[ltp] Wireless things

[Ignacio Fernández Galván]

On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 21:12:16 +0200, Alejandro Bonilla  
<abonilla@linuxwireless.org> wrote:

> You will need to look into what card your system is using.
> Normally the lights says that there is an association. I don't think it
> turns on when there is no activity.
> What wireless card is it? an intel IPW card (2200) or is it other brand  
> or what?
>
> Your card is probably already getting associated with an open network.
>
> check #iwconfig

Yes, it's an intel 2200 (centrino). "iwconfig" says:

eth1      IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:"Wireless"  Nickname:"badulaque"
           Mode:Managed  Channel:1  Access Point: 00:A0:C5:9D:60:8C
           Bit Rate=54Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm
           RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
           Encryption key:off
           Power Management:off
           Link Quality:44/100  Signal level:-56 dBm  Noise level:-256 dBm
           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:69   Missed beacon:111


... but I have little or no idea about what it means. Does it mean I'm  
already "connected" to that access point? I guess I would need further  
permission to be able to use the net through that acess point, if I needed  
some key, how could I know that (not the key itself, but the fact that I  
need a key)?

After a while, the light has turned off, now iwconfig says:

eth1      unassociated  ESSID:off/any  Nickname:"badulaque"
           Mode:Managed  Channel=0  Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00
           Bit Rate=0kb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm
           RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
           Encryption key:off
           Power Management:off