Ed Jabbour ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) scribbled: > It had been a long while, so I ran an emerge -uDvp world. Now, my wireless > doesn't work. I tried manual: > > iwconfig wlan0 essid Arachne key s:xxxxxxxx open > > I get: Error for wireless request "Set encode" (8B2A : > SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument. > > iwconfig: > IEEE 80211g ESSID:off/any Nickname: "Arachne"
I've had great success with: # iwconfig ath0 essid "MyESSIDName" mode managed channel 6 enc \ 0011-2233-4455-6677-8899-AABB-CC > /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 start: > Starting wlan0 > Configuring wireless network for wlan0 > Couldn't associate with any access points on wlan0 > Failed to configure wireless for wlan0 I've recently had the same trouble with gentoo's init scripts, hence, the above command. > /etc/conf.d/wireless is unchanged from when it worked, as is /etc/conf.d/net. > > The symlinks in /etc/init.d are also unchanged. I have baselayout > 1.11.10-r4. At boot: > > wlan0: ndiswrapper ethernet device <mac address> using driver netwg511 > wlan0: encryption modes supported: WEP, WPA with TKIP, WPA with AES/CCMP > > All the ndiswrapper stuff looks OK as far as I can tell. Any advice > appreciated. Thanks. It looks like the bug is in gentoo's initscripts... Give the command above a try (with your info, of course) and let us know what happens. hth, Cooper. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
