[plug] wireless networking

[W.Kenworthy]

Hi Craig, have you checked http://ipw3945.sourceforge.net/ ?

One thing I have found is that many wireless drivers are version
sensitive - that is only some combinations of wpa_supplicant/wireless
tools/ndiswrapper/drivers work together.  The binary distros work this
out, but gentoo and I presume sourcemage usually leave this to the user
(recent madwifi anyone!).  The ipw3945 project lists one version with
the symptoms you mention.

Therefore keep in mind that you cant assume its your configuration thats
at fault - its often the version of one part of the software chain.  See
if the sourceforge mailing list can help with a set of working versions?

I am using the ipw2200 card, and found that I couldnt get the kernel
stuff to work with wpa_supplicant (though it would work plain).  The
project version works faultlessly, all be it with a messy patch process.

BillK



On Tue, 2006-06-13 at 22:38 +0800, Craig Dyke wrote:
> Bill
> 
> Distro: SourceMage (Gentoo centric)
> Card:   ipw3945
> 
> I seem to be able to set all the features of the card but not get it 
> associated with ieee80211.
> 
> Craig
> 
> William Kenworthy wrote:
> > Need info: which distro, what wireless card (chipset)
> >
> > There seems to be a million ways to wireless under linux - and most of
> > them dont work!  Its easiest if you have one of the more sophisticated
> > distros as the jinks and hurdles have generally been worked out for you,
> > and if you are lucky it will just work.
> >
> > BillK
> >
> > On Fri, 2006-06-09 at 22:12 +0800, Craig Dyke wrote:
> >   
> >> Here's a newbie question about wireless networking ...
> >>
> >> How do go about getting my wireless card (on my laptop [integrated]) 
> >> associated with ieee80211?
> >>
> >>     
> > ...
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