On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 06:30:53PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 03:39:20PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > > > >>Paul > > >What happend if you do: > > > > I have done these many times but I recently got and compiled a > > driver from Realtek (from Wayne's suggestion). It isn't named > > rtl8185 but r8185b. I thought I had tested that well enough and > > that it wasn't working, > > > > >ifconfig wlanx up > > >iwconfig wlanx essid "your_essid" > > >dhclient wlanx > > > > These now work on my temporarily unsecured home network! > > > > Now on to secured networks. > > A few minutes with man and I am now connected to a secured network. wicd > seems > to work now that I am connected already. I don't know why it didn't work > before > and I don't know whether it will work if I shut down the card.
After a reboot I got a connection to this secured network automatically! The only slightly strange thing is that wicd says it is now scanning and hasn't stopped for several minutes. Thanks, Paul -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110131015417.ga5...@bliss.tc.ph.cox.net
