[arch-ports] [archppc] Kernel 2.6.17 Progress

[Benoit Chesneau]

airport extrem works if you follow thhere steps :

1) iwconfig eth0 down (to close the firts interface)
2) iwconfig eth1 up
3) iwlist eth1 scan
4)iwconfig eth1 <ip>
5) iwconfig eth1 essid <ESSIDOFAP>

6) iwconfig eth1 enc <wepkey>


Hope it will be better :)

Benoît

On Jul 12, 2006, at 8:54 PM, Alexander Baldeck wrote:

> Alexander Baldeck wrote:
>> James Turner wrote:
>>
>>> I was just wondering how the 2.6.17 kernel progress was going.  I'm
>>> very excited to finally have Airport Extreme support right in the  
>>> kernel.
>>>
>> 2.6.17 is in testing right now and 2.6.17.1 is in the making already.
>> kernel-headers, glibc 2.4 and gcc 4.1.1 were just too much to test at
>> once for just one guy - me - alone, so i put them in testing  
>> rather than
>> current. ;) Have fun with kernel26-pmac in testing, if you find  
>> issues
>> lemme know.
>>
>> Cheers!
>>
>> Alex
> 2.6.17 along with gcc 4.1.1, glibc 2.4 and all the rest of testing  
> have
> been moved down to current/extra. You should be able to get the kernel
> without too much risk... well, you know what I mean. ;)
>
> In any case, as I hear some locals running arch on ppc reporting to  
> me,
> the Airport Extreme card does not quite work stable yet. There's a few
> hickups it causes every now and then. For example never try to  
> drive it
> at any more than 11Mbit/s or it may freeze your machine sooner or  
> later.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Alex
>
>
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