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On Friday, May 5 2006 22:14, William Kenworthy wrote: |
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> I have a new sony lappy with a ipw2200 chipset mini wireless card. |
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> Should I be using the in kernel (2.6.16-r3) drivers or the builds in |
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> portage? Is the a configuration guide for this setup on gentoo? |
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> BillK |
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> William Kenworthy <billk@×××××××××.au> |
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> Home! |
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I recommend the in-kernel drivers, simply because they are much more |
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convenient and easier to get working. Just configure it like any other |
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wireless device, there is a section in the handbook on wireless networking |
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iirc. Otherwise there is plenty of information in /etc/conf.d/net.example |
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and /etc/conf.d/wireless.example. Also, you'll need to emerge |
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ipw2200-firmware regardless of whether you use the in-kernel or external |
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driver, firmware-2.4 is needed for the in-kernel driver and firmware-3.0 is |
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needed for the external driver, they are slotted so both firmwares can |
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coexist nicely. |
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