Re: Can Anyone Explain the over-all view of Wireless Networking?

2010-02-04 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, Feb 03, 2010 at 12:44:45AM -0600, Kent West wrote: > Celejar wrote: > > This is the networking subsystem attempting to configure the wireless > > interface. > > > > > >> Sending on LPF/wlan0/00:18:f8:29:b5:96 > >> Sending on Socket/fallback > >> DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.2

Re: Can Anyone Explain the over-all view of Wireless Networking?

2010-02-04 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Feb 02, 2010 at 04:04:54PM -0600, Kent West wrote: [...] > > After a couple of reboots, and after running wicd-client from the actual > machine instead of over ssh, the machine did not lock up; it did see the > various ACUWireless networks, but when I tried clicking on the first > one, i

Re: Can Anyone Explain the over-all view of Wireless Networking?

2010-02-02 Thread Kent West
Matthew Moore wrote: > On Tuesday February 2 2010 3:21:33 pm Kent West wrote: > >> Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:18:f8:29:b5:96 >> Sending on LPF/wlan0/00:18:f8:29:b5:96 >> Sending on Socket/fallback >> DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7 >> DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.2

Re: Can Anyone Explain the over-all view of Wireless Networking?

2010-02-02 Thread Jochen Schulz
Kent West: > > we...@evoljasen:~$ dmesg | grep wlan -- snip > [ 267.697118] wlan0: AP denied association (code=10) Well, there you have it. The access point does not want to talk to you. You said it works using the same card in a different machine? -Otherwise I would suspect the access points ha

Re: Can Anyone Explain the over-all view of Wireless Networking?

2010-02-02 Thread Kent West
Celejar wrote: > This is the networking subsystem attempting to configure the wireless > interface. > > >> Sending on LPF/wlan0/00:18:f8:29:b5:96 >> Sending on Socket/fallback >> DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4 >> DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 i

Re: Can Anyone Explain the over-all view of Wireless Networking?

2010-02-02 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:03:56 -0600 Kent West wrote: ... > Now I get no dhcp offers received. I don't understand how ifup/down and > /etc/modules and udev and /etc/network/interfaces and "wpa-conf > /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf" and iwlist/spy/scan/whatever > and eth0 vs wlan0 vs sit0

Re: Can Anyone Explain the over-all view of Wireless Networking?

2010-02-02 Thread Matthew Moore
On Tuesday February 2 2010 3:21:33 pm Kent West wrote: > Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:18:f8:29:b5:96 > Sending on LPF/wlan0/00:18:f8:29:b5:96 > Sending on Socket/fallback > DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7 > DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 15 >

Re: Can Anyone Explain the over-all view of Wireless Networking?

2010-02-02 Thread Kent West
Jochen Schulz wrote: > Kent West: > >> we...@evoljasen:~$ sudo iwconfig wlan0 >> wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"ACUWireless" >> Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated >> > > Did you wait a few seconds before running this command? Association does > not

Re: Can Anyone Explain the over-all view of Wireless Networking?

2010-02-02 Thread Jochen Schulz
Kent West: > > we...@evoljasen:~$ sudo iwconfig wlan0 essid any && sudo iwconfig wlan0 > essid ACUWireless Thanks for fixing my errors. > we...@evoljasen:~$ sudo iwconfig wlan0 > wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"ACUWireless" > Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associ

Re: Can Anyone Explain the over-all view of Wireless Networking?

2010-02-02 Thread Kent West
Jochen Schulz wrote: > Kent West: > >> Jochen Schulz wrote: >> >>> /etc/network/interfaces contains the configuration of all your network >>> devices. >>> >> Well, that's what I thought, except a couple of people on this thread >> told me to remove my wireless from this file and use

Re: Can Anyone Explain the over-all view of Wireless Networking?

2010-02-02 Thread Kent West
Matt Zagrabelny wrote: > On Tue, 2010-02-02 at 16:00 -0600, Kent West wrote: > > >> So, how do I associate an Access Point? >> > > Associate to a wireless network: > > sudo iwconfig wlan0 essid UMD-Wireless > > Associate to a AP, I wouldn't do this step: > > sudo iwconfig wlan0 ap mac-addre

Re: Can Anyone Explain the over-all view of Wireless Networking?

2010-02-02 Thread Jochen Schulz
Kent West: > Jochen Schulz wrote: >> >> /etc/network/interfaces contains the configuration of all your network >> devices. > > Well, that's what I thought, except a couple of people on this thread > told me to remove my wireless from this file and use wicd or > NetworkManager, so it's not always

Re: Can Anyone Explain the over-all view of Wireless Networking?

