From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6098913838B for ; Fri, 3 Oct 2014 04:39:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DEFC5E08F3; Fri, 3 Oct 2014 04:39:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpq2.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net (smtpq2.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net [212.54.42.165]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83F07E081D for ; Fri, 3 Oct 2014 04:39:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [212.54.42.137] (helo=smtp6.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net) by smtpq2.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1XZueX-0004S4-Ox for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 03 Oct 2014 06:39:37 +0200 Received: from 53579160.cm-6-8c.dynamic.ziggo.nl ([83.87.145.96] helo=data.antarean.org) by smtp6.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1XZueX-0003Zn-DN for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 03 Oct 2014 06:39:37 +0200 Received: from andromeda.localnet (unknown [10.20.13.51]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by data.antarean.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9933D4B for ; Fri, 3 Oct 2014 06:38:50 +0200 (CEST) From: "J. Roeleveld" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Noob WiFi question (yes-or-no answer will suffice) Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2014 06:39:47 +0200 Message-ID: <2480371.OdIyU8vMPH@andromeda> Organization: Antarean User-Agent: KMail/4.12.5 (Linux/3.14.14-gentoo; KDE/4.12.5; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: <542E08F3.8080602@alectenharmsel.com> References: <542E08F3.8080602@alectenharmsel.com> 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 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Ziggo-spambar: ---- X-Ziggo-spamscore: -4.8 X-Ziggo-spamreport: ALL_TRUSTED=-1,BAYES_00=-1.9,PROLO_TRUST_RDNS=-3,RDNS_DYNAMIC=0.982,TW_TX=0.077 X-Ziggo-Spam-Status: No X-Spam-Status: No X-Spam-Flag: No X-Archives-Salt: abbedb76-73b3-4c6c-9eb6-1d8058b94b51 X-Archives-Hash: 157f0be2ecfbd38a1eac5725850c6c20 On Thursday, October 02, 2014 10:24:51 PM Alec Ten Harmsel wrote: > On 10/02/2014 10:05 PM, walt wrote: > > I did some googling and enabled the "appropriate" kernel drivers, then > > rebooted and now the output from ifconfig includes this interface: > > > > wlan0: flags=4099 mtu 1500 > > > > ether b8:a3:86:99:a8:d8 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet) > > RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B) > > RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 > > TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B) > > TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 > > > > My yes-or-no question: does the appearance of "wlan0" imply that > > my new kernel drivers are the right ones for this particular D-Link > > WiFi adapter? > > It's certainly a great sign, but it may or may not be enough. I'm by no > means an expert, but I believe I have to install some extra firmware > (b43-firmware) to use on my laptop as it's not in the kernel (unless I'm > clueless with kernel config). Without b43-firmware, the interface shows > up and is recognized, but can't be used iirc. In my experience, when it shows in "ifconfig", it is loaded. You might want to check the "dmesg" output to see if it is missing firmware somewhere. Did you try "dhcpcd wlan0" to see if it gets an IP-adress? > > If not, I'll either buy a better USB WiFi adapter or continue to > > google it. > > > > Thanks. > > If you buy a new one, go with a PCI card. PCI is a much better bus than > USB - more power so the chipset does the majority of the processing > instead of the typical USB designs that offload a bunch of it to your > CPU. Also, if you buy a new one, I've had fantastic experiences with > Intel chipsets. Is this a laptop or desktop? For a laptop, check if you have any of the following slots available: - mini-PCIe - PCMCIA - (whatever that smaller pcmcia-slot is some laptops have these days) If yes, try to get a wifi-card that fits in those. Externally accessible slots are easier to use. -- Joost