Interesting. It seems that on OpenBSD the reception is quite weak. I've connected, HOWEVER, I have to be in the same room as my router! On Linux I can be anywhere in my house.
I tried disabling powersave (-powersave), and still I have to be very close to my router. My phone can connect to it no problem anywhere in the house. Does anyone have any clue what's going on? Is it possible that the driver is permanently set on a power save mode? On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 7:37 PM, Austin Bentley <[email protected]> wrote: > I've got a ThinkPad x220 with a Centrino Ultimate-N 6300, and I'm > trying to get it to connect to a WPA1 WiFi network. Network has a > password. > > Steps taken thus far: > Tested WiFi on Linux > > Update WiFi drivers with fw_update via ethernet > > Verified /etc/firmware/iwn-6000 exists (it does) > > dmesg: > dmesg | grep iwn > iwn0 at pci2 dev 0 function 0 "Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300" > rev 0x3e: msi, MIM0 3T3R, MoW, address: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx > > Scanning networks works: > ifconfig iwn0 scan > iwn0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > lladdr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx > index 2 priority 4 llprio 3 > groups: wlan > media: IEEE802.11 autoselect (DS1 mode 11g) > status: no network > ieee80211: nwid MYSSID chan 6 bssid yy:yy:yy:yy:yy:yy -58dBm > wpakey 0x.... wpaprotos wpa1,wpa2 wpaakms psk wpacipchers > tkip,ccmp wpagroupcipher tkip > nwid MYSSID chan 6 bssid yy:yy:yy:yy:yy:yy -58dBm HT-MCS15 > privacy,short_slottime,wpa1 > ... #other networks > ... > > Of course, I attempted `dhclient iwn0` with both /etc/hostname.iwn0, > and `ifconfig iwn0 nwid MYSSID wpa wpakey xxxx up`, and both > achieved this: > dhclient iwn0 > iwn0: no link ........... sleeping > > The WiFi light on my laptop is constantly blinking too. > Does this indicate anything? > > Thanks, > Austin Bentley >
