[ltp] r40 with wlan

Martin Hermanowski linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 27 Jun 2003 17:28:18 +0200


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On Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 03:41:00PM +0200, Frederic Gaus wrote:
> There exists a driver for my intern wlan card and I'm really happy to
> find one (http://sourceforge.net/projects/madwifi). Installing the
> modules works fine aund loading them brings me a ath0 interface with
> wlan-extensions...
>=20
> But I could not set an essid and i don't get a list of accesspoints
> (iwlist ath0 search) .. maybe because I don't get the card activated.
> (Fn+F5 shows no funtion).=20

Not getting an ap-list is normal - I do not now of any driver showing
this data.

Do you get an ip when starting a dhcp client on the if?

Did you try `ifconfig ath0 up ; tethereal -niath0' while trying the
above?

LLAP, Martin

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