Ralph Shumaker wrote: > James G. Sack (jim) wrote: >> Ralph Shumaker wrote: >> >>> .. I'm hoping to catch it as it starts. I rebooted, and at a >>> virtual >>> terminal, entered this (after searching thru old emails for the pieces >>> needed for the formula): >>> $ while true; do (dmesg | grep ipw ; /sbin/iwconfig eth1 ; >>> /sbin/ifconfig eth1 ; uptime ; sleep 60); done >>> >>> So far, nothing is changing except the RX and TX packet numbers on >>> ifconfig. RX jumped up 566 and TX jumped up 55 from the previous >>> minute. And now, 670 and 56, respectively. Now, 644 and 55. Now, 604 >>> and 55. >>> >>> I don't have wireless, so there must be something in the vicinity. >>> >> >> >> do you get anything in response to >> # iwlist eth1 scan >> > > Yeah, Cell 01 thru Cell 05. From each ESSID, I'm guessing that these > are wireless networks that are in range? >
Yup. these are probably APs at your neighbors. It does demonstrate that the radio works, eh? Regards, ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
