configuring madwifi
i have a laptop with a wireless atheros and the madwifi driver is run correctly, during the configuration process i have any problem because i unknow very well the system.
I can try help you, if you describe more details about your problem.
what is the result of the command # ifconfig ?
the wireless is 'up'?
excuse-me for my bad english, i am brazilian
thanks
2008/2/17, Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com>:
westniles46@comcast.net wrote:
> I'm struggling with wireless on my nc6000 laptop. I followed the
> newbie instructions on www.madwifi.org.
This is an old write-up I did for my nc4000.**Taking the vintage of
the write-up for Sarge into consideration the instructions there might
help you.
**http://www.proulx.com/~bob/nc4000/
> Installation went well, the
> blue light turns on. Then when I type "wlist ath0 scan", the return
> is "ath0 no scan results" even though I a next to my wireless router
> at home. I'm using WEP encrytion and typed "iwconfig ath0 key
> xxxxxxxxxx" with my real key.
>
> I think I'm configuring the wireless incorrectly, but I cannot find
> a thread.
I am just going to quote directly from my old page on the subject.**I
am sure things have changed since then.**You might need to make
adjustments to these old Sarge instructions.
**Getting the wireless running consists of the following for me. These
**are all done as root. Of course if you have a closed access point you
**will need to set the SSID to match instead of to "any". This is the
**"coffee shop" setting.
******modprobe ath_pci
******iwconfig ath0 mode managed rate auto rts off frag off key off enc off
******iwconfig ath0 txpower auto**# seems to power up transmitter
******iwconfig ath0 essid any**** # seems to power up transmitter
******ifconfig ath0 up************# initiates active scan for access point
******sleep 2******************** # give time to settle
******iwlist ath0 scanning
******shorewall start
******dhclient ath0
**Initially iwconfig shows the txpower off. But after this txpower is on
**(0 db). Unloading the module seems to power off the transmitter. I am
**still experimenting with this.
******ifconfig ath0 down
******rmmod ath_pci
******rmmod ath_hal
******rmmod wlan
> Can anyone help? New to debian, new to madwifi. Please excuse me if
> I should post to madwifi.org instead.
I think this is quite a good topic for debian-laptop.
Bob
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