[ltp] wife router access

[Ashok Leyland]

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.

that's what I meant; sorry it didn't improve things.


> 
> Haines
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