Wireless PCMCIA setup

[A. Khattri]

On Fri, 7 Jan 2005, Edward Jabbour wrote:

> I have been trying for two days now to set up a Netgear WG511 card.
> I've searched the web so much that my head is now literally spinning.
>
>
> I've compiled CONFIG_PRISM54 into my 2.6.8-r3 kernel. Some info:
>
> cardctl ident
> Socket 0:
> product info:??"Intersil",?"ISL3890",?"_",?"_"
> manfid: 0x000b, 0x3890
> function: 254 (null)
>
> iwconfig
> lo no wireless extensions
> eth1??NOT?READY!?ESSID:off/any
> Mode:Managed??Channel:0??Access?Point:??00:00:00:00:00
> [etc - in other words, no wireless]
>
> I have emerged the latest (unstable) baselayout and its dependencies, and
> pcmcia-cs. I do not have wlan, net.eth0, eth1 or similar
> in /etc/init.d.??The networking guide in the Gentoo Handbook is not much
> help.
>
> If anyone knows of a good, clear, howto designed for the simple-minded,
> I'd appreciate a pointer or, indeed, any advice at all.??Thanks.

The Gentoo forums would be the best place to ask. Have you emerged
wireless-tools???


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