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From: Hung Dang <hungptit@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Unable to set up wireless lan - followed documentation
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:10:38
Message-Id: 4AFFBE3B.9080500@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Unable to set up wireless lan - followed documentation by Stroller
1 I would suggest to find out which wireless card you have and configure
2 the correct kernel driver for it. Then you can emerge wireless toll such
3 as wicd and let it configure your wireless connection.
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5 Hung
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8 Stroller wrote:
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10 > On 14 Nov 2009, at 17:55, Nelis Botha wrote:
11 >> ...
12 >> I need some help. I am trying to set up my wireless lan on gentoo. I
13 >> have recompiled kernel. Every attempt at configuring /etc/conf.d/net
14 >> end in faed to configure wireless for wlan0 i have folowed the advice
15 >> given when it fails and give info/advice to resolve but nothing has
16 >> worked thus far. My question then is : what should the /etc/conf.d/net
17 >> look like if I want to connect to dhcp enabled adsl router that does
18 >> not need authenticating ?
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20 >
21 > Hi there,
22 >
23 > Could you start by telling us which make & model of wireless card
24 > you're using, please?
25 >
26 > Do you have the right drivers compiled into the kernel for it, or as
27 > modules?
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29 > Please post the output of `lspci` / `lsusb` as appropriate, of `lsmod`
30 > and `iwconfig`.
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32 > Stroller.
33 >