On Monday 10 March 2008 20:33:32 Jan Seeger wrote:
> Yes, with 2.6.24, iwlwifi is not required anymore.
In fact you can't emerge it at all with kernel 2.6.24.
> Here's my wpa_supplicant.conf and my /etc/conf.d/net
Heartfelt thanks from me! Your config has got my wifi working; now I'll have
to find out what difference in particular between yours and mine caused it
to spring into life.
> network={
> ssid="WLAN1"
> psk="<key>"
> pairwise=TKIP
> group=TKIP
> priority=5
> }
[...]
> /etc/conf.d/net:
>
> modules=("wpa_supplicant")
> wpa_supplicant_wlan0="-Dwext" # This you need
I thought wext was the default device, no?
> #Network configuration
> config_WLAN1=( "192.168.178.25 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast
192.168.178.255" )
> routes_WLAN1=( "default via 192.168.178.1" )
> dns_servers_WLAN1=( "192.168.178.1" )
> gateways_WLAN1=( "192.168.178.1" )
The key difference here is that you've defined variables for the SSID of the
network link, where I would have used (was using) the interface to which
that link is attached. /etc/conf.d/*.example don't make this clear at all.
> Also, I have a handy little script which ... stops the net.wlan0
> initscript, unloads the iwl module and reloads the module. The initscript
> automatically restarts.
It doesn't restart automatically here.
I submitted a bug report: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=212383.
The silence is deafening :-)
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Rgds
Peter
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