I'm terribly sorry for asking what might seem like an obvious question, but I need to get my wireless internet connection as soon as possible. I'm running 7.2 release. I'm reading (or trying to read) a bunch of manuals and manpages and not understanding any of it.
My computer definitely sees the wireless card. It tells me this with ifconfig:
Do I have to recompile my kernel or load some special driver or module to make my connection work? I am so confused. If you won't answer, could you at least point me to something related in the handbook or on another website?
My computer definitely sees the wireless card. It tells me this with ifconfig:
Code:
ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
ether 00:23:6c:7b:a2:06
inet6 fe80::223:6cff:fe7b:a206%ath0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2
inet 192.168.0.3 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (DS/1Mbps)
status: no carrier
ssid "" channel 1 (2412 Mhz 11g)
authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpower 31.5 bmiss 7 scanvalid 60 bgscan
bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi11g 7 roam:rate11g 5
protmode CTS burstDo I have to recompile my kernel or load some special driver or module to make my connection work? I am so confused. If you won't answer, could you at least point me to something related in the handbook or on another website?
