[ltp] wife router access

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---- Ashok Leyland <a_06357@fastmail.fm> wrote: 
> On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 09:09:44AM -0400, Haines Brown wrote:
> > > On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 06:02:51PM -0400, Haines Brown wrote:
> > > > My machine is a Thinkpad X61s, on which I'm running sidux. 
> > > > 
> > > > I am able to see an AP, I assume: 
> > > > 
> > > > 	# iwlist scan
> > > > 	...
> > > > 	Cell 02 - Address: 00:18:3F:1B:32:E1
> > > > 		  ESSID: "2WIRE744"
> > > > 		  Mode: Master
> > > > 		  Channel: 6
> > > > 		  Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
> > > > 		  Quality=100/100 Signal level=-54 dBm Noise level=-94dBm
> > > > 		  Encryption key: on
> > > > 		  Bit rates:1 Mb/s ... 54 Mb/s
> > > > 		  Extra:tsf=000000786a67d48
> > 
> > > you snippet the info for wlan0 ;)
> > > 
> > > it may just be that you need to explicitly set the channel on the card
> > > for it to associate. OTOH, I have seen routers where you need to press a
> > > button in order for a new card to be able to associate.
> > 
> > Ashok, are you saying that the info for wlan0 is insufficient, and
> > that one need not only ensure that the interface knows it is channel
> > 6, but the card as well?
> 
> sometimes I've needed to explicitly set the channel on the card, for it
> to associate. The interface info you posted before did not contain the
> channel info.
> 
> > 
> > I'm not sure how I'd tell the chip or driver to use channel 6, and is
> > not the choice of channel a function of the AP I'm contacting? It was
> > my understanding (which amounts to little at all) that the driver
> > scans and picks up the channel from the APs that it sees.
> > 
> > In any case, # iwconfig wlan0 channel 6 had no effect.
try "dhclient wlan0" or dhclient < whatever your iwconfig reports
as your wlan name>.
If this works let us know and I will explain what your problem is,
> 
> that's what I meant; sorry it didn't improve things.
> 
> 
> > 
> > Haines
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