Gentoo Archives: gentoo-laptop

From: Eilverijus Kondratas <eilwerijus@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-laptop@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-laptop] Powerbook and Wireless issue
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 17:38:58
Message-Id: b2db0fcc0608101036t12e8423cg31b16bf862a1d878@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-laptop] Powerbook and Wireless issue by maillists
1 Hi,
2
3 some wireless card providers do not give wireless drivers
4 for linux. For this, search in google for ndiswrapper.
5 Also you need wireless-tools to be installed. Just
6 google a bit about these two things and you will find
7 a lot of information about how to set up wireless in linux.
8
9 elwis
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12 On 8/10/06, maillists <lists@×××××.net> wrote:
13 >
14 > Hi,
15 >
16 > I have an old G3 powerbook Firewire (pismo) and I can't seem to get my
17 > wifi working... My access point is the Apple Airport (flying saucer).
18 >
19 > I'm new to Linux and wireless networking so I don't know quite were to
20 > start. It seems that many of the wireless ebuilds are blocked...
21 >
22 > Does anybody know where I should start?
23 >
24 > Thanks
25 > Rick
26 >
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29 > gentoo-laptop@g.o mailing list
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35 Eilverijus Kondratas
36 Master studies in Computer Science
37 Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
38 Italy, Bolzano