On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 15:18:40 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Trying valiantly to set up wireless. I'm at the point now where I get > the following: > > * Configuring wireless network for eth1 > /lib/rcscripts/net.modules.d/iwconfig: line 340: iwconfig_get_essid_var: > command not found > * eth1 does not support setting keys > * or the parameter "mac_key_" or "key_" is incorrect > * Failed to configure wireless for eth1 > > /etc/conf.d/wireless has : > > essid_eth1="Mary" > #essid_eth1="any" > key_Mary="s:<some passwd>" > preferred_aps=( "Mary" ) > > /etc/conf.d/net has: > iface_eth0="dhcp" > iface_eth1="dhcp" > > iwconfig reports: > eth1 NOT READY! ESSID:off/any Nickname:"Mary" > Mode:Managed Channel:0 Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00 > Tx-Power=31 dBm Sensitivity=0/200 > Retry min limit:0 RTS thr=0 B Fragment thr=0 B > Encryption key:off > Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0 > Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 > Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 > > Any advice appreciated. Thanks. >
Even in this state you may be able to see the router. Try iwlist eth1 scanning and see if the router shows up. What you probably need to do is follow the instructions about configuration at the bottom of this page, just above the box, but the main part I'm copying here: If scan shows the node that you want to connect to, then you need to associate with it. First, set the essid of the node with iwconfig wlan0 essid ESSID, where ESSID is the essid of the node. Note that you shouldn't give quotes around ESSID. If any encryption is not being used, this should associate. If WEP (encryption) is being used, first set the encryption key and encryption mode with iwconfig wlan0 key restricted 123456789A where encryption mode is restricted and key is 123456789A. If the encryption setting is correct, the card should now be associated with the node. Check output of iwconfig wlan0 to see that it is indeed associated (ESSID should be the ESSID you set earlier and Access Point should be like the ethernet address of the card: hexadecimal integers, and not all of them should be 00). I've managed to get two machines up on my network but I have to do some strange things to do it. More on that later if you're in need of more ideas. - Mark -- [email protected] mailing list
