Hello, I have just subscribed to this list and searched the archive for an answer to my problem with mixed results.
I have a Dell inspiron 8200 that used to run Gentoo, however last week I decided that I wanted Debian back on this laptop and intalled from the sarge-rc1-installer, a brand new Sid install. I then upgraded my kernel to 2.6.8 I have a netgear Wg511 802.11g wireless pcmcia card along with built in ethernet (which I am using to write this) I followed some pretty involved howto's on the gentoo user forums to finally get wireless working under Gentoo and am afriad I now have to ask for help here to do this with Debain. My card uses the prism54 driver/chipset. I have this built into the kernel: [EMAIL PROTECTED] linux # grep -i prism .config # Prism GT/Duette 802.11(a/b/g) PCI/Cardbus support CONFIG_PRISM54=y I have pcmcia services running: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ # /etc/init.d/pcmcia start Starting PCMCIA services: cardmgr[3418]: watching 2 sockets done. I apt-cache search'ed wireless and saw a ton of packages, with some looking a little bit promising wireless-tools - Tools for manipulating Linux Wireless Extensions wmwave - Monitor status of an 802.11 wireless ethernet link libiw27 - Wireless tools - library wavemon - Wireless Device Monitoring Application I am not sure what I need to install here and what are just auxiliary applications for fine tuning or somesuch. Is there a debian specific guide some one could point me too? I think i can manage by googling, but its turning up a sort of howto avalanche with many being only 802.11b specific, or specific to another distro or just plain outdated. Have things changed now that 2.6 has support built in for many of these cards? Thanks in advance for any help! -- Angelina Carlton -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
