Néstor wrote: > James, > > iwlist scan - shows my network and my neighbords > *wlan0 Scan completed : > Cell 01 - Address: 00:11:95:3A:9D:D1 > ESSID:"mondongo" > Mode:Master > Channel:3 > Frequency:2.422 GHz > Quality=14/64 Signal level=47/65 > Encryption key:on > Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s > 12 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s > 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s > Extra:tsf=0000005f46022be2* > > > I tried this command: > iwconfig wlan0 essid mondongo channel 3 key xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > After an ifconfig, I get: > *wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:C0:A8:CE:D8:DE > inet6 addr: fe80::2c0:a8ff:fece:d8de/64 Scope:Link > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:1470 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:19 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > RX bytes:480090 (468.8 KiB) TX bytes:5080 (4.9 KiB) > > wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr > 00-C0-A8-CE-D8-DE-48-5A-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00 > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)* > > > But how do I know if the wireless communication is working?
Hey, that's great so far. it shows the wireless driver is talking to the hardware, and the radio is working, as well. Presuming that a command iwconfig wlan0 reports back the essid (etc) you set, that gives more confidence the sowtware is working. The next step to do it manually might be as simple as trying dhclient wlan0 But, wireless is fussy, and I don't understand all the manual steps as well as for wired, so I usually fall back on the system tools. I see that dja is explaining NM, so that's what I'd suggest as well. Good luck, and keep us posted. Regards, ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
