Hi, After following instructions in earlier emails on this alias, on 'press the button i.e. blinking orange and try scan', I could scan the existing networks and connect to my preferred profile.
now the remaining last but not the least caveat is: sometimes, I do not get IP address on ath0 device, by dhcp. operation times out. I would appreciate any pointers for future, on getting around this? Thanks in advance, -Deepti Deepti Dhokte wrote: > Hi, > I am configuring ath0 (wistron CM9 )device using wificonfig utility on > Acer-Ferrari 4000 laptop. > > I see that signal stregnth is '0', > bash-3.00# wificonfig -R /opt/sfw/WIFI -i ath0 getparam signal > signal: 0 > > I tried to find if radio is on or off, with command and I got > 'operation not > supported' error. I thought it wificonfig version issue, but with both > the versions > I get same error. > > bash-3.00# wificonfig -R /opt/sfw/WIFI -i ath0 getparam radio > wificonfig: failed to read parameter 'radio' : Operation not supported > > Due to above discrepancy, I believe, I am getting following errors, i.e. > > bash-3.00# wificonfig -R /opt/sfw/WIFI -i ath0 connect myTornado > wificonfig: rate 1M is not supported > bash-3.00# wificonfig -R /opt/sfw/WIFI -i ath0 autoconf > wificonfig: autoconf: failed to connect to any essid > > I particularly suspect it's a wistron CM9 hardware issue, since other > wireless LAN cards on other laptops /os are able to locate my AP fine, > except ath0 device on solaris. > > Could anyone share experience on configuring ath0 device > (Wistron CM9 card) with wificonfig on Acer Ferrari 4000 laptop? > > Thanks in advance, > -Deepti > > -- Deepti Dhokte Solaris Kernel Networking BU, SUN Microsystems Inc. Menlo Park, CA, USA Office : (650) 786 6680
