Colin <signofzeta <at> gmail.com> writes: > Just got around to trying to boot Gentoo 2005.0 on my desktop. My hard > drive controller is now natively supported (Highpoint HPT372N), so the > LiveCD booted without a problem. But now my wireless adapter (D-Link > DWL-120+) isn't supported, since I don't have any network devices other > than eth0 (wired) and lo. Seeing as how this is my Internet connection, > I'm stuck yet again. (I'm not a big fan of stage3 installs.) > > Since I (strangely enough) have money in my wallet, are there any > wireless cards that are natively supported in Gentoo?
Hello Colin, I have not worked on 802.11... under 2.6 kernel yet (same old excuses). However I have some old resources that may help you find a wireless product with a chipset that the driver works. Under 2.4 kernels, I had the best luck looking for wireless devices that had the underlying chipset which was support. This means you have have to take your portable into the store of your choice and see if you can make the card work. ATMEL chipsets seem to have the best support, but lately ATMEL is a real pain in the _ _ _ with datasheets on the newest wireless chipsets... Here are some resouces that may or maynot help you as some are only for 2.4: http://at76c503a.berlios.de/devices.html http://sourceforge.net/projects/atmelwlandriver http://sourceforge.net/projects/madwifi http://www.linux-wlan.org and the best place to look for (linux) supported wireless ethernet devices is: www.tuxmobil.org hope these help, James -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
