Re: wireless PCI card

From: Jason Rennie (jrennie_at_csail.mit.edu)
Date: 03/15/05

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    On Tue, Mar 15, 2005 at 10:09:08AM -0800, Sergio Basurto Juarez wrote:
    > ok the output that you sent told us that the card is
    > already recognized, so please try the following

    Really? I'm skeptical. I don't think it's fully recognized yet. Why
    would iwconfig report "NOT READY!"?

    > #iwlist scanning

    jrennie@syrah:~$ iwlist scanning
    lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

    eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

    eth1 No scan results

    > #iwconfig eth1 essid [network essid] channel [channel]
    > ap [access point]

    jrennie@syrah:~$ iwconfig eth1 essid RENNIE channel 6 ap any
    Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A) :
        SET failed on device eth1 ; Operation not permitted.

    > And that's all if you have a dhcp then just wait in
    > order that one ip is assigned, if not assign an ip by
    > hand with ifconfig.

    I'm using a DSL wireless router, so yes, the card should be able to
    pick up an IP via DHCP.

    Jason

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