From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Nul9k-0003QA-IV for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 25 Mar 2010 11:23:20 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2051AE0A82; Thu, 25 Mar 2010 11:22:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from out2.smtp.messagingengine.com (out2.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.26]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D782E0A82 for ; Thu, 25 Mar 2010 11:22:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.internal [10.202.2.42]) by gateway1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4797E9F95 for ; Thu, 25 Mar 2010 07:22:27 -0400 (EDT) Received: from heartbeat2.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.161]) by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Thu, 25 Mar 2010 07:22:27 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=messagingengine.com; h=subject:from:to:in-reply-to:references:content-type:date:message-id:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; s=smtpout; bh=DpeX2H8LrPVczLCBmEl/lyAGftI=; b=YPcSoJLvHYESeHl+VaM23jWrfOwxUOqaeqGi42vhTVr3effufQeGsFjPoJFkRU1XBDWhamom3VtZtL6a1aE587ZcMvPlGqc8LO7AWXzYN1cvWX2bcJ1z77zKOl8+PyotYfN2WbBpQ0NJ170r2DQZ51E72YWS+4QqJb2nWA6iX1Y= X-Sasl-enc: FdEipQMPEx5fM4c+WAoAFj5YvMcj8tLr3pT2eH1Gr3zY 1269516147 Received: from [192.168.31.12] (cpe-069-134-183-088.nc.res.rr.com [69.134.183.88]) by www.fastmail.fm (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 820702BFA4 for ; Thu, 25 Mar 2010 07:22:27 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless Issue From: Albert Hopkins To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <201003251043.45617.Warp_7@gmx.de> References: <4BAAEF53.5080203@gmail.com> <201003251043.45617.Warp_7@gmx.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 07:22:27 -0400 Message-ID: <1269516147.1415690.3.camel@centar> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.28.3.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 437a6bd4-8c07-487e-a638-76c2a4ff225c X-Archives-Hash: 616b14014c5cb8056a3d14372965f460 On Thu, 2010-03-25 at 10:43 +0100, Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > > I don't know if it matters, but I am using wireless-extensions as > > opposed to wpa-supplicant because it doesn't seem that > wpa-supplicant > > supports the Intel 3945 wireless adaptor. >=20 > IWL3945 and wpa_supplicant are working just fine over here. My only > difference=20 > is that I=E2=80=99ve built it as a module.=20 It should be build as a module because the driver needs access to external firmware, and unless you are using an initrd with the external firmware built into it, you're best of with a module. FWIW, I've also been using the iwl3945 for as long as I can remember and haven't had any issues. -a