http://www.sabayonlinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=HOWTO:_Get_networking_and_network_services_working_in_Sabayon_aka_The_Networking_Guide http://fr.gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Wi-Fi http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=125627 (HOWTO: Ndiswrapper Wireless Setup) /media/WinXP/WINDOWS/system32/drivers/sis163u.sys (these are my drivers change this in the commands below for your configuration) /media/WinXP/WINDOWS/system32/usbdevice/sis163u.inf mkdir /lib/windrivers cp /media/WinXP/WINDOWS/system32/drivers/sis163u.sys /lib/windrivers cp /media/WinXP/WINDOWS/system32/usbdevice/sis163u.inf /lib/windrivers ndiswrapper -i /lib/windrivers/sis163u.inf ndiswrapper -l (check) ndiswrapper -m (shouldn't be neccesarry...) modprobe ndiswrapper dmesg (check) ---------------------------------------------------- ifconfig eth0 down --------------------------------------------------- iwconfig wlan0 essid YourRouter'sESSID iwconfig wlan0 key YourWEPkey ifconfig wlan0 up dhclient wlan0 (alternatively use this : dhcpcd wlan0) ---------------------------------------------------- echo "ndiswrapper" >> /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel- substitute your kernel version for . For example 2.6 or 2.4 (just the first 2 digits seperated by a ".")-- this is to load the driver at startup ---------------------------------------------------- GUI applications to configure wifi:/Internet/More/KWifiManager (kcmwifi) <---> knetworkmanager wlassistant (this one is said to be good) You may have to enter your ISP dns servers in case of trouble connecting to urls while your connected to your router dns servers (etc/resolv.conf): nameserver 212.68.193.110 nameserver 212.68.193.196