On Sunday 27 March 2005 03:51 pm, Jason Cooper wrote: > > > I've had great success with: > > > > > > # iwconfig ath0 essid "MyESSIDName" mode managed channel 6 enc \ > > > 0011-2233-4455-6677-8899-AABB-CC > > > > [snip] > > > > > It looks like the bug is in gentoo's initscripts... Give the command > > > above a try (with your info, of course) and let us know what happens. > > > > I ran what you suggested, and iwconfig now returns: > > > > IEEE 80211g ESSID: "Arachne" Nickname: "Arachne" > > Mode: Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: <router mac address> > > Bit Rate . . . etc > > > > which is a heck of a lot more than I was getting before - at least the > > ap is recognized. Where I go from here, though, I have no clue. > > Oops, forgot that part. Assuming your AP is running a dhcp server, all > you should have to do now is: > > # dhcpcd ath0
Yes! However, I wonder what script has changed. Wireless used to work on boot - I could see it scan and pickup the correct ESSID. Now, net.wlan0 fails, and I must run the commands you've outlined. But, it works, and something is better than nothing. Thanks a lot. -- -- [email protected] mailing list
