From: user@example.net   
      
   Jarrod McCandless wrote:   
   > Ive gotten a good install on my new computer (Compaq f750us) Everything   
   > works except the wireless card. I have configured the kernel and even have   
   > madwifi packages installed but I cant get anything to come up   
   >   
   > ifconfig reads:   
   > localhost sgtmcc # ifconfig   
   > eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1e:68:15:39:e8   
   >           inet addr:192.168.2.6  Bcast:192.168.2.255  Mask:255.255.255.0   
   >           inet6 addr: fe80::21e:68ff:fe15:39e8/64 Scope:Link   
   >           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1492  Metric:1   
   >           RX packets:1689 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0   
   >           TX packets:1193 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0   
   >           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000   
   >           RX bytes:2365513 (2.2 MiB)  TX bytes:91256 (89.1 KiB)   
   >           Interrupt:252 Base address:0x6000   
   >   
   > lo        Link encap:Local Loopback   
   >           inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0   
   >           inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host   
   >           UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1   
   >           RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0   
   >           TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0   
   >           collisions:0 txqueuelen:0   
   >           RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)   
   >   
   > iwconfig reads   
   > localhost sgtmcc # iwconfig   
   > lo        no wireless extensions.   
   >   
   > eth0      no wireless extensions.   
   >   
   > lspci -k reads   
   > 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg   
   > Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)   
   >         Kernel modules: ath5k, ath_pci   
   >   
   > So it sees the card and the modules are loaded in lsmod. Anyone have any   
   > clue to get this enabled and working? Ive done searches on Gentoo-wiki and   
   > google and cant seem to find anything that will work for me.   
      
   Did you configure the wlan0 (or what you call) in /etc/conf.d/net.   
      
      
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