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@ CJoeB |
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It can be really hard. I needed days. There is more than one difficulty. |
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For example I needed to set my laptop type in the kernel (asus_laptop). |
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Without that, the card is not turned on at all, even if the card driver itself |
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is loaded. |
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Then you need to compile the password for wpa_supplicant with wpa_password. |
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It doesn´t take the plain passphrase. |
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So don´t be afraid to ask. wlan still is really hard stuff. |
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Regards |
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Al |
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2010/8/17 CJoeB <colleen.beamer@×××××.com>: |
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> Hi, |
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> I'm biting the bullet here and asking for help. Yes! I've posted |
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> before. And before anyone asks, I have read the responses to my |
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> previous posts which helped little. I have read the documentation and |
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> the wikis - ad nauseum. I'm still having problems with wireless. |
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> Things were so much easier when I could just use the ipw3945 driver. |
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> However, I can't build that because it requires TKIP and CCMP, neither |
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> of which I can find settings for in my active kernel, 2.6.34-gentoo-r1. |
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> In one of the responses to my previous posts someone told me about the / |
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> trick while in the kernel configuration to bring up a search menu. I |
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> did this and the only reference I could find for TKIP was one related to |
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> debugging. |
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> So, I'm left with trying to use the iwl3945 driver in the kernel. I |
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> followed the wiki for setting this up and thought I had succeeded. I |
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> got to the point where I was told to type the following: |
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> ifconfig wlan0 up (this does activate the wireless led on my computer) |
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> iwlist wlan0 scan |
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> iwconfig wlan0 essid "network name" (where the network name is the |
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> essid that has been set) |
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> When I got this to work, I thought I was home free despite the "kludgy" |
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> way of getting wireless working. However, I rebooted and now, when I |
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> type iwlist wlan0 scan I get told that scanning is not supported. Yes, |
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> I have iwl3945-ucode installed and yes, it was recompiled after the |
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> kernel was rebuilt. |
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> I have no idea what I'm doing wrong. Help would be appreciated. |
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> Regards, |
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> Colleen |
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> Registered Linux User #411143 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org |
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