Hello,
I have just subscribed to this list and searched the archive
for an answer to my problem with mixed results.
I have a Dell inspiron 8200 that used to run Gentoo, however
last week I decided that I wanted Debian back on this laptop
and intalled from the sarge-rc1-installer, a brand new Sid
install. I then upgraded my kernel to 2.6.8
I have a netgear Wg511 802.11g wireless pcmcia card along with
built in ethernet (which I am using to write this)
I followed some pretty involved howto's on the gentoo user forums
to finally get wireless working under Gentoo and am afriad I now have
to ask for help here to do this with Debain.
My card uses the prism54 driver/chipset. I have this built into the
kernel:
root@supergrass linux # grep -i prism .config
# Prism GT/Duette 802.11(a/b/g) PCI/Cardbus support
CONFIG_PRISM54=y
I have pcmcia services running:
root@supergrass ~ # /etc/init.d/pcmcia start
Starting PCMCIA services: cardmgr[3418]: watching 2 sockets
done.
I apt-cache search'ed wireless and saw a ton of packages, with
some looking a little bit promising
wireless-tools - Tools for manipulating Linux Wireless Extensions
wmwave - Monitor status of an 802.11 wireless ethernet link
libiw27 - Wireless tools - library
wavemon - Wireless Device Monitoring Application
I am not sure what I need to install here and what are just auxiliary
applications for fine tuning or somesuch.
Is there a debian specific guide some one could point me too?
I think i can manage by googling, but its turning up a sort of
howto avalanche with many being only 802.11b specific, or specific
to another distro or just plain outdated. Have things changed now that
2.6 has support built in for many of these cards?
Thanks in advance for any help!
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Angelina Carlton
