Re: [gentoo-user] Still Struggling With Wireless

[Elmar Hinz <oss.elmar@googlemail.com>]

@ CJoeB

It can be really hard. I needed days. There is more than one difficulty.

For example I needed to set my laptop type in the kernel (asus_laptop).
Without that, the card is not turned on at all, even if the card driver itself
is loaded.

Then you need to compile the password for wpa_supplicant with wpa_password.
It doesn´t take the plain passphrase.

So don´t be afraid to ask. wlan still is really hard stuff.

Regards

Al


2010/8/17 CJoeB <colleen.beamer@gmail.com>:
>  Hi,
>
> I'm biting the bullet here and asking for help.  Yes! I've posted
> before.  And before anyone asks, I have read the responses to my
> previous posts which helped little.  I have read the documentation and
> the wikis - ad nauseum.  I'm still having problems with wireless.
>
> Things were so much easier when I could just use the ipw3945 driver.
> However, I can't build that because it requires TKIP and CCMP, neither
> of which I can find settings for in my active kernel, 2.6.34-gentoo-r1.
> In one of the responses to my previous posts someone told me about the /
> trick while in the kernel configuration to bring up a search menu.  I
> did this and the only reference I could find for TKIP was one related to
> debugging.
>
> So, I'm left with trying to use the iwl3945 driver in the kernel.  I
> followed the wiki for setting this up and thought I had succeeded.  I
> got to the point where I was told to type the following:
> ifconfig wlan0 up (this does activate the wireless led on my computer)
> iwlist wlan0 scan
> iwconfig wlan0 essid "network name"  (where the network name is the
> essid that has been set)
>
> When I got this to work, I thought I was home free despite the "kludgy"
> way of getting wireless working.  However, I rebooted and now, when I
> type iwlist wlan0 scan I get told that scanning is not supported.  Yes,
> I have iwl3945-ucode installed and yes, it was recompiled after the
> kernel was rebuilt.
>
> I have no idea what I'm doing wrong.  Help would be appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
> Colleen
>
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