Wireless PCMCIA setup

[Edward Jabbour]

On Friday 07 January 2005 03:41 pm, Net Llama! wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Jan 2005, Edward Jabbour wrote:

> > 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.
>
> I'll admit up front that i've never used gentoo for this sort of thing,
> nor are my wifi cards the same as yours.  However, from the info above
> it looks like your card is being detected, so this is likely a wifi
> configuration issue, rather than a hardware/pcmcia issue.

Exactly.

> How did you configure the interface?

I haven't.  That's what I've been trying to do but have no idea where to 
start.  I've  set up ethernet , ppp, and much more stuff over time, but 
this wifi stuff is a real nut for me.  Totally at a loss here.

--
Ed Jabbour