[ltp] Wireless things

[Ignacio Fernández Galván]

On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 23:53:01 +0200, Ingo van Lil <inguin@gmx.de> wrote:

>> eth1      IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:"Wireless"  Nickname:"badulaque"
>>           Mode:Managed  Channel:1  Access Point: 00:A0:C5:9D:60:8C
>
> So, your associated to an access point called "Wireless". WEP doesn't
> seem to be enabled, so you won't need any key (iwlist scan will tell
> you the same). The fact that you don't get a DHCP reply (IP adress)
> probably means that the network either doesn't have a DHCP server (very
> unlikely) or that the network is restricted to particular MAC addresses.
> You could try to use a network sniffer (ethereal, tcpdump) and try to
> find out MAC and IP addresses, but I don't think you should.

Thanks, I guess that's all I need to know for now. I was just curious  
about the cause of that light, what it means and what I could do with it  
:)  I don't intend to steal internet, I have a faster ADSL ;)