[gentoo-laptop] Intel Power Wireless 3945ABC

[gentoo-laptop] Intel Power Wireless 3945ABC

[Sigfrido V. Ortiz C.]

I folks, someone knows from where may I get the drivers for IPW 3945 ABG 
wireless card ?
I want to use it after a start with my MINIMAL CD install disk.
Is it possible to download some package to a USB pen drive and store 
there to be installed?
Thanks in advance.
Sigfrido
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Re: [gentoo-laptop] Intel Power Wireless 3945ABC

[Enrique A. Tobis]

Hi, there!

emerge ipw3945

You will get a kernel module for you card. It works fine for me. Don't
know about the rest of the stuff.

Enrique

On 2/20/07, Sigfrido V. Ortiz C. <sigfridov@aim.com> wrote:
> I folks, someone knows from where may I get the drivers for IPW 3945 ABG
> wireless card ?
> I want to use it after a start with my MINIMAL CD install disk.
> Is it possible to download some package to a USB pen drive and store
> there to be installed?
> Thanks in advance.
> Sigfrido
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>
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Re: [gentoo-laptop] Intel Power Wireless 3945ABC

[Enrique A. Tobis]

Sorry, I do know about some of the other stuff you asked about.

If you do

emerge something -f -p

you will get a list of the files you need to download to install
something. You can manually download them, put them on your USB drive,
and then move them to /usr/portage/distfiles in your Gentoo box. Thank
will do it.

Good luck!
Enrique

On 2/20/07, Sigfrido V. Ortiz C. <sigfridov@aim.com> wrote:
> I folks, someone knows from where may I get the drivers for IPW 3945 ABG
> wireless card ?
> I want to use it after a start with my MINIMAL CD install disk.
> Is it possible to download some package to a USB pen drive and store
> there to be installed?
> Thanks in advance.
> Sigfrido
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>
>
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Re: [gentoo-laptop] Intel Power Wireless 3945ABC

[Sigfrido V. Ortiz C.]

etobis@dc.uba.ar wrote:

> Sorry, I do know about some of the other stuff you asked about.
>
> If you do
>
> emerge something -f -p
>
> you will get a list of the files you need to download to install
> something. You can manually download them, put them on your USB drive,
> and then move them to /usr/portage/distfiles in your Gentoo box. Thank
> will do it.
>
> Good luck!
> Enrique
>
> On 2/20/07, Sigfrido V. Ortiz C. <sigfridov@aim.com> wrote:
>
>> I folks, someone knows from where may I get the drivers for IPW 3945 ABG
>> wireless card ?
>> I want to use it after a start with my MINIMAL CD install disk.
>> Is it possible to download some package to a USB pen drive and store
>> there to be installed?
>> Thanks in advance.
>> Sigfrido
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>>
>>
Remeber that I'm starting the installation, so I have to chroot first 
before to get emerge and also I have not wirelles card working yet, so 
my questions is from where may get packahe for ipw3945?

I have my old machine x86 with full portage, but the new box is x86_64, 
the portage is the same? if it so, may I use that portage file?
Thanks in advance again
Sigfrido

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RE: [gentoo-laptop] Intel Power Wireless 3945ABC

[Longman, Bill]

You should be able to do:

  emerge --buildpkg  ipw3945

You might also need:

  emerge --buildpkg ipw3945d ipw3945-ucode

Make sure your /usr/src/linux points to the correct kernel. Otherwise
you can use:

  KERNEL_DIR=/usr/src/linux-2.6.18-gentoo-r6 emerge blah blah

There's little chance that it will work unless the running kernel you
have also has the patches that ipw3945 loads.

It will patch your kernel source on the build machine.

HTH,

Bill

> -----Original Message-----
> From: etobis@gmail.com [mailto:etobis@gmail.com] On Behalf Of 
> Enrique A. Tobis
> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 12:29 PM
> To: gentoo-laptop@lists.gentoo.org
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-laptop] Intel Power Wireless 3945ABC
> 
> Sorry, I do know about some of the other stuff you asked about.
> 
> If you do
> 
> emerge something -f -p
> 
> you will get a list of the files you need to download to install
> something. You can manually download them, put them on your USB drive,
> and then move them to /usr/portage/distfiles in your Gentoo box. Thank
> will do it.
> 
> Good luck!
> Enrique
> 
> On 2/20/07, Sigfrido V. Ortiz C. <sigfridov@aim.com> wrote:
> > I folks, someone knows from where may I get the drivers for 
> IPW 3945 ABG
> > wireless card ?
> > I want to use it after a start with my MINIMAL CD install disk.
> > Is it possible to download some package to a USB pen drive and store
> > there to be installed?
> > Thanks in advance.
> > Sigfrido
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> >
> >
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RE: [gentoo-laptop] Intel Power Wireless 3945ABC

