RE: Intel Power Wireless 3945ABC

You should be able to do:

  emerge --buildpkg  ipw3945

You might also need:

  emerge --buildpkg ipw3945d ipw3945-ucode

Make sure your /usr/src/linux points to the correct kernel.
Otherwise
you can use:

  KERNEL_DIR=/usr/src/linux-2.6.18-gentoo-r6 emerge blah
blah

There's little chance that it will work unless the running
kernel you
have also has the patches that ipw3945 loads.

It will patch your kernel source on the build machine.

HTH,

Bill

> -----Original Message-----
> From: etobisgmail.com [mailto:etobisgmail.com] On Behalf Of 
> Enrique A. Tobis
> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 12:29 PM
> To: gentoo-laptoplists.gentoo.org
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-laptop] Intel Power Wireless
3945ABC
> 
> Sorry, I do know about some of the other stuff you
asked about.
> 
> If you do
> 
> emerge something -f -p
> 
> you will get a list of the files you need to download
to install
> something. You can manually download them, put them on
your USB drive,
> and then move them to /usr/portage/distfiles in your
Gentoo box. Thank
> will do it.
> 
> Good luck!
> Enrique
> 
> On 2/20/07, Sigfrido V. Ortiz C. <sigfridovaim.com> wrote:
> > I folks, someone knows from where may I get the
drivers for 
> IPW 3945 ABG
> > wireless card ?
> > I want to use it after a start with my MINIMAL CD
install disk.
> > Is it possible to download some package to a USB
pen drive and store
> > there to be installed?
> > Thanks in advance.
> > Sigfrido
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Longman, Bill wrote:
> You should be able to do:
> 
>   emerge --buildpkg  ipw3945
> 
> You might also need:
> 
>   emerge --buildpkg ipw3945d ipw3945-ucode
> 

And don't forget to emerge wpa_supplicant or other wifi
management stuff.

It was the ieee80211 that patched the kernel source IIRC,
but as of 
2.6.19 that isn't needed - but make sure ieee80211 is
enabled in the kernel.
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Thanks a lot I'll try it as soon I have more time, thanks
again
Sigfrido


willburnieanglican.org.au wrote:

> Longman, Bill wrote:
>
>> You should be able to do:
>>
>>   emerge --buildpkg  ipw3945
>>
>> You might also need:
>>
>>   emerge --buildpkg ipw3945d ipw3945-ucode
>>
>
> And don't forget to emerge wpa_supplicant or other wifi
management stuff.
>
> It was the ieee80211 that patched the kernel source
IIRC, but as of 
> 2.6.19 that isn't needed - but make sure ieee80211 is
enabled in the 
> kernel.


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It's the "Intel PRO/Wireless 3945abg", not the
"Intel Power Wireless
3945ABC".  While there is such a thing as 802.11c, it's
a bridging
protocol, not a link-level wireless standard.

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thinkinginbinarygmail.com wrote:

> It's the "Intel PRO/Wireless 3945abg", not
the "Intel Power Wireless
> 3945ABC".  While there is such a thing as 802.11c,
it's a bridging
> protocol, not a link-level wireless standard.
>
Sorry, that´s true!!!!
It use A B and G stantandard protocols... that allow users
to connect at 
Japan A standard, and worlwide B and G standards...

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On 2/21/07, Sigfrido V. Ortiz C. <sigfridovaim.com> wrote:
> thinkinginbinarygmail.com wrote:
>
> > It's the "Intel PRO/Wireless 3945abg",
not the "Intel Power Wireless
> > 3945ABC".  While there is such a thing as
802.11c, it's a bridging
> > protocol, not a link-level wireless standard.
> >
> Sorry, that´s true!!!!
> It use A B and G stantandard protocols... that allow
users to connect at
> Japan A standard, and worlwide B and G standards...

Oh, A isn't just a Japanese standard.  It's used in the USA
too,
although B and G are much more prevalent.  (I'd say there's
about 1 A
AP for every 100 B/G ones.)

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