Teilhard Knight wrote: > From: "Mikkel L. Ellertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 6:41 PM > Subject: Re: [newbie] mdkcustom missing > > > > This is extraordinary, Mikkel. Knowing wlan0 was down, I issued the > command: "ifup wlan0". the system tried to get an IP address and there > were errors I couldn't decipher. But then, I issued: "ifdown wlan0", and > then: "ifup wlan0", and there was success. I am in the net already. Some > more bread to think about, but at least I have encryption and a way to > get up my interface. Thanks so much. > > >> This will bring down the interface, and then bring it back up. Because >> you are doing it from the shell, instead of it being done for you, you >> should see the error messages. >> >> The other thing you can try is to give the iwconfig commands one at a >> time, and see what is wrong. You could try running" >> >> iwconfig essid "<access point essid>" >> iwconfig key <your encription key, in HEX> >> iwconfig key restricted >> iwconfig commit > > > > If I issue the command "iwconfig essid", I get: "essid no such > device". If I type "iwconfig essid <my access point essid>", I get: > "unrecognized wireless request <my access point essid>. And the same > with the rest of instructions you give me. > > >> If that works, then send me your ifcfg-wlan0 file, and your wireless key >> in hex, and I will check your configuration, and send you any >> corrections off the list. (I assume you don't want to share the key on >> the list...) > > > I am gladly sending you my configuration file via email. > > >> If it doesn't work, post any error messages, and maybe we can figure >> it out. > > > Well, the problem is "almost" solved now. I greatly appreciate all the > help you have given me. > > Teilhard. > > I guess I need to explain more. When you see a command typed as:
iwconfig essid "<access point essid>" what that means is replace <access point essid> with the Access Point essid for your system. For example, if you were using infinity as the essid, you would enter: iwconfig essid "infinity" You will find the same convention used in the name pages, and most of the HOWTOs. In the man pages, you will also see things enclosed in []. This means that what ever is in the [] is optional. There are a few more things like that, but I can not think of them right now. I will think on the rest of your problem, and get back to you. But right now, I am thinking about heading for bed... Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
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