hi,
i'm having some problems with getting linuxant's driverloader to work. am running debian (2.6.8-rc1).
when the laptop boots, i've to run dldrconfig again to get the wireless
to work.
after running dldrconfig and keeping the default options for the
prompts, i've to do the following:
1. modprobe driverloader
2. ifconfig eth0 down
3. ifconfig eth2 <ip> netmask 255.255.255.0
4. iwconfig eth2 essid <essid>
5. iwconfig eth2 key <key>
6. dhclient eth2
after this it gets the ip and works!!!:-)

here's what i've done so far:
I've the following entries in these files:
1. /etc/modules
driverloader
2. /etc/modules.conf
alias eth2 driverloader
3. /etc/network/interfaces
auto eth2
iface eth2 inet dhcp
4. /etc/network/ifstate
eth2=eth2
5. /etc/network/options
ip_forward=3Dno
spoofprotect=3Dyes
syncookies=3Dno
here are my questions:
1. what do i need to do to get the wireless to work at boot??
2. while booting up the laptop just sits waiting for a DHCPACK for eth0
(wired interface). how do i make it to jump to eth2 after the first try
if the cable is not connected??
3. when the laptop boots up the "driverloader" module is already loaded.
so there's something else that's causing the wireless to not work, what
could this be??
any help in getting this to work will be greatly appreciated.

thanks in advance.

I'm having a similiar problem. My network is not coming up at boot. The module is loading (e100), however I get the message "Cannot stat /etc/network/ifstate" and it fails.
If I then go to the ifstate file, enter lo=lo and eth0=eth0, run ifupdown, then run networking, that seems to do the job every time.
I've been messing with the sysv-rc-conf editor, to edit system services which start at boot time. I've got the same kernel as you, running networking, ifupdown and ifupdown$ at the "S" (boot) level.
Getting pretty frustrated here. No entry for man ifupdown, man networking, to explain the default services; or how to configure them back to their original state which worked. Eth0 is dhcp also.

If you've found out anything else, please let me know.

yes i got really frustrated with driverloader.
their tech support s**** at best.
anyways i installed the open source driver (ipw2100)
http://ipw2100.sourceforge.net/
and everything works really the way it should.