Mark Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>       iManufacturer           1 MARVELL

Aieee, it's a Marvell!  They're one of the bad guys in the
OLPC farce:
<URL:http://www.vendorwatch.org/index.php?title=Marvell>
Marvell listing at Vendor Watch

>     [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# iwlist wlan0 scan #
>     wlan0     Scan completed :
>                   Cell 01 - Address: 00:11:A3:02:9B:27
>                         ESSID:"MSL"
>                         Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
>                         Mode:Managed
>                         Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)

Does that look like your access point?  (The # is a comment
start BTW)

>      Quality:0/100  Signal level:-68 dBm  Noise level:-256 dBm
[...]
> Note that about 3/4 of the time I get the "no scan results" response.

That's worrying.  Are you sure you're in range and the antenna
is any good?

(FWIW, the local AP is signal level -49dBm, one on the other
side of this building is -63 and an AP in a building across
the street is -75 on PCMCIA without an external antenna here,
so -68 seems a bit low for a local one to me, but should
work.)

> I'm pretty sure the wlan is using wep not wpa (I didn't set it up).

Indeed, the scan doesn't mention WPA.  Hope you don't mind
eavesdroppers!

Have you set the wep key with iwconfig wlan0 key s:<password> ?

Other than that, have a play with iwconfig and ifconfig while
running a ping if you're getting any scan results and see
whether it works at all.

Hope that helps,
-- 
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