Duh...must a been an aneurism.
I had been compiling my own kernel, but somehow I came to the conclusion
that I didn't need to/shouldn't enable the wireless stuff if I was using
drivers from another source. Re-reading (with my eyes open this time)
clarified that. Thanks...compiling now.
-Tupshin
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 8:50 PM
Subject: Re: Wireless Networking
> Thus spake Tupshin Harper ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>
> > I'm actually struggling with this exact card(the DWL-500 including
> > PCI->PCMCIA bridge), and I can load the card and a wlan0 interface shows
up.
> > I can ifconfig it and give it an address but iwconfig (and it's iw
siblings)
> > claim that the interface doesn't support wireless extensions. Any
> > suggestions?
> >
> > -Tupshin
> >
>
> This is because your kernel doesn't support the wireless extensions. I
don't
> think the stock debian kernel does and I don't think there is a way to
enable
> it without just grabbing the source and compiling your own kernel. The
config
> options is CONFIG_NET_RADIO, or in the menu, Network Devices->Wireless
> LAN->Wireless LAN
>
>
>
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