Gene Heskett wrote: > Greetings; > > Apparently some update since back in mid-july has affected how the > non-NM connections work as the profile I used for several weeks in the > room next to this one no longer works, incapable of establishing a > connection now. I even went through the system and deleted all copies > of ifcfg-wlan0 except the one in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts, but it > still refuses to put the radio on the assigned channel of 6, but leaves > it on channel 11 where there is no known access point. > > This is an FC5 install, 386 version on an HP dv5120us with a 64 bit > turion cpu. The radio is a broadcomm 4318, and is driven by the ndiswrapper > facility.
> > iwlist outputs: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# iwlist wlan0 scanning > Warning: Driver for device wlan0 has been compiled with version 20 > of Wireless Extension, while this program supports up to version 19. > Some things may be broken... > > wlan0 Scan completed : > Cell 01 - Address: 00:0F:66:77:73:A0 > ESSID:"xxxxxxxxxxx" > Protocol:IEEE 802.11g > Mode:Managed > Frequency:2.417 GHz (Channel 2) > Quality:0/100 Signal level:-84 dBm Noise > level:-256 dBm > Encryption key:off > Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s > 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s > 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s > Extra:bcn_int=100 > Extra:atim=0 > Cell 02 - Address: 00:16:B6:CE:D1:9D > ESSID:"xxxxxxxxx" > Protocol:IEEE 802.11g > Mode:Managed > Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6) > Quality:0/100 Signal level:-69 dBm Noise > level:-256 dBm > Encryption key:off > Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s > 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s > 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s > Extra:bcn_int=100 > Extra:atim=0 > > As can be seen, the signal on ch 6 is wall to wall, but I cannot connect. > > Can this possibly be related to the one char short ESSID thread I've > been following here for quite some time? And if so, is it sufficient to > just add a space to the end of the quoted string in my ifcfg-wlan0 file? > > Also, the setup instructions I have links to are for older versions of > NM, this is whats installed right now, but all disabled. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# rpm -qa|grep -i networkmanager > NetworkManager-gnome-0.6.4-1.fc5 > NetworkManager-vpnc-0.6.2-1.fc5 > NetworkManager-0.6.4-1.fc5 > NetworkManager-devel-0.6.4-1.fc5 > NetworkManager-debuginfo-0.6.3-1.fc5 > NetworkManager-glib-0.6.4-1.fc5 > NetworkManager-glib-devel-0.6.4-1.fc5 > > Is there a fresh link describing howto setup these newer versions? > > And does it work well enough now its worth the extended hassle of trying > to make it work? > > I am currently running on a dlink DWL-810+ radio plugged into the > ethernet port. Which works just fine. > -- Cheers, Gene _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
