maybe i am being para annoyed ;-) and there are not wifi networks around so my tools don't show anything
On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 3:49 AM, Aanjhan R <aanj...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 2:29 AM, ramnaraya...@gmail.com > <ramnaraya...@gmail.com> wrote: >> so is there anyway i can diagnose if my hardware has gone faulty ?? > > 1. type "iwconfig". it must list down your Wireless interface if its > working and all through. iwconfig shows wlan0 IEEE 802.11abg ESSID:"" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=15 dBm Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B Power Management: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 > 2. You can also do lsmod and check whether iwl3945 is loaded or not output from lsmod iwl3945 98804 0 so i guess its loaded and runnin . > 3. Check your lspci output for your network controller. > > Just a curious question. If you are on Intrepid you should > automatically be having network-manager as your default network > manager to list and select wireless/wired networks. I am not sure why > you prefer to this way round. yes it does, but i like swscanner because if its turned on it remembers what all wifi access points it saw and it shows everything in a summary i like the watch iwlist command because it feels nice and seems reliable I guess my wifi is working and there is nothing really to worry about , except the lack of any wifi services around where i am thanks ram -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in