Just acquired an Atheros based wireless card. acquired madwifi-ng and
tools. Using the /etc/conf.d/wireless.example I set up as per RTFM'n .
I have in /etc/conf.d/wireless:
essid_ath0="patkno"
mode_ath0="managed"
channel_ath0="6"
key_patkno="s:********** enc open"
and I have in /etc/conf.d/net the line:
modules=( "iwconfig" )
# iwconfig
eth0 no wireless extensions.
lo no wireless extensions.
wifi0 no wireless extensions.
ath0 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Channel:0 Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:0 kb/s Tx-Power:0 dBm Sensitivity=0/3
Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=0/94 Signal level=-95 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
after entering each of the fields manually:
iwconfig ath0 channel 6
iwconfig ath0 essid patkno
iwconfig ath0 key s:**********
iwpriv ath0 keymgtalgs 1
ifconfig ath0 up
crash ~ # # iwconfig ath0
ath0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"patkno"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:0F:3D:B5:A0:84
Bit Rate:11 Mb/s Tx-Power:18 dBm Sensitivity=0/3
Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:****-****-****-****-**** Security mode:restricted
Power Management:off
Link Quality=56/94 Signal level=-39 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:3494 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
However when I issue:
dhcpcd ath0 it times out and ifconfig does not show an ath0.
I'm running 2.6.17-gentoo-r7 kernel and
iwconfig -v
iwconfig Wireless-Tools version 28
Compatible with Wireless Extension v11 to v20.
Modprobed modules:
ath_pci
wlan_scan_sta
ath_hal
Have I missed something obvious?
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Ted Ozolins(VE7TVO)
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