install antiX full to get connman to work.
Edit: With antiX full, everything is working as intended.