On Mon, 2007-07-23 at 17:56 +1000, David P wrote: > On 7/23/07, Daryl Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > # /sbin/iwconfig > > lo no wireless extensions. > > > > eth0 no wireless extensions. > > > > wmaster0 no wireless extensions. > > > > wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"" > > Mode:Managed Channel:0 Access Point: Not-Associated > > Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2346 B > > Encryption key:off > > Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0 > > Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 > > Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 > > > Looks like it's already working. You have a wireless interface > (wlan0), just it's not associated with any wireless access point. So > just try associate; something like "iwconfig wlan0 essid > MyAccessPoint" (of course replacing MyAccessPoint with your SSID).
Its a tricky card to play with, and just having iwconfig "see" wlan0 is far from a reassurance that it is working. > > For WEP, do "iwconfig wlan0 key open THEWEPHEXKEY" (whatever your key is). > > WPA is tougher to set up from scratch (you need wpa_supplicant), but > FC7 should include tools which do all the associating and WPA for you. > You probably should use those. :P Fedora either includes, or yum's network-manager which I have found to be great, connecting to every network I have cared to try. > > Note, however, that just because you've successfully got a wireless > interface, doesn't necessarily mean that associating etc will work > (although it almost always does). However, the linux native bcm driver > isn't very good, and a lot of people use the windows broadcom drivers > under ndiswrapper instead. I would strongly dissagree with this point. It was true prior to kernel 2.6.19, (I use 2.6.20) but now it works a treat. I get far greater speeds when I boot into Debian than I do using the broadcom drivers in Windows - its not even a comparison, linux gets my line speed - about 500kbs - and Windows gets about 60kbs. I can also connect from greater distances. > > A way to test if you have basic wireless ability is to do a "iwlist > wlan0 scan", which should hopefully show you the available wireless > networks around you. If you see scan results, you're probably fine > with the current drivers, but if manually associating (as described > earlier) still isn't working, consider switching to the ndiswrapper > drivers. Or just click on the network-manager icon and have a look at what it has detected. Unfortunately Im still pretty snowed under with Uni stuff, but if you want me to help out you can email me directly with what you have done so far and Ill try to walk you through it - or - you can usually get me on yahoo or irc. tuxta2 is my username for yahoo, and Im often in #gclug and #ubuntu-au with username tuxta. Tuxta -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
