Trevor Key wrote:
> i'm afraid that i have no clue whatsoever how to set up a wireless
> network in linux. and, just my luck, i have a card with a chipset that
> isn't supported all that well. so any good step-by-step guides for
> installing a d-link dwl-520+ (the pci card) in gentoo would be greatly
> appreciated. heh, i always seem to find myself in situations where i
> can't get internet in linux, which is even worse in gentoo.
>
> thanks,
> trevor
>

The ACX100 drivers now work for the 520+, so you're in luck (I myself
just installed his card last night...and have done so on both slack and
gentoo). Basically, download the driver tarball (or the cvs version)
from http://acx100.sf.net, untar it, in its README it says everything
that you need to know. Mind you you need to emerge wierless-tools.

Short HOWTO
Emerge wireless-tools if you haven't already.
Download driver tarball, untar.
Download firmware for 520+, put in acx100/firmware directory.
Edit acx100/scripts/start_net to change the first few variables which
are dependant on your setup.
Be sure, in all cases, to comment out the 'CHAN' variable, as if you
don't (at least in the current CVS version) it will just hard lock your box.
'root@localhost:acx100# scripts/start_net'
And you're online. It might not work the first time, in which case you
'scripts/stop_net' followed by 'scripts/start_net'.

HTH