[ltp] New T61 :) Wireless manager question, and wireless question.
Ted Ghose
linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 5 May 2008 15:11:04 -0700
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Network Manager works fine on my T61 on fedora 8!
thanks
-tg-
On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 5:24 AM, Marius Gedminas <mgedmin@b4net.lt> wrote:
> On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 12:41:51AM -0600, Ben Pearre wrote:
> > Many thanks to all of you who set my mind somewhat at rest regarding
> > the new T61. It arrived yesterday. A more full review will follow,
> > but so far I have just one or two questions, about wireless:
> >
> > 1) For years I've been using a hacked-together set of scripts for
> > wireless, in which I scan and then associate to a network based on
> > the scan results, optionally with an encryption key. That worked
> > well, but it is tedious and could easily be automated. I'm
> > assuming that by now it is, multiple times. I've tried
> > kwifimanager (it doesn't work, but see (2)). What else is out
> > there? What has the functionality I describe? What do you like?
>
> Network Manager works fine on my T61. I've the same wifi: Intel
> 3945abg, the iwl3945 modules from Ubuntu Hardy.
>
> > 2) Perhaps related to kwifimanager's failure to impress me: I have the
> > Intel 3945abg, Debian unstable, kernel 2.6.25, the iwl3945 modules
> > loaded, and I cannot see my (or any) network. I've tried manually
> > setting the ESSID and channel through iwconfig, but dhclient still
> > can't get a lease, and iwconfig shows that the card still isn't
> > binding to any network. I haven't yet done as good a job as I'd
> > like of searching the archives here but I think I exhausted the
> > usefulness of the wiki. Any suggestions would be deeply
> > appreciated. Here's some output:
> >
> > (0)# iwconfig
> > lo no wireless extensions.
> >
> > eth1 no wireless extensions.
> >
> > wmaster0 no wireless extensions.
> >
> > wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:""
> > Mode:Managed Channel:0 Access Point: Not-Associated
> > Tx-Power=0 dBm
> > Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
> > Encryption key:off
> > Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
> > Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
> > Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
> >
> > (0)# iwlist wlan0 scan
> > wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down
> >
> > (0)# ifconfig wifi0 up
> > wifi0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
>
> 'wifi0' != 'wlan0'.
>
> Marius Gedminas
> --
> Westheimer's Discovery:
> A couple of months in the laboratory can
> frequently save a couple of hours in the library.
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Network Manager works fine on my T61 on fedora 8!<br><br>thanks<br><br>-tg-<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 5:24 AM, Marius Gedminas <<a href="mailto:mgedmin@b4net.lt">mgedmin@b4net.lt</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="Ih2E3d">On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 12:41:51AM -0600, Ben Pearre wrote:<br>
> Many thanks to all of you who set my mind somewhat at rest regarding<br>
> the new T61. It arrived yesterday. A more full review will follow,<br>
> but so far I have just one or two questions, about wireless:<br>
><br>
> 1) For years I've been using a hacked-together set of scripts for<br>
> wireless, in which I scan and then associate to a network based on<br>
> the scan results, optionally with an encryption key. That worked<br>
> well, but it is tedious and could easily be automated. I'm<br>
> assuming that by now it is, multiple times. I've tried<br>
> kwifimanager (it doesn't work, but see (2)). What else is out<br>
> there? What has the functionality I describe? What do you like?<br>
<br>
</div>Network Manager works fine on my T61. I've the same wifi: Intel<br>
3945abg, the iwl3945 modules from Ubuntu Hardy.<br>
<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br>
> 2) Perhaps related to kwifimanager's failure to impress me: I have the<br>
> Intel 3945abg, Debian unstable, kernel 2.6.25, the iwl3945 modules<br>
> loaded, and I cannot see my (or any) network. I've tried manually<br>
> setting the ESSID and channel through iwconfig, but dhclient still<br>
> can't get a lease, and iwconfig shows that the card still isn't<br>
> binding to any network. I haven't yet done as good a job as I'd<br>
> like of searching the archives here but I think I exhausted the<br>
> usefulness of the wiki. Any suggestions would be deeply<br>
> appreciated. Here's some output:<br>
><br>
> (0)# iwconfig<br>
> lo no wireless extensions.<br>
><br>
> eth1 no wireless extensions.<br>
><br>
> wmaster0 no wireless extensions.<br>
><br>
> wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:""<br>
> Mode:Managed Channel:0 Access Point: Not-Associated<br>
> Tx-Power=0 dBm<br>
> Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B<br>
> Encryption key:off<br>
> Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0<br>
> Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0<br>
> Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0<br>
><br>
> (0)# iwlist wlan0 scan<br>
> wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down<br>
><br>
> (0)# ifconfig wifi0 up<br>
> wifi0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device<br>
<br>
</div></div>'wifi0' != 'wlan0'.<br>
<br>
Marius Gedminas<br>
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Westheimer's Discovery:<br>
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