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Wireless guide skeleton and start

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><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
><!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
>
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><guide link="/doc/en/wireless-guide.xml" lang="en">
><title>Gentoo Linux Wireless Guide</title>
><author title="Author">
>	<mail link="supermonkey@gmail.com">Jeff Davidson</mail>
></author>
>
><abstract>
>This guide explains how to find the proper drivers for your wireless card and
>how to set up wireless internet in Gentoo Linux.
></abstract>
>
>
>
><license/>
>
><version>1.0</version>
><date>2005-06-22</date>
>
><chapter>
><title>Introduction</title>
>
><section>
><title>The state of wireless in Linux</title>
><body>
><p>
>Wireless devices and Linux have rarely been a strong mix. Hardware vendors
>are often reluctant to release specifications about their devices, making
>it difficult or impossible to write drivers for them. Depending on your
>wireless card's chipset, the device may be supported extremely well,
>somewhat, or not at all.
></p>
><p>
>Wireless-B cards (those that operate at 11 Mbps maximum) tend to be better
>supported, as they are older and developers have had time to write more
>drivers. If you have a newer Wireless-G card (maximum of 54 Mbps), you
>may have more trouble finding working drivers. However, support is improving
>by the day, so if your card is not currently supported, keep an eye out for
>new projects to emerge.
></p>
></body>
></section>
>
></chapter>
>
><chapter>
><title>Checking for support</title>
>
><section>
><title>Identifying your wireless chipset</title>
><body>
><p>
>To identify your wireless chipset, first determine if how it is connected. If
>it is a USB device, you will need to use <c>lsusb</c>, available in the
>sys-apps/usbutils package.  If it is PCI or PCMCIA, you will need <c>lspci</c>,
>available in sys-apps/pciutils.  If you are on the Gentoo LiveCD, you should
>have these commands available.
></p>
><p>
>In a terminal, type the command for how your device is connected. You should
>see a profile of all the PCI/PCMCIA or USB devices in your system, depending
>on which command you used.  Look through the output for your wireless device.
>This should start with a few numbers.  If you use <c>lspci</c>, it will then say
>"Network controller:", and then in either case your wireless card's chipset.
>For example, this is the important line on my system:
></p>
><pre caption="Output of lspci">
>...
>0000:03:00.0 Network controller: Texas Instruments ACX 111 54Mbps Wireless Interface
>...
></pre>
><p>
>Your best bet is to search for information on your chipset to see what other
>users have discovered, and if there exist any drivers for the wireless card.
>You may find information here:
></p>
><ul>
>	<li><uri link="http://www.linux-wlan.org/docs/wlan_adapters.html.gz">
>	WLAN Adapter Chipset Directory</uri> - this is somewhat outdated, but useful
>	for older cards</li>
>	<li><uri link="http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/phpwiki/index.php/List">
>	Ndiswrapper supported cards list</uri> - has cards not only supported by
>	the ndiswrapper project (detailed below) but by other projects.</li>
></ul>
><p>
>If you have a wireless B chipset, continue to the <uri link="#bchips">B chipset section</uri>.
>If you have a wireless G chipset, go to the <uri link="#gchips">G chipset section</uri>.
></p>
></body>
></section>
>
><section id="bchips">
><title>Wireless B chipsets</title>
><body>
><p>
>TODO: Information on Wireless B chipsets
></p>
></body>
></section>
>
><section id="gchips">
><title>Wireless G chipsets</title>
><body>
><p>
>TODO: Information on Wireless G chipsets
></p>
></body>
></section>
>
></chapter>
>
></guide>

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