gc-linux: Wifi on Debian 5.0

I can't get Wifi to work on my Wii. I've been following the instructions at [www.gc-linux.org] but it still doesn't work. ifconfig -a doesn't list wlan0 and I'm out of ideas. Any thoughts?

Are you using the MiKe kernel via BootMii? If not, WiFi won't work I don't think. If you are, I have no other ideas to suggest.

Yes - I'm using Mike p5.

I take that back. I'm using Mike p5 but not BootMii. I'm now battleing against the difficult instructions to try to work out how to install BootMii - thanks for the guidance.

Hmm. I created a directory /apps/bootmii in the first partition of my SD card and copied "boot.elf" from hackmii_installer_v1.2/boot.elf and Homebrew Channel gave be a blank icon. I opened it and something started - it said I have two options, IOS and boot2, but boot2 isn't available, I assume because I have a new boot1 as mentioned in README-BootMii.txt. That's OK, I should be able to choose IOS, but the keyboard won't "up arrow" to that line :-( Stuck again...

The keyboard? Shouldnt you be using the Wii Remote for the Hackmii Installer?

Should I? There's nothing in the instructions (well that I can find anyway), so it is rather guess work.

The Hackmii Installer uses the Wii Remote, yes. Dont you have to push "1" to get past the scam warning?

Better - iwconfig now lists wlan0. Yes!

Next failure is accesing the LAN to get a DHCP response. I've been using whiite-ez-wifi-config but to no avail. We have WEP 64-Bit - which option is that? Mind you I've tried all 3 options and double checked the SSID and KEY that I type in and had someone else check as I type, I've entered it in correctly.

I've tried with another Wi-Fi network. No dice.

Success!

I used iwconfig instead of the supplied script and it worked. I'm so happy!

njh@compaq:~$ ssh -C root@192.168.1.202
The authenticity of host '192.168.1.202 (192.168.1.202)' can't be established.
RSA key fingerprint is 0f:4e:62:af:a0:49:d4:6b:c2:5a:a9:7a:3c:2c:92:67.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
Warning: Permanently added '192.168.1.202' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.
root@192.168.1.202's password:
Linux whiite 2.6.32-isobel-wii #1 PREEMPT Sun Dec 6 20:42:34 CET 2009 ppc

The programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are free software;
the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the
individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.

Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent
permitted by applicable law.
Last login: Mon Dec 24 22:04:01 2012
whiite:~# uname -a
Linux whiite 2.6.32-isobel-wii #1 PREEMPT Sun Dec 6 20:42:34 CET 2009 ppc GNU/Linux
whiite:~#

I'll working and have sucessfully used apt-get upgrade to upgrade to Debian 6.0.

So far so good.