Getting Wireless Lan to work for installation

[KeithReuters]

Hello,

this is what I've come up with after trying to install Linux Gentoo over my wireless LAN. This applies to all network cards - Not PLX - in a PCI slot, that are in fact installed in a PCMCIA-to-PCI bridge (Cirrus Logic, etc.) --> Compaq WL200, etc.
Just follow the normal instructions from your x86 - or whichever - doc. When you are asked to modprobe pcmcia_core, do the following :
modprobe pcmcia_core
modprobe i82365 irq_mode=1
modprobe ds
cardmgr -f
you should hear two high pitched tones.
Now :
iwconfig wlan0 (or eth0) essid [your essid] mode managed
ifconfig wlan0 (or eth0) up [your local IP]
route add -net etc.

And networking is go, you can go on with the installation process.
Hope that helps anyone.

Pascal.

[Floppe]

Hello,

I've got a Compaq WL-200 which I want to use with Gentoo.

But I can't get it to work.

# modprobe i82365 irq_mode=1
says
/lib/modules/2.4.20-gentoo-r5/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/i82365.o: init_module: No such device
Warning: ignoring irq_mode=1, no such parameter in this module

What have changed? How should I load i82365?

It works from gentoo live cd, but not from a complete gentoo installation.
It's like gentoo-sources should have som flaws, but can't get it to work with a clean 2.4.20 kernel either.

Help needed, please.

[Dudydoo]

You must build support for wireless networking and your wireless card in the kernel.

[Floppe]

OK,

I've found out what was wrong now.
I'll write it here if someone else should get into the same problem.

Compaq WL-200 apparently need ISAPNP support in the kernel too.
And don't use pcmcia subsystem from kernel, because they don't have the irq_mode parameter.

[KeithReuters]

Exactly... and the worst is, the 2.5 kernel series don't allow you to use pcmcia-cs's drivers. You HAVE to use the kernel's pcmcia subsystem. WL200 doesn't like that