wireless nic in Gentoo

Coag · 06-12-2005, 11:31 PM

Ok i got ndiswrapper succesfully installed with the correct drivers. I ran iwconfig and all the information there is correct. the problem is i cannot get the nic to actually connect. I tried ifup wlan0 and it tell me ifup is an unknown command so then i try ifconfig wlan0 up and it is like this:

Code:

GentooCoag   root # ifconfig wlan0 up
GentooCoag   root #

so i assume it works so i test it by doing emerge irssi and it errors and tells me it cant download so my card isnt connected. what can i do to get my card up?

Coag · 06-13-2005, 12:10 AM

Note to anyone else who has this problem. I emerged dhcpcd and i ran dhcpcd wlan0 and now i am connected to the internet!

Robert G. Hays · 06-13-2005, 02:21 PM

Coag

*MONDO* way cool that you fixed this yourself !

Also, *THANK* YOU* for that info -- I'll be dealing with this same issue in the next few weeks on ~~new lappy,

Thank you, and I'm clicking the 'thanks' button.

ps: fellow Gentoo user!

Robert G. Hays