[ltp] Illogical Wireless Difficulty

[Manu Hack]

On 2/12/07, Alex Deucher <alexdeucher@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've never been able to get wireless working satisfactorily on Linux
> using the GUI tools.  works fine from the command line however (better
> than windows in most cases).  try this (as root or with sudo, replace
> eth0 with your wifi Ethernet device):
>
> ifconfig eth0 up
> iwlist eth0 scan
>
> this should list the available wireless cells.  You may need to run it
> several times. pick one you like and then set the interface to use it:
>
> iwconfig eth0 essid "Net Name" ap xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
>
> use the essid and ap MAC address from the cell you want from the iwlist scan.
> finally, if you want to use dhcp:
>
> dhclient eth0
>
> that should do it.  I don't know why none of the GUIs don't just wrap that.
>
> Alex

You're right, I tried almost every gui wifi tools but none of them
works.  I just followed what you said and it works.  In fact before I
also tried using commands instead of GUI, it turned out that my
missing the option "ap" was crucial, although I don't understand why.

Anyway, thanks a lot!