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From: Jordi Molina <warp3r@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-laptop@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-laptop] Compaq laptop pcmcia wireless network setup
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 11:29:08
Message-Id: 647a4058050915042872833632@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-laptop] Compaq laptop pcmcia wireless network setup by Don Doumakes
1 What's the output of "iwlist scan" ?
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3 On 9/14/05, Don Doumakes <doumakes@×××××××.net> wrote:
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7 > I've just reinstalled Gentoo on my laptop, which seemed like a good idea
8 > at the time. Now I can't get the wireless card to see any access
9 > points, though it worked before. I could use some help from a wireless
10 > guru, or from somebody who has a similar configuration working.
11 >
12 > (hoary old) Compaq Armada 7800
13 > Netgear PCMCIA wireless card, MA521 (RealTek 8190 chipset)
14 > Gentoo Linux from 2005.1 liveCD
15 > kernel 2.6.12-gentoo-r6
16 > wireless-tools version 27
17 > rtl8180 version 0.21-r1
18 > Modules r8180, ieee80211_r8180, ieee80211_crypt_r8180 are all loaded.
19 >
20 > When I run "/etc/init.d/net.wlan0 start" the output is:
21 >
22 > * Starting wlan0
23 > * Configuring wireless network for wlan0
24 > * no access points found
25 > * Couldn't find any access points on wlan0
26 > * Failed to configure wireless for wlan0
27 >
28 > I've attempted this in several locations where I know there are access
29 > points (e.g. outside a restaurant that advertises wireless access), so
30 > I'm convinced the problem is on the laptop rather than on the access
31 > points I tried to use. I could be wrong about that I suppose. I don't
32 > have my own access point to experiment with.
33 >
34 > I've saved all files from /etc before I did the reinstall, so if it
35 > would help to know about an old version of /etc/whatever, I do have that
36 > available.
37 >
38 > Any clues would be appreciated.
39 >
40 > Don Doumakes
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43 > The output of iwconfig is:
44 >
45 > lo no wireless extensions.
46 >
47 > wlan0 IEEE 802.11b Mode:Auto Frequency:2.462 GHz
48 > Access Point: CA:BF:38:95:CA:BF Bit Rate=11 Mb/s
49 > Retry:on Fragment thr:off
50 > Encryption key:off
51 > Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
52 > Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
53 > Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
54 >
55 > eth0 no wireless extensions.
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