wireless networking in gentoo[still NOT solved ... gah..bleh..]

**whisker** · 08-08-2005

ive done a stage3 install of gentoo and skipped all the networking. now i need to set it up.

how can i tell if my wireless network card is eth0 or ath0 and if it is compatible. it is detected with

Code:

lspci

next how do i actually connect to my network (SSID, wep key and all that)

can someone show me an example /etc/conf.d/net file?

thanks

**lakerdonald** · 08-08-2005

Which card is it?

**whisker** · 08-08-2005

Originally Posted by lakerdonald

Which card is it?

its an intel pro/wireless 802.11b/g

lspci detected it as

Code:

0000&#58;03&#58;03.0 Network controller &#58; Intel corp PRO/Wireless 2915ABG MiniPCI Adapter &#40;rev 05&#41;

**Flatline** · 08-08-2005

Gentoo provides a driver for the card here: http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/...s;name=ipw2200

The firmware here: http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/...w2200-firmware

And the IEEE 802.11 subsystem here: http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/...name=ieee80211

AFter you have those installed, you can configure the SSID, etc. with the iwconfig command (you can always ask us if you have any questions, of course).

**whisker** · 08-08-2005

Originally Posted by Flatline

Gentoo provides a driver for the card here: http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/...s;name=ipw2200

The firmware here: http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/...w2200-firmware

And the IEEE 802.11 subsystem here: http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/...name=ieee80211

AFter you have those installed, you can configure the SSID, etc. with the iwconfig command (you can always ask us if you have any questions, of course).

are the packages just source code that i use

Code:

make

to compile?[/quote]

**josolanes** · 08-08-2005

you could install them using emerge, like this:

Code:

emerge ipw2200 ipw2200-firmware

...and since the last one (ieee80211) is masked, you'd have to do:

Code:

ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge =ieee80211

to install it

**whisker** · 08-09-2005

Originally Posted by josolanes

you could install them using emerge, like this:

Code:

emerge ipw2200 ipw2200-firmware

...and since the last one (ieee80211) is masked, you'd have to do:

Code:

ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge =ieee80211

to install it

when i try to

Code:

emerge ipw2200 ipw2200-firmware

it tries to download it from the web which isnt working. when i do

Code:

ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge =ieee80211

it says theres no ebuilds to satisfy ieee80211.

does your method require internet access?

**whisker** · 08-11-2005

UPDATE: scratch everything said before....

the things portage wanted me to install :
> hotplug (installed sucessfully)
> ipw2200-fw-2.2 (installed sucessfully)
> ipw2200-1.0.1 (install failed)

i guess since i dont have an internet connection at this point the portage tree looks for less than current files so trying to install ipw2200-fw-2.3 and ipw2200-1.0.6 didnt work with emerge.

anyway ipw2200-1.0.1 fail with this message:

Code:

* ipw2200-1.0.1 requires support for Michael MIC keyed digest algorithm &#40;CONFIG_CRYPTO_MICHAEL_MIC&#41;.
* ipw2200-1.0.1 requires support for ARC4 cipher algorithm &#40;CONFIG_CRYPTO_ARC4&#41;.
* Please check to make sure these options are set correctly
* Once you have satisfied these options, please try merging
* this package again.

anyone know what i do now?

**variant** · 08-12-2005

the error is refering to your kernel config, cd /usr/src/linux && make menuconfig, find those two options under the cryptography section, recompile your kernel MOUNT BOOT and copy the kernel over, update grub.conf to reflect the changes and reboot. now you should be able to merge the package.

**whisker** · 08-12-2005

Originally Posted by variant

, recompile your kernel MOUNT BOOT and copy the kernel over, update grub.conf to reflect the changes and reboot.

what is the code to recompile the kernel and what do u mean by

Originally Posted by variant

MOUNT BOOT

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