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davermont
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 Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 12:51 am Post subject: Getting WiFi Working for Installation |
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Okay, so here's my problem: I'm trying to get WiFi networking setup so I can install Gentoo on my laptop. The steps in the Gentoo Handbook suggest using net-setup, which I've tried, followed by steps for manual configuration. None of these seem to cover WPA2, however. When I run ifconfig eth0 I get the following (the x's are, of course, actual numbers):
| Code: | eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
BROADCAST NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) |
When I run lspci, my network controller is displayed as:
| Code: | | 03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02) |
So, it would seem that the wireless controller has been detected and the drivers are working, if I understand this correctly. Next, I ran iwconfig eth0 and get:
| Code: | | eth0 no wireless extensions. |
I'm not sure what this means precisely, as the Gentoo Handbook doesn't cover this contingency in the Manual Network Configuration section (pre-installation) and this is my first attempt at trying to get my card working in anything other than Ubuntu, which I'd like to abandon (hence this installation)  . If anyone could help me out with this, I'd very much appreciate it. |
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sugar
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Location: Morrinsville, New Zealand
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| Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 4:37 am Post subject: |
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I'd guess that eth0 is actually your wired nic. If you type ifconfig (ie without the eth0 part), then you'll get a list of whats avaliable. If you type iwconfig (ie without the eth0), you'll get a list of what is avaliable as far as wireless nics go.
Just between you and me, there's a lot of support for wired nics, so during the install, I would usually string a cable to my boxen and not worry about wireless until after the install. It's just easier to really have a good play once you've got it installed.
Also, give the graphical installer a miss. It's not really worth the effort, and doing on the command line (with the handbook of course!) is far to much fun to miss out on.
Hope that helps.
Note: I won't be able to reply until next week as I'm going out of town for the weekend.
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mudrii
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| Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 4:54 am Post subject: |
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eth0 in most cases is wired network
you could check your interfaces with ifconfig -a or just iwconfig
and to configure /etc/conf.d/net for WPE2
some devices could become wlan0 or ra0 not necessary eth0
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