On Fri, 2004-09-10 at 22:20, aec wrote: > 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 to another distro or just plain outdated.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! > > -- > Angelina Carlton Hi There I have exactly the same card as you and i briefly followed the wiki on prism54.org http://prism54.org/phpwiki/Prism54%20Debian%20HowTo?PHPSESSID=4ee80d5d53d59f2451bec907d2f05d41 if you set it up on gentoo then i presume you know how to setup the the firmware apt-get install wireless-tools and then i used ifconfig to see if the card exists ifconfig -a it should be eth1, so i added the following to /etc/network/interfaces auto eth1 iface eth1 inet dhcp wireless-essid ESSIDHERE wireless-channel CHANNELHERE wireless-key KEY HERE then just ifup eth1 you should have networking. I'am currently writing a howto on this so if you still have problems let me know and i'll get it done quicker. Cheers -- *---------------------------------------------------------* | Glyn Tebbutt | d3c3it-linux@ntlworld.com | |--------------' http://homepage.ntlworld.com/d3c3it | | gpg-key: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/d3c3it/d3c3it.gpg | | Lisa, if you dont like your job you dont strike, | | just go in everyday and do it really half-assed | | Thats the American way. -Homer Simpson | *---------------------------------------------------------*
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