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djpharoah
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 Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 10:47 pm Post subject: Wireless Frustration! => Solved |
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hi guys.
just followed my imagination on this one and it happened to work
the steps for getting it to work are included below...
should relaly move the steps upto here
My PCMCIA card = DLINK dwl-650
Kernel = 2.6.11-gentoo-r4 (good for wireless i was told)
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djpharoah
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BlastM
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mope
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oh man! please tell us how. I totally thought you were a miracle man, and what a let down.
I've been going through the same problems as you did. Same card, same issues, same kernel.
the worst thing is that my card used to work under 2.6.9-r9 That was the last kernel that worked.
Please give us a step by step; at least what you did wrong. From the beginning would be awesome. |
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djpharoah
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ait this is what i did
NOTE: i did a fresh install
NOTE: install ur wireless card into ur pcmcia slot
1) Did a boot-strapped stage 1 (dont think this matters)
2) while in live-cd before chrooting into /mnt/gentoo
3) run the command
4) check if the output shows ur wireless card. It should show something
regarding ur card. If not dont worry! this step isnt crucial as my dwl-650 didnt show up either
5) note the pcmcia bridge type and model number etc!! This is important as u will need to
compile the driver for the pcmcia bridge in the kernel
6) continue with installation untill u get to configuring your kernel. Unfortunately
i dont know if genkernel will compile the drivers for the various components, so i thinks its
best to compile your own kernel
7) i emerged the latest 2.6.11-gentoo-r4 kernel and then
| Code: | cd /usr/src/linux
make menuconfig |
 do everything normally
9) get to the Device Drivers sections and get in there
10) select the option for ethernet
11) select your usual wired ethernet driver and then go down to
wireless section (sorry memroy is weak,..dont remember this section"s name)
12) go into the wireless section and select pcmcia support (compile it into the kernel and not as a module!!!)
13) (Prolly gonna get flammed for this part!!)
Select all the pcmcia bridges unless u know ur specific bridge then only select that.
14) Then go down and select all prism/orinico/amtel drivers as there are many revisions for the dwl-650
15) finish of the customizing and exit
16) make and install your kernel (if not sure refer to kernel)
17) run this command
| Code: | | USE="-X" emerge pcmcia-cs |
if the emerge goes thru without a fault, then congrats as gentoo has recognized your pcmcia bridge!!
1 | Code: | | emerge wireless-tools |
19) now try if you see ur card in the list success!!
otherwise dont worry, u just have to turn it on using some CLI action!!
20) check this for at the bottom, if everythin is correct, u should see an eth1 which is ur wireless card. it should also give u more info about ur wireless card which will differ from each card!!
21) if you see eth1/wlan0 as your wireless card ur are set
22) OR
just to perfectly make sure u are choosing the right networking tool!!
23) OR
24) OR
That is all i did and my card suddenly picked up my wireless router.
to make sure your connect is on
25) OR
doing this now will show you the specs of the wireless card along with the signal strength and the SSID of the router and what other valuable info..
thanks
this seems to be the easiest way to get wireless on gentoo.. |
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