2010-02-02 Thread Kent West
Kent West wrote: > After a couple of reboots, and after running wicd-client from the actual > machine instead of over ssh, the machine did not lock up; it did see the > various ACUWireless networks, but when I tried clicking on the first > one, it thought for a minute or two, then reported "Connect

Re: Can Anyone Explain the over-all view of Wireless Networking?

2010-02-02 Thread Matt Zagrabelny
On Tue, 2010-02-02 at 16:00 -0600, Kent West wrote: > So, how do I associate an Access Point? Associate to a wireless network: sudo iwconfig wlan0 essid UMD-Wireless Associate to a AP, I wouldn't do this step: sudo iwconfig wlan0 ap mac-address-of-ap-radio sudo ifup wlan0 -- Matt Zagrabelny

Re: Can Anyone Explain the over-all view of Wireless Networking?

2010-02-02 Thread Matt Zagrabelny
On Tue, 2010-02-02 at 16:00 -0600, Kent West wrote: > > we...@evoljasen:~$ sudo iwconfig wlan0 > wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"ACUWireless" > Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated > Tx-Power=27 dBm > Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off

Re: Can Anyone Explain the over-all view of Wireless Networking?

2010-02-02 Thread Kent West
Kent West wrote: > Kent West wrote: > >> Mathew Moore suggested I use wicd-curses. >> >> So I did; found the ACUWireless node; tried pressing "c" to connect; >> nothing happened; then tried "C", and the machine froze up again. >> >> >> > > Wait, wait. The machine came back to life after

Re: Can Anyone Explain the over-all view of Wireless Networking?

2010-02-02 Thread Kent West
Jochen Schulz wrote: > Kent West: > >> Now I get no dhcp offers received. I don't understand how ifup/down and >> /etc/modules and udev and /etc/network/interfaces and "wpa-conf >> /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf" and iwlist/spy/scan/whatever >> and eth0 vs wlan0 vs sit0 and auto eth1 vs

Re: Can Anyone Explain the over-all view of Wireless Networking?

2010-02-02 Thread Jochen Schulz
Kent West: > > Now I get no dhcp offers received. I don't understand how ifup/down and > /etc/modules and udev and /etc/network/interfaces and "wpa-conf > /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf" and iwlist/spy/scan/whatever > and eth0 vs wlan0 vs sit0 and auto eth1 vs allow-hotplug eth1 and wep v

Re: Can Anyone Explain the over-all view of Wireless Networking?

2010-02-02 Thread Kent West
Kent West wrote: > Mathew Moore suggested I use wicd-curses. > > So I did; found the ACUWireless node; tried pressing "c" to connect; > nothing happened; then tried "C", and the machine froze up again. > > Wait, wait. The machine came back to life after a few minutes. But still, no indication

Re: Can Anyone Explain the over-all view of Wireless Networking?

2010-02-02 Thread Kent West
Chance Platt wrote: > Kent West wrote: >> Here's some relevant information, I believe: >> >> 01:08.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One >> 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02) >> Subsystem: Linksys WMP54GS version 1.1 [Wireless-G PCI Adapter] >> 802.11g w/Sp

Re: Can Anyone Explain the over-all view of Wireless Networking?

2010-02-02 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Tue, Feb 02, 2010 at 14:03:56 -0600, Kent West wrote: [...] > Now I get no dhcp offers received. I don't understand how ifup/down and > /etc/modules and udev and /etc/network/interfaces and "wpa-conf > /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf" and iwlist/spy/scan/whatever > and eth0 vs wlan0 vs

Re: Can Anyone Explain the over-all view of Wireless Networking?

2010-02-02 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kent West wrote: > If I understood all that, I bet I could figure out how to get my > wireless network working. However, I've been googling/studying off and > on for the past year, everytime I try to put Debian (or Ubuntu, or > whatever) on a laptop th

Re: Can Anyone Explain the over-all view of Wireless Networking?

2010-02-02 Thread Matthew Moore
On Tuesday February 2 2010 1:28:21 pm Chance Platt wrote: > Step Three - don't worry about the plumbing. Use either NetworkManager > or WICD. These take care of the plumbing, and they work. If they don't > work with your particular network, try connecting to an unsecured > network first to check

Re: Can Anyone Explain the over-all view of Wireless Networking?

2010-02-02 Thread Chance Platt
Kent West wrote: I have a Sid box with a wireless PCI card. Somehow or 'nuther I got it working last year. Last week the power supply died, and rather than scrounge up another, I just moved the hard drive and wireless card to another computer. I'm doing the work on the computer in a different lo

Can Anyone Explain the over-all view of Wireless Networking?

2010-02-02 Thread Kent West
I have a Sid box with a wireless PCI card. Somehow or 'nuther I got it working last year. Last week the power supply died, and rather than scrounge up another, I just moved the hard drive and wireless card to another computer. I'm doing the work on the computer in a different location, with a diff