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From: "Trenton Adams" <trenton.d.adams@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] ipw2100 problems - ieee80211?
In-Reply-To: <200610112140.00814.lordsauronthegreat@gmail.com>
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You create net.eth0, or whatever, by linking /etc/init.d/net.ethX to
/etc/init.d/net.lo  The driver will create the actual kernel device
name of eth0, ath0, or whatever, and then your link will make it work.

On 10/11/06, Lord Sauron <lordsauronthegreat@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wednesday 11 October 2006 21:11, Bo =D8rsted Andresen wrote:
> > On Thursday 12 October 2006 06:00, Lord Sauron wrote:
> > [SNIP]
> >
> > > I isolated my problem to this:
> > >
> > > emerge ipw2100 ties in ieee80211, and that fails to compile because
> > > it says that the current kernel cannot have the option IEEE80211 in
> > > either module or enabled.  It needs it disabled.
> > >
> > > I tried to use menuconfig and disable it, however, the only way I
> > > can do that is by literally disabling ALL networking - drivers and
> > > all.
> > >
> > > Kernel is kernel 2.6.17-gentoo-r8.
> >
> > [SNIP]
> >
> > > If anyone knows a better/easier way, please help!
> >
> > [SNIP]
> >
> > As of kernel 2.6.17 ipw2100 has been included in the kernel. Hence
> > you shouldn't install either of net-wireless/ieee80211 or
> > net-wireless/ipw2100. You still need to have
> > net-wireless/ipw2100-firmware emerged though. I believe these are the
> > kernel options you need (it works for me):
> >
> > $ zgrep IPW2100\\\|IEEE80211 /proc/config.gz
> > CONFIG_IEEE80211=3Dm
> > # CONFIG_IEEE80211_DEBUG is not set
> > CONFIG_IEEE80211_CRYPT_WEP=3Dm
> > CONFIG_IEEE80211_CRYPT_CCMP=3Dm
> > CONFIG_IEEE80211_CRYPT_TKIP=3Dm
> > # CONFIG_IEEE80211_SOFTMAC is not set
> > CONFIG_IPW2100=3Dm
> > # CONFIG_IPW2100_MONITOR is not set
> > # CONFIG_IPW2100_DEBUG is not set
>
> The curious thing is that the firmware is installed.
>
> I'm trying those exact configuration settings now.  I hope that works,
> otherwise I'm really in for quite a mess!
>
>
> Is it at all possible that the driver is installed and working, and tha=
t
> I don't have whatever it takes to activate and use it?  For my wired
> ethernet card, there's a thing called net.eth0 and all that rot.  When
> I get the wireless driver working, how will I create net.wlan0 or
> net.eth1 or whatever it is?  I've not no experience there, and I've
> been searching rather diligently for a how-to or instruction set to
> help me with that.  I find it hard to think that something like that
> will generate itself ex nihlo, to say the least : )
>
> --
> http://lordsauronthegreat.googlepages.com/
>
>
>

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