[Longman, Bill]

To use the binary packages on the minimal CD system, you need to use:

  PKGDIR=/wherever/you/stored/them emerge --usepkg ipw3945

> -----Original Message-----
> From: etobis@gmail.com [mailto:etobis@gmail.com] On Behalf Of 
> Enrique A. Tobis
> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 12:29 PM
> To: gentoo-laptop@lists.gentoo.org
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-laptop] Intel Power Wireless 3945ABC
> 
> Sorry, I do know about some of the other stuff you asked about.
> 
> If you do
> 
> emerge something -f -p
> 
> you will get a list of the files you need to download to install
> something. You can manually download them, put them on your USB drive,
> and then move them to /usr/portage/distfiles in your Gentoo box. Thank
> will do it.
> 
> Good luck!
> Enrique
> 
> On 2/20/07, Sigfrido V. Ortiz C. <sigfridov@aim.com> wrote:
> > I folks, someone knows from where may I get the drivers for 
> IPW 3945 ABG
> > wireless card ?
> > I want to use it after a start with my MINIMAL CD install disk.
> > Is it possible to download some package to a USB pen drive and store
> > there to be installed?
> > Thanks in advance.
> > Sigfrido
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> >
> >
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Re: [gentoo-laptop] Intel Power Wireless 3945ABC

[Will Briggs]

Longman, Bill wrote:
> You should be able to do:
> 
>   emerge --buildpkg  ipw3945
> 
> You might also need:
> 
>   emerge --buildpkg ipw3945d ipw3945-ucode
> 

And don't forget to emerge wpa_supplicant or other wifi management stuff.

It was the ieee80211 that patched the kernel source IIRC, but as of 
2.6.19 that isn't needed - but make sure ieee80211 is enabled in the kernel.
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Re: [gentoo-laptop] Intel Power Wireless 3945ABC

[Sigfrido V. Ortiz C.]

Thanks a lot I'll try it as soon I have more time, thanks again
Sigfrido


will@burnieanglican.org.au wrote:

> Longman, Bill wrote:
>
>> You should be able to do:
>>
>>   emerge --buildpkg  ipw3945
>>
>> You might also need:
>>
>>   emerge --buildpkg ipw3945d ipw3945-ucode
>>
>
> And don't forget to emerge wpa_supplicant or other wifi management stuff.
>
> It was the ieee80211 that patched the kernel source IIRC, but as of 
> 2.6.19 that isn't needed - but make sure ieee80211 is enabled in the 
> kernel.


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Re: [gentoo-laptop] Intel Power Wireless 3945ABC

[Thomas Tuttle]

It's the "Intel PRO/Wireless 3945abg", not the "Intel Power Wireless
3945ABC".  While there is such a thing as 802.11c, it's a bridging
protocol, not a link-level wireless standard.

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Re: [gentoo-laptop] Intel Power Wireless 3945ABC

[Sigfrido V. Ortiz C.]

thinkinginbinary@gmail.com wrote:

> It's the "Intel PRO/Wireless 3945abg", not the "Intel Power Wireless
> 3945ABC".  While there is such a thing as 802.11c, it's a bridging
> protocol, not a link-level wireless standard.
>
Sorry, that´s true!!!!
It use A B and G stantandard protocols... that allow users to connect at 
Japan A standard, and worlwide B and G standards...

Sigfrido
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Re: [gentoo-laptop] Intel Power Wireless 3945ABC

[Thomas Tuttle]

On 2/21/07, Sigfrido V. Ortiz C. <sigfridov@aim.com> wrote:
> thinkinginbinary@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > It's the "Intel PRO/Wireless 3945abg", not the "Intel Power Wireless
> > 3945ABC".  While there is such a thing as 802.11c, it's a bridging
> > protocol, not a link-level wireless standard.
> >
> Sorry, that´s true!!!!
> It use A B and G stantandard protocols... that allow users to connect at
> Japan A standard, and worlwide B and G standards...

Oh, A isn't just a Japanese standard.  It's used in the USA too,
although B and G are much more prevalent.  (I'd say there's about 1 A
AP for every 100 B/G ones.)

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