Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless help?

2007-12-01 Thread Grant
> > I'm trying to set up a new laptop's wireless interface. lspci says it > > has an Atheros AR5006EG which should mean the madwifi drivers. I > > emerged madwifi-ng and madwifi-ng-tools, created net.ath0 as a link to > > net.lo, and set the ath_pci module to autoload (which it does without > > e

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless help?

2007-12-01 Thread Stroller
On 1 Dec 2007, at 06:32, Grant wrote: I'm trying to set up a new laptop's wireless interface. lspci says it has an Atheros AR5006EG which should mean the madwifi drivers. I emerged madwifi-ng and madwifi-ng-tools, created net.ath0 as a link to net.lo, and set the ath_pci module to autoload (w

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless help?

2007-12-01 Thread Mick
On Saturday 01 December 2007, Grant wrote: > I'm trying to set up a new laptop's wireless interface. lspci says it > has an Atheros AR5006EG which should mean the madwifi drivers. I > emerged madwifi-ng and madwifi-ng-tools, created net.ath0 as a link to > net.lo, and set the ath_pci module to au

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless help?

2007-12-01 Thread Galevsky
Hello Grant, Let's check first your kernel config: http://madwifi.org/wiki/UserDocs/KernelConfig If you still face trouble, I advise you to have a look at the website doc which looks pretty good.. Gal' On Dec 1, 2007 7:32 AM, Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to set up a new laptop'

[gentoo-user] Wireless help?

2007-11-30 Thread Grant
I'm trying to set up a new laptop's wireless interface. lspci says it has an Atheros AR5006EG which should mean the madwifi drivers. I emerged madwifi-ng and madwifi-ng-tools, created net.ath0 as a link to net.lo, and set the ath_pci module to autoload (which it does without errors) but I get: n

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless Help

2006-07-08 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 7 Jul 2006 21:01:40 -0400, Colleen Beamer wrote: > However, if I boot the laptop without the ethernet cable connected, it > hangs when running the dhcpcd daemon. > > I'm sure I'm missing something, but I don't know what. emerge ifplugd and read the comments in /etc/conf.d/net.example -

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless Help

2006-07-08 Thread Willie Wong
On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 09:01:40PM -0400, Penguin Lover Colleen Beamer squawked: > Next, the wiki said to put these lines into the /etc/conf.d/net file (which > had nothing in it because it assumes dhcp): > > > > modules=( "wpa_supplicant" ) > > wpa_supplicant_wlan0="-Dndiswrapper" > wpa_timeou

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless Help

2006-07-07 Thread Colleen Beamer
Okay, I'm totally confused now and don't know what to do!On 7/7/06, Michael Crute <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I would really recommend you use wpa_supplicant as IMO it is far easier to configure and supports more access methods than iwconfig.Since your wireless card is clearly detected it should be

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless Help

2006-07-07 Thread A. R.
So, I assume that eth1 would be replaced by wlan0 in the commands above, correct? Yes, that is true. Therefore if you create a bash script with those commands it would look like the following (I understand that you do not use encryption, so I omitted the "key" setting) #!/bin/bash iwcon

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless Help

2006-07-06 Thread Michael Crute
On 7/7/06, Colleen Beamer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 7/5/06, A. R. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So, my question is, once I install ndiswrapper and the driver, do I then > > follow the wiki for either wireless-tools or (preferred) > > wpa-supplicant? Is there anything else I have to do or

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless Help

2006-07-06 Thread Colleen Beamer
On 7/5/06, A. R. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, my question is, once I install ndiswrapper and the driver, do I then> follow the wiki for either wireless-tools or (preferred)> wpa-supplicant?  Is there anything else I have to do or install?> > Regards,>> Colleen>Hello,May I suggest that you try f

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless Help

2006-07-04 Thread A. R.
So, my question is, once I install ndiswrapper and the driver, do I then follow the wiki for either wireless-tools or (preferred) wpa-supplicant? Is there anything else I have to do or install? Regards, Colleen Hello, May I suggest that you try first with wireless-tools? Things you need t

[gentoo-user] Wireless Help

2006-07-04 Thread Colleen Beamer
Hi, Okay so, I'm a wireless idiot. I've found the wiki that outlines the use of wireless-tools or wpa-supplicant. However, my problem is that I don't know where to begin. My wireless adapter for my notebook is a Linksys WPC54G. I think that I have to use ndiswrapper in order to install the dri