Airport configuration

[ejchameroy]

I've finally got my system to boot with few or no problems. Yes! Now, I need to get my internet connection up. I was able to get a direct connection for the initial install, but now I need to be able to get access through airport. I've checked a couple of past postings to figure out how to get things up and running, however, I can only get as far as getting the airport module to load at boot. I've configured airport in YDL before with no problems, but Gentoo seems to be a bit more complicated. Would anyone out there be willing to explain how to go about setting things up? Thanks.

[Orphee]

Type :
#modprobe airport
to load the airport module
Then type
# dmesg|less
to check if it worked, and to check wich ethx is concerned. It should be eth1.
Then type
# dhcpcd eth1
(if airport is bound to eth1)
It should works. If your routeur/gateway is not a DHCP one, you will have to set your airport up with the ifconfig command.

[grendle]

depending upon how you have your network setup you might also have to set the key and the essid such as:

iwconfig eth1 essid "hereot"

if you have a network named "hereot"

iwconfig eth1 essid "hereot" key "xxxxxxxx"

if you have a "closed" network

on an airport base station you can get the key from the airport admin utility.. it is NOT the same as the password you use on a mac.

then you can use dhcpcd or ifconfig

cheers