@ CJoeB It can be really hard. I needed days. There is more than one difficulty.
For example I needed to set my laptop type in the kernel (asus_laptop). Without that, the card is not turned on at all, even if the card driver itself is loaded. Then you need to compile the password for wpa_supplicant with wpa_password. It doesn´t take the plain passphrase. So don´t be afraid to ask. wlan still is really hard stuff. Regards Al 2010/8/17 CJoeB <colleen.bea...@gmail.com>: > Hi, > > I'm biting the bullet here and asking for help. Yes! I've posted > before. And before anyone asks, I have read the responses to my > previous posts which helped little. I have read the documentation and > the wikis - ad nauseum. I'm still having problems with wireless. > > Things were so much easier when I could just use the ipw3945 driver. > However, I can't build that because it requires TKIP and CCMP, neither > of which I can find settings for in my active kernel, 2.6.34-gentoo-r1. > In one of the responses to my previous posts someone told me about the / > trick while in the kernel configuration to bring up a search menu. I > did this and the only reference I could find for TKIP was one related to > debugging. > > So, I'm left with trying to use the iwl3945 driver in the kernel. I > followed the wiki for setting this up and thought I had succeeded. I > got to the point where I was told to type the following: > ifconfig wlan0 up (this does activate the wireless led on my computer) > iwlist wlan0 scan > iwconfig wlan0 essid "network name" (where the network name is the > essid that has been set) > > When I got this to work, I thought I was home free despite the "kludgy" > way of getting wireless working. However, I rebooted and now, when I > type iwlist wlan0 scan I get told that scanning is not supported. Yes, > I have iwl3945-ucode installed and yes, it was recompiled after the > kernel was rebuilt. > > I have no idea what I'm doing wrong. Help would be appreciated. > > Regards, > > Colleen > > -- > > Registered Linux User #411143 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org > > > >
