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From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Configure WIFI lan
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:57:55
Message-Id: 200908251010.07402.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Configure WIFI lan by Massimiliano Ziccardi
1 On Tuesday 25 August 2009 09:48:34 Massimiliano Ziccardi wrote:
2 > Hi all.
3 >
4 > This is the output of dmesg | grep iwl
5 >
6 > xxx ~ # dmesg | grep iwl
7 > [ 1.906142] iwlagn: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link AGN driver for Linux,
8 > 1.3.27ks
9 > [ 1.906249] iwlagn: Copyright(c) 2003-2008 Intel Corporation
10 > [ 1.906361] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ
11 > 17
12 > [ 1.906445] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
13 > [ 1.906464] iwlagn: Detected Intel Wireless WiFi Link 5100AGN REV=0x54
14 > [ 1.936202] iwlagn: Tunable channels: 13 802.11bg, 24 802.11a channels
15 > [ 1.936421] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A disabled
16 > [ 1.936720] phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-agn-rs'
17 >
18 > Could someone please point me to some documentation about how to
19 > configure/activate/use wireless with gentoo?
20
21 emerge wicd
22
23 All your troubles will just go away. I'm talking about all the troubles that
24 appear if you are so foolish as to install networkmanager
25
26 --
27 alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com

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