Re: [gentoo-user] ipw3945 and 128 bit WEP encryption

[Peter Kelly]

On Sunday 12 November 2006 14:02, Richard Fish wrote:
> On 11/12/06, Peter Kelly <linuxpete@××××××××××.com> wrote:
> > Yes, the daemon is running.  It starts when you modprobe ipw3945.
> > There isn't a wifi switch that I've found.  There is an LED that blinks
> > slowly.  The card appears to be on.  I just can't get it configured.
>
> Well I can attest that the wep will work with this card...I have it
> working.
>
> What versions of net-wireless/ipw3945, net-wireless/ipw3945-ucode,
> net-wireless/ipw3945d, and net-wireless/ieee80211 do you have
> installed?  In other words, what is the output of:
>
> emerge -pv net-wireless/ipw3945 net-wireless/ipw3945-ucode \
>     net-wireless/ipw3945d net-wireless/ieee80211
>
> And I suppose the outputs of "iwconfig -v" and "iwconfig" could help too.

Thanks, Richard.  I'm not sure how I did it, but suddenly it 'just worked'.  

What I can't do is 
/etc/init.d/net.eth1 restart

If I shut it down, then I need to either reboot or kill the ipw3945d, then 
start it again.  I put the ipw3956d call in /etc/conf.d/local.start, which 
brings it up fine.  Very kludged, but maybe once I get X running at more than 
1024x768 I'll spend more time on it.  Getting the wireless part working so I 
could emerge away from a switch was the first biggie.

Peter

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