"iwconfig: command not found" [solved]

jmroach · Last edited by jmroach on Thu Aug 18, 2005 4:50 pm; edited 1 time in total

ok, i'm trying to set up a built-in wifi card on a ibm t43 laptop. i believe the correct drivers are compiled (from reading about 15 posts related to ibm wifi stuff!) in the kernel.

how do i tell if the card is working correctly? i ran (as root):

R!tman · Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2005 5:18 am Post subject:

The 'iwconfig' command is in the "wireless-tools" package, which you will have to emerge.

The 'lspci' command is in the "pciutils" package. But I thought this was a standart package you would already have installed. But I may be wrong.

Maybe you have, just make sure you are root when executing.

jmroach · Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2005 5:29 am Post subject:

that worked for using "lspci" and "iwconfig"

there is one problem though-

R!tman · Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2005 6:03 am Post subject:

I bet eth0 is the third from the bottom, not the last.

You will probably have to have support for your wireless card first. Then, something like eth1 or wifi0 will appear, which will then have the wireless extension (this will be the last then).
You can get support by recompiling your kernel, this time with drivers for your wireless card. Eventually, the madwifi stuff will help, but I am not very familiar with wireless.

I am sure you can find several howtos in the forum or on www.gentoo-wiki.com.