[ltp] Thinkpad X61s iwlwifi 4965 LED

[Patrick Wiseman]

On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 2:52 PM, John Jason Jordan <johnxj@comcast.net> wrote:

>  1) I have a Netgear WG511T that I used to use (with the 4965 turned off
>  in the BIOS). It "just worked" so I was using it until Hardy came out,
>  which would (theoretically I thought) give me a fix for the 4965. After
>  doing the changes the other day that got the light working, the WG511T
>  doesn't work either.
>
>  2) I can see the networks, and I can connect to them, but I cannot get
>  an IP address. That is the stumbling block. And it is the same if I use
>  the WG511T or the 4965.
>
>  3) I have set the 4965 to roaming mode in Network Manager, but it
>  doesn't help. If I turn off roaming mode and go into Properties I
>  should be able to see all the networks with the drop-down button. Once
>  out of about 40-50 tries the drop-down button does display the
>  available networks, but usually not. Meanwhile, wifi-radar always sees
>  all the available networks, but cannot get an IP address.
>
>  4) when I do iwlist wlan0 scan I get a list of networks about half the
>  time. The rest of the time I get "no networks." If I do sudo killall
>  NetworkManager and then sudo NetworkManager this seems to restore the
>  scanning ability.

It might help to know what's in your /etc/network/interfaces file.

Patrick