2009/1/18 Micha Feigin <mi...@post.tau.ac.il>: > On Sat, 17 Jan 2009 07:53:50 +0800 > "Umarzuki Mochlis" <umarz...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> sadly, wicd currently won't work with my wireless: broadcomm 4315 on >> presario CQ40-115AU. Perhaps i need a little tweaking or something, >> any idea? >> > > One thing that needs to be done with wicd is point it at the right wireless > interface. It changes between modules so check what yours creates (ifconfig -a) > and point wicd to the right place (in the gui configuration) > > For example for my atheros card the ath5k modules creates wlan0 and madwifi > creates ath0 >
My *ifconfig -a* eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1e:ec:b1:5a:76 UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:280307241202 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) Interrupt:251 Base address:0xc000 eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:21:00:68:1d:b4 inet6 addr: fe80::221:ff:fe68:1db4/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) Interrupt:18 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:560 (560.0 B) TX bytes:560 (560.0 B) *iwconfig* output: eth1 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"" Nickname:"" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated Bit Rate:54 Mb/s Tx-Power:off Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Power Managementmode:All packets received Link Quality=5/5 Signal level=0 dBm Noise level=0 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 *wicd settings* http://img443.imageshack.us/my.php?image=wicdoe1.png http://img105.imageshack.us/my.php?image=wicd2aq2.png Hope anyone can tell me what I had missed in terms of getting dhcp lease from a access point (it gives ip when connected but needs to input id and password on web browser) and any wireless network with wep. >> 2009/1/17 Osamu Aoki <os...@debian.org>:: >> > On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 02:56:03PM +0000, thveillon.debian wrote: >> >> +1 for wicd, with atheros chips (and ath5k driver) and wpa it has >> >> performed very well. During the past release of *buntu 8.10 >> >> *NetworkManager has gone crazy on many wireless chips, especially >> >> atheros, and since then wicd has gained a good reputation there too. >> >> >> >> It's in Sid/Unstable. >> > >> > OK. Interesting. >> > >> > I will mention this in Debian Reference... >> > >> > >> > -- >> > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org >> > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact >> > listmas...@lists.debian.org >> > >> > >> >> >> > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > > -- Regards, Umarzuki Mochlis http://gameornot.net