James G. Sack (jim) wrote:
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?
Yes, I suppose it does. So, I guess my customer might actually be able
to use it in its current condition. Tho, I don't feel good about it.
If I get more into doing this kinda thing as a side business or the
like, I will likely want to invest in a wireless AP at some point. Not
knowing at this point if I will stay on DSL or not, I probably will want
to go with some kind of firewall/router with wireless and multiple
ethernet ports.
I'm thinking I should probably go ahead and take the plunge now.
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