Re: WIFI problem with ipw3945

[Beyerle Urs]

Frederic Boone wrote:

Thanks for the quick answer

Do you see your access point, if you do a scan?

# iwlist eth1 scan

Yes! I got:

# /sbin/iwlist eth1 scan
eth1      Scan completed :
         Cell 01 - Address: 00:00:00:B5:FB:00
                   ESSID:"observatoire-portail"
                   Protocol:IEEE 802.11bg
                   Mode:Master
                   Channel:9
                   Encryption key:off
                   Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
                             11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
                             48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s

Quality=51/100 Signal level=-78 dBm Noise level=-78 dBm

Your "Signal level" is equal your "Noise level"? Which is not really good.
Can you move closer to your access point?

                   Extra: Last beacon: 11192ms ago

If yes, for example use "system-config-network" to configure your wireless settings.

So I set the mode to Master and channel to 9 but then I get:
"Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
   SET failed on device eth1 ; Invalid argument."

"Définition des informations IP pour eth1. échoué. Aucun lien n'a été trouvé. Vérifier le câble ?"

Do you know why?

Please try
Mode: Managed  (!)
Network name (SSID): Specified: observatoire-portail
Key "empty"

# ifup eth1

What shows

# iwconfig eth1


Urs

Thanks a lot.

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