[SOLVED] PRO/Wireless 3945ABG

Since the long time ago kernel update and ndiswrapper threads, I didn't get my wireless to work..... laptop wireless light not turning on. It works fine with Linux Mint live CD, not a hardware issue. I tried all the solutions in the forums and wiki, seems I am missing something. In my Linux years, I never configured wireless. What are the steps?

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless
IPW3945 is well supported. Shouldn't be any problem at all - you need wpa_supplicant, wireless_tools etc. installed (I assume you already have a DHCP client).
Check dmesg output for pointers, if your drivers are loaded, check with rfkill to see if it's a software block (and also make sure you don't have a hardware switch you need to flip).
Last edited by .:B:. (2011-10-18 21:56:02)

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