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From: Richard Fish <bigfish@××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless Card On Laptop - Help Setting Up
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 01:11:37
Message-Id: 7573e9640608301806v6d917b21u62bb82b510cd751a@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Wireless Card On Laptop - Help Setting Up by Lord Sauron
1 On 8/30/06, Lord Sauron <lordsauronthegreat@×××××.com> wrote:
2 > The card is: Intel PRO/Wireless (the kind they put in the IBM X40 type
3 > 2386-1CU - I don't know anything other than that part of the card's
4 > name - I'm sorry.)
5
6 Intel cards are well supported. The 3945 requires out-of-tree drivers
7 (net-wireless/ipw3945, plus microcode, plus daemon). For the 2100 and
8 2200 you can choose between in-kernel or out-of-tree drivers, but you
9 will still need the firmware packages.
10
11 Figure out which card you have by looking at the output of lspci, then
12 google, then come back here if you have problems.
13
14 -Richard